With techno-thrillers gaining popularity among movie buffs in recent times, Jiiva’s Kee, created a huge expectation in tinsel town, despite its delayed release. Like Vishal’s Irumbu Thirai, this film, too, tries to explore the negative side of technology and throws some light on the dark side of social media.
Chennai:
In the very first scene, we are introduced to Siddharth (Jiiva), an engineering student who is quite passionate about hacking and technology. We even see him inventing a virus called Baasha, only to hack the mobile phones of young girls he admires. A young journalist Vandhana (Anaika Soti) approaches Siddharth to get hold of a notorious gang, who is into cybercrime. They choose innocent people who are depressed, manipulate their thoughts through social media and exploit them in all possible ways. While Siddharth shows no interest in cracking this case, things get serious when he realises the same gang was responsible for the death of his dear ones.
The second half is all about how Siddharth uses his skills to defeat the gang, who believes that technology is their only pride. The movie has interesting content, with two good lead characters — Jiiva and Govind Padmasoorya (the antagonist of the film). However, unwanted romantic sequences and comedy scenes play the huge spoilsport and give us a feel of watching a mindless entertainer. Though the father-son sentiment in the second half of the film works, the entire sequence stands apart as it fails to blend with the core plot. Jiiva’s performance is exceptional and reminds us of his character in his blockbuster film, KO. Nikki Galrani, who plays Jiiva’s love interest in the film doesn’t have much scope to perform and is no different from the regular commercial heroines. While Vishal Chandresekhar’s background score is quite impressive, his songs are a huge let down. Overall, Kee would have impressed the audience, if it would have hit the screens a decade ago.
However, weak script and uninteresting screenplay spoil the core content of the film and do not allow us to relate with the characters on-screen. Debutant director Kalees’ idea to induce commercial elements in this genre of a film doesn’t help to create an impact with the audience.
In the very first scene, we are introduced to Siddharth (Jiiva), an engineering student who is quite passionate about hacking and technology. We even see him inventing a virus called Baasha, only to hack the mobile phones of young girls he admires. A young journalist Vandhana (Anaika Soti) approaches Siddharth to get hold of a notorious gang, who is into cybercrime. They choose innocent people who are depressed, manipulate their thoughts through social media and exploit them in all possible ways. While Siddharth shows no interest in cracking this case, things get serious when he realises the same gang was responsible for the death of his dear ones.
The second half is all about how Siddharth uses his skills to defeat the gang, who believes that technology is their only pride. The movie has interesting content, with two good lead characters — Jiiva and Govind Padmasoorya (the antagonist of the film). However, unwanted romantic sequences and comedy scenes play the huge spoilsport and give us a feel of watching a mindless entertainer. Though the father-son sentiment in the second half of the film works, the entire sequence stands apart as it fails to blend with the core plot. Jiiva’s performance is exceptional and reminds us of his character in his blockbuster film, KO. Nikki Galrani, who plays Jiiva’s love interest in the film doesn’t have much scope to perform and is no different from the regular commercial heroines. While Vishal Chandresekhar’s background score is quite impressive, his songs are a huge let down. Overall, Kee would have impressed the audience, if it would have hit the screens a decade ago.
Kee
Cast: Jiiva, Govind Padmasoorya, Nikki Galrani, Anaika Soti, RJ Balaji, Rajendra Prasad, Suhasini
Director: Kalees
Composer: Vishal Chandrasekhar
Synopsis: A young journalist (Anaika Soti) seeks the help of a small-time hacker (Jiiva) to get hold of a notorious gang who is involved in cyber crime. However, things get series when he realise that the same gang was responsible for the death of his dear ones, too.
Rating: 1.5