Jigarthanda DoubleX 2023
Sinopsis
A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.
Cast
- Raghava Lawrence as Alliyus “Alliyan” Caesar
- Ganesh as young Alliyan (uncredited)
- S. J. Suryah as Kirubakaran “Kiruban” / Ray Dasan
- Nimisha Sajayan as Malaiarasi
- Ilavarasu as Minister Karmegam
- Naveen Chandra as Ex-DSP Rathna Kumar
- Sathyan as Durai Pandi
- Sanchana Natarajan as Paingili
- Shine Tom Chacko as Jeyakodi
- Aravind Akash as Chinna
Review
Karthik Subbaraj begins with this grand, resounding quote, which will become the thesis for this new story of his. It is a spiritual sequel to the delightfully meta and memorably tasteful Jigarthanda (2014), which still stands as my most favourite film by him. The earlier film had its own flaws, but there was irresistible charm in all that it was reaching for. It’s going to be an uphill task to talk about this sequel without referring to it. Not to forget, it was also an undeniably fresh cinematic voice at the time of release. Here’s the same filmmaker who’s climbed up bigger budgets and bigger stars in the past 9 years, going back to his most memorable root, but this time he has bigger ideas to build upon his work from the past. The syntax sure doesn’t feel as new to Tamil cinema this time around, but it still has a lot going for it.
