A Telugu-Tamil bilingual titled, Sir/Vaati starring Kollywood star Dhanush in the lead role under the direction of Venky Atluri has hit the screens today. Let’s see how it fares.
Story: Bala Gangadhar Tilak aka Balu Sir( Dhanush) a Junior Lecturer at educationist Tripathi ( Samuthirakani)’s Tripathi Education Institute will be transferred to a place named Siripuram to teach. What is the main reason behind transferring Balu to Siripuram? What is Tripathi’s master plan? After knowing the truth, how Balu goes against Tripathi, forms crucial crux.
Performances: Dhanush is a rare star actor who can perfectly fit into any kind of role and impress the audience with his performance. Continuing the same, he did justice to the lecturer role with his natural acting.
Especially, he carried the emotional thread on his shoulders throughout the second half and elevates the mood of the film superbly.
Heroine Samyuktha Menon is cute in her homely look. Despite having a decent screen presence, Samyuktha has to improve her acting skills in her further movies. Her chemistry with Dhanush is showcased nicely on the screen.
Actor Saikumar gets a meaty role and the senior actor did his part neatly. As usual, Samuthirakani did a fine job in the negatively shaded character. Other artists such as Hyper Aadi, and Aadukalam Naren among others are decent in their given roles.
Technicalities: The photography work by J Yuvaraj is good as he showcased the entire film with captivating frames.
GV Prakash Kumar’s music is the soul of the film as he did an amazing job with his background score. His songs are audible on screen. Especially, Masteru Masteru is the best song in the album.
Editing by Naveen Nooli is alright. Production design work is a few loopholes but overall it’s decent. The production values for this star-studded movie are okay.
Analysis: Venky Atluri who dealt with love and family stories for his previous films tried to narrate a story that deals with a social element. Though Venky’s story is ages old and has already seen many films in the past, the director tried to execute the proceedings in his own style.
Though the entire first half runs on a flat note without any engaging moments, Venky balanced it with a well-written second half. If Venky would have worked even more on writing character establishment scenes in the first half properly, the result would have been even better. To summarize, Sir is a social drama that revolves around loopholes in the educational system. Despite having a few cliches in the first half, the second-half proceedings make this Dhanush starrer a satisfactory watch.
Verdict: Realistic social drama!
Rating: 2.75/5
