Fast Facts about 'Narasimma' :

  • This is 5269th film in Tamil.

  • A 36th Tamil film released in 2001.

  • This is a 4th film for Isha Gopikar. (The 3 films which she acted before became a flop)



Vijayakanth never bores with his internal formula of annihilating terrorists from society. Narasimha also has the same theme for its story.

Director Tirupathisamy has sprinkled necessary masala ingredients on this theme, tests our patience until the intermission, shows his capability and acumen in the Cinema scene and has brought out a typical Vijayakanth starrer modeling it on the line of a Telugu film.

The style of Vijayakanth is to remove a thorn with another. Being a Defence Officer launches a mission of wreaking Vengeance on a group which kidnaps three armymen. In order to achieve this end he himself becomes a terrorist and plays tit for tat with the three V.I.Ps who had aided and abetted the terroist kidnappers. Eventually, he saves the lives of the three soldiers. As he delivers some emotional dialogues regarding India and Pakistan he brings the film to a finish.

The first half makes us to think 'Can these things happen? Whether these things are right?'. It is unacceptable, unimaginable and inconceivable that Vijayakanth, a responsible army officer plays a trick in the guise of a terrorist, that too in the company of a fellow-officer, Raghuvaran. Many policemen lose their precious lives because of the enactment of these two officers' drama. A Government building also is destroyed by bombshells. These flights of imagination are quite indigestible. Such ideas won't generate even in the mind of Parvez Musharaff.

Throughout the film, Vijayakanth is in a walking spree. He continues to utter his name in broken parts. It is surprising that he is attacking Rajinikanth in his dialogues more than issuing flying kicks on his opponents.

The pretty heroine, Isha Gopikar, has been sparingly used, just as a piece of pickle. How come she too goes to all places where Vijayakanth goes? Can such a strange coincidence occur by chances? What a big dupe! There is an array of Villains like Raghuvaran, Anandaraj, Nasser, Kassan Khan and Ranjith, the smarter person. But, with all their awe-inspiring presence, they don't create any big sensation. They don't have much to contribute.

Cinematography and editing have supported the movie very well. The lens man, however, might have lent some more richness to the scenes.

Mention must be made to Mani Sharma's music as far as the songs 'Anjala' and 'Egiptu rani' are concerned. The Background chanting of 'Simma Narasimma' masquerades along with Vijayakanth's masculine strides throughout the film.

Humanitarian concern has been sown so as to take roots even in the mind of a child, in the climax scene. For this, Director Tirupathisamy deserves hearty congratulations. But it is fireworks and the tumult of bombshells and bullets all the way in the film as if a Deepavali festival is shown. The screenplay also lacks in clarity. Could they not have shown some humanity towards the movie-goers also?

What can be done? Quite obviously it is the Tamil fans who are affected as this Tamil film aims to make it big in the places where Telugu is spoken.

Wow... Oops...
  • The fighting ability and agility of the 'Captain'.

  • The telling, pointed and catchy dialogues.

  • The first half which is devoid of any content.

  • Several famous Villains are in the cast list. But their contribution next be nothing. Much ado about nothing.