I know many a movies are often waived off as "waste of time" but only only some are so hard hitting that in Joey's words," you hate them so much that you feel like removing your hands and throw it at them!" Well! theatres! beware if you find arms of the chairs and cushions being thrown at the screen...
The story starts promisingly by showcasing the pathetic state of services provided by every government department to the common man. But that seems to be the cue to kill every ounce of logic, expectation and "paisa vasool" chance from the movie! The story meanders around the "Indian thatha who is expected to miraculously abolish corruption and restore ethics and conscientiousness amongst every Indian citizen with a "comeback Indian" hashtag and then unceremoniously dumped and expected to return at hashtag "gobackindian"!!
Is Kamal Hassan trying to trace his political debacle through the movie, if yes, then he succeeded because
We see no "kamal hassan- the hero"
we see no "music" which is known to be part and parcel of Indian cinemas
we see absolutely no story line,
unless you consider a octogenarian riding a electric powered single wheel bike, all over marina, then taking a break and fighting few goons and getting back into his joyride on Chennai roads as a short story.
So the story is -A bunch of Chennai youngsters rouse Indian thatha from his peaceful retirement to cleanse India of corruption but when he asks them to cleanse each of their home, they don't like the consequences and ask him to go back.
And you have to watch this for 2.5 hours feeling almost like a animal caged in without escape because the inherent middle class Indian in you would never allow you to let go of 1000 Rs spent on cineplex without sitting through the whole....