Tamil
movie Irudi Suttru aka the final round stars Maddy on screen after a long gap. The story revolves around a boxing coach and his pupil through whom he wants
to realise his dream of winning World Boxing Championship. It is pretty much
similar to Chak de India where Shah Rukh coached the Indian hockey team but with
much less drama.
Prabhu, known for this ruthless training methods,
due to personal vengeance of his yesteryear colleague was transferred to Chennai, where he finds potential
in a fisherwoman Mathi. He persuades her to let him train her, polishes her and
prepares her for the final stage – the ultimate championship boxing ring.
In
the almost two hour movie from when he begins to train Mathi to the last round
of the championship, it is a roller coaster ride of vacillating emotions, of disappointments
and of perseverance. The movie was not just about winning; it was a portrayal of dedication a coach has over his sport, brutal coaching that belies kindness
and a deep bond Prabhu shares with Mathi with a subtle hint of romance that was heartwarming.
Even
as the movie ends, despite an end so clichéd it makes you smile.
As
cheerful and gutsy the heroine is it was Maddy as Prabhu, the no-nonsense coach
with disheveled hair, overgrown beard with a tinge of grey at the corners and taut
muscles, who tugged audience along. Sure, it was not the Karthik we knew from Alaipayuthey who enchanted the audience with the smile of Prince Charming; rather it
was an older and matured Prabhu, a rugged Heathcliff, who seduced the audience with
a smile even more devastating making you fall in love with him all over again.
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