Kalingapuri and Kottaipattinam are two powerful kingdoms at rivalry and the chief commander of Kalingapuri is Rana (rajinikanth) whose king is Raja Mahendra. He takes his army to attack Kottaipatinam but at the battle he changes sides and becomes a hero in Kottaipatinam. But once going there, Rana decides to kill the king (Nasser). Why does he want to do that? What is the reason? All this forms the rest.
The director has come up with an interesting storyline and while the presentation was rich, the narrative was good . The dialogues were superb. The script was average but the screenplay was brilliant.The background score was melodious and three songs were worth listening. Graphics is were the film achieves brilliance, the photo realistic effects and 3D are the best seen on the India screen ever. Editing was okay. Graphic Costumes were designed to suit the royalty very well while the art department was majestic. Rajnikanth shoulders the film very well and he is the life and soul for this project. He was simply brilliant.Deepika Padukone was brief but she made her presence felt. Nasser was natural. Sarath Kumar was good. Aadi, Sneha, Rukmini, Shobhana were there to fill the gaps. Jackie Shroff was elegant. The others didn't get much scope.
This has been in the reckoning for quite a long time and this happens to be the first indigenously made graphic movie using motion capture technology in India. Though it cannot be compared with the Hollywood flicks budgets it must be said that the hard work is seen and one can see the brilliance in visual effects. The first half goes around with elements of romance, some action, drama. The interval bang was excellent and the second half carried the film well, till the awe inspiring climax. Overall the film is simply brilliant.This film takes Indian cinema to new heights with its photo realistic effects, and the 3D is best seen on Indian screens. One lauds Rajinikanth's daughters efforts,her film will be etched in Indian Cinema history for its technical brilliance.A BLOCKBUSTER!!!