Meesaya Murukku 2 - A rhythm-less and soulless gaana



Plot: The continuation of Hiphop Tamizha Adhi's semi-biopic Meesaya Murukku (2017), which consists of the journey of starting his own band called "Hip-Hop Tamizha." 

Cast: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi, Harshath Khan, Ketika Sharma, Chaithra J. Achar, Ramya Ranganathan, Aadukalam Naren, Karunas, Sha Ra, Yogi Babu, Nassar and Baba Bhaskar
Story, Direction, Screenplay, Music: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi.

Meesaya Murukku starts and ends within its first twenty minutes. The film establishes its core quickly and neatly, but fails to capitalise on it, instead settling for a screenplay that rarely moves beyond that initial idea.

It shrinks itself into a generic, clichéd template that caters to the male gaze, is casually homophobic, and repeatedly leans on sentimental sequences, often accompanied by dialogue that sticks to the film’s core but feels strangely alien to the scenes they occupy. The struggles faced by Gaana singers are mostly confined to dialogue, even though the film occasionally attempts to dramatise them.

The Easter egg-style references to the first part work well. The film also has a fairly large ensemble, but most of them feel more like set pieces, with Adhi occupying the centre stage for the most part. As a result, there is very little emotional investment in anyone.

The introductory songs for Ramya, Chaithra and Ketika land big. Ramya’s charming presence, however, feels underutilised. Harshath Khan’s character works surprisingly well, but ultimately makes little impact on the film’s core. Nasser and Karunas also made close to zero impact, as none of their staging sequences land.

It might work for some, but it never did for me.

PS: Nepotism issue should have been addressed better, but kudos for trying to explain it. 

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