And just like that, I was at ease that Raja still doesnвЂ™t take himself seriously. He felt that Tamil Nadu was in need of a strong political leader after passing of вЂAmmaвЂ™.

He now apparently holds a doctorate from Uganda university and he is also the patriarch of a new political party called South Indian Federation Party. And then he sets the ball rolling by speaking his hallmark broken English. The fishermen boats were a replacement for his motorcade of 40 Innovas. Raja being Raja makes an entry with hundreds of small motorboats following him. And that really works in the movieвЂ™s favour. Granted that the mainstay of the film is RajaвЂ™s antics, we hardly worry about the plot. Like in the first film, RajaвЂ™s father again gets kicked in the chest by a dishonest cop at the police station. Just a few minutes into the movie, an honest police officer (played by Narain), who is also a caring husband and a loving father to two girl children, is torn into pieces by Inaayaka MohanamвЂ™s (Jagapathi Babu) man-eating bloodhounds. But, the opening minutes of Madhura Raja just does the opposite. Even as Pokkiri Raja takes off with a couple of deaths, all those tragedies were bereft of melodrama. I was rather shocked when Madhura Raja opened with an emotionally heavy scene. And that came as a breath of fresh air among other films with heroes who took themselves very seriously. The buffoonery is the DNA of the вЂRajaвЂ™ franchise. The film was too ridiculous to take it seriously. Come on, whatвЂ™s the deal?Д«e that as it may, Mammootty has brought his A-game to the film but treads cautiously so as to avoid getting into Kasaba-like predicaments.ДЇor me, Pokkiri Raja was an over-the-top, borderline parody on Tamil films which lean heavily on old-school machismo to click with the audience. It is as if Mammootty has some superpower which he uses to stop ageing. It traces the new adventure of Raja (Mammootty), who looks younger than ever. Madhura Raja is the sequel to Malayalam superstar MammoottyвЂ™s 2010 lowbrow comedy, Pokkiri Raja.

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