SAALA KHADOOS: is a 2016 Indian Tamil-Hindi sports drama film written and directed by Sudha Kongara starring R Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar, Zakir Hussain, Nasser, M K Raina.
PLOT: Adi(Madhavan) is a failed boxer, who- despite of being very talented- fell victim to the dirty politics in the boxing association. Ten years later, he is a coach for women's boxing teams but is extremely angry and frustrated with the partiality in selection. Due to his rift with the association head Dev Khatri (Zakir Hussain), he is falsely charged for sexual harassment and transferred to Chennai. Despite the very poor infrastructure, Prabhu manages to find talent in a road side fish seller Madhi (Ritika Singh) whose sister Luxmi (Mumtaz), part of the boxing team, is trying to get a police job with her sports credentials.Adi notices that Madhi is capable of and bears all her tantrums and fights to train her, to make her a champion.Adi dreams of finding and grooming a boxer who can represent India and bring home the Gold.The road, of course, is paved with more thorns. Will his dream come true is rest of the story.
PERFORMANCES: Madhavan looks every bit the disgruntled coach and totally takes the cake when it comes to hurtling abuses – if nothing else, his acting justifies the film’s title.He makes us believe he can play the entire opposite of the mellow, henpecked hubby in 'Tanu Weds Manu' series. Zakir Hussain also slips into his role as a lecherous, scheming and influential man. In comparison, Ritika Singh falls a little short in her debut performance, but even she has her moments but she is definitely a revelation and a find of Bollywood.Mumtaz Sorcar tries her best to get into the skin of her Laxmi & has got potential.
MUSIC: is composed by Santhosh Narayanan."Saala Khadoos" ,"Dil Ye Ladaku","Jhalli Patakha" stand out from among the rest of the songs.
Saala Khadoos is unable to rise above the predictability but direction,acting,screenplay are making this different from other sports related films & manages to engage through out the film.The camerawork is praiseworthy. Sivakumar Vijayan's cinematography is well-done.
Overall,Saala Khadoos is surely watchable for the performances by its cast.
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