You can almost hear the producer saying ‘I want Harris Jayaraj-like songs which we must shoot abroad. Every time you feel the film getting better, we’re interrupted with the most generic of songs. It’s as though the director had no faith in his script. Instead of using Vasu to control the malice of corruption in admissions, this ghost seems perfectly satisfied ensuring his daughter gets a medical seat… even if it’s through blackmail. One of these ghosts is a boy whose last wish is to just eat two kilos of ice cream! There’s another ghost who wants his daughter to join a medical college. The film’s biggest problems are the silly back stories, written for these five ghosts, and the episodic manner in which they play out on screen. So it’s a shame to see the director do so little with the subject. Apart from its scope for horror, it’s a plot that’s ripe with comedy, drama and even action. The idea of a man who sees ghosts is one with several possibilities. Massu …, it would still have been an interesting film. Had the film released around that time, or at least, before Om Shanti Om ’s shoot began as early as February 2013. It becomes his job to help them complete their ‘unfinished business’, and one by one, we go on resolving their issues until they’re set free.Ī Wikipedia search of this film reveals that Om Shanti Om, Srikanth plays Vasu, who has the unique ability to see ghosts… not every ghost, but five specific ghosts who fail to cross over to the other side.
Massu with just its good parts, is still not a good movie. Massu Engira Masilamani without the ponytailed Suriya and that revenge plot. Om Shanti Om seemed to be exactly that film… a
I’ve maintained that it would have been a better film had it stuck to its main plot - a man’s efforts to help out a bunch of ghosts only Massu Engira Masilamani earlier this year, I’ve believed the film’s weakness begins with the introduction of a second Suriya character and his convoluted back story. Ever since I watched Venkat Prabhu’s Suriya-starrer
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