I know the stature of Rajnikanth among the masses, especially my South Indian brothers. But I being a Delhiite and a cinephile at that, I could care less when I am spending 400 rupees on a film. And if I believe Rajnikanth has gone way past his expiry date, I would not be apologetic about it, like I am not at all apologetic to say that Shankar is a fine director, only when he isn’t scared of going all out on his imagination. He gets derailed from time to time, the commercial aspects consumes him. I cringed when a giant bird, magnificently imagined though it is, throws a damned mobile network tower at Vaseegaran and he has to make a run for his life. Other than being unintentionally laughable, it was a sure shot sign that Rajni sir did not deserve to go through this hard work at this time of his life. He just looks tired. Same goes for Amitabh Bachchan when he jumps on a ship, wielding heavy swords in both his hands, cutting down the British while wearing a 20 kilo heavy Armour....