Story

Kamal (Karthi) is a dynamic youngster who takes on the political system in the state. The character makes an unsual heroic entry with punch dialogues and sattires on the current politics. Dashing beauty Anushka played the role of a cop. Kamal will be accompanied by Rajini (Santhanam) in almost every move he makes right from war of words to street fights. The plot turns interesting with the entry of Ramannakka (the local don) minutes before the first half ends. Ramanakka (played by Radhika) wants to enter into politics and resorts to all unfair means to come to power. The movie focusses on tactics played by political parties to lure votes—right from cash for votes to free liquor and other stuff.

Analysis :

The entry of Karthi was superb. The people in the front row jumped and yelled in excitement for every punch dailogue of Karthi. Nasser's role as B.D Swamiji and Radhika's character Ramanakka were neatly sketched by the director. The election campaigning scenes too appealed the audience. The songs were looking good. The romantic track between Karthi and Pranitha was to make sure that there's entertainment in the movie, otherwise the movie is complete political sattire. Screenplay was interesting. Choreography was ok. Cinematography was outstanding. The picturization of songs and even political canvessing was awesome.

Performance :

Radhika as don-turned-politician gave extra ordinary performance while Karthi striked good balance between political and love tracks. Kota Srinivasa Rao as Perumal gave his best as expected. Karthi gave tough competition to Prakash Raj. Pranitha was just love interest and had no major role to play except in songs.

Final Word:Shakuni is a political sattire