'Singapore Saloon' Review: RJ Balaji's film is haircut gone wrong – India Today

Over time, RJ Balaji, as an actor, director and author, has created a stamp for himself. It is virtually like he gives a minimal assure for individuals who watch his movies in theatres. After trying a thriller with ‘Run Child Run’ in 2023, RJ Balaji opened 2024 with director Gokul’s ‘Singapore Saloon’.

Kathir (RJ Balaji) hails from a middle-class family in a village. He grows up with Basha (Kishen Das), his greatest buddy, who stays with him via thick and skinny. Whereas rising up, they model native barber Cha Cha (Lal) as their enemy as he performs circumcision on Basha and tonsures Kathir’s head. Nevertheless, they ultimately get to know that Cha Cha isn’t their enemy.

Kathir is sort of in a trance, seeing Cha Cha being the grasp of his artwork and will get impressed to turn into a hairstylist. Cha Cha sees Kathir’s curiosity and potential and shares his information. Years later, Kathir, after getting married to his faculty junior (Meenakshi Chaudry), will get the chance to start out an impartial saloon. He units up the lavish Singapore Saloon after a lot wrestle, solely to face an enormous roadblock. Does Kathir achieve his mission?

Director Gokul gifted Vijay Sethupathi’s quirky ‘Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara’, which nonetheless evokes laughter. Nevertheless, the movies that had been launched after this didn’t give him a lot success. With ‘Singapore Saloon’, he has taken the story of an underdog, making it massive in life by infusing comedy and social messages collectively, his trademark type. ‘Singapore Saloon’ is a movie that looks like two movies. The comedy within the first half will depart you in splits. Nevertheless, every little thing goes downhill after the intermission because the screenplay is far and wide.

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‘Singapore Saloon’ turns into a movie that talks about environmental points, encroachment, and far more. He additionally turns into a ‘Cha Cha’ to a bunch of men who pursue dance. Sadly, none of those sub-plots are even explored sufficient. When the kids participate in a dance competitors, their ‘life’ is modified due to the ‘haircut’ Kathir offers them. However, by the point it evokes an emotion, you see the tip credit.

‘Singapore Saloon’ is bearable and humorous solely due to Sathyaraj (Kathir’s OTT father-in-law) and Robo Shankar (Kathir’s brother-in-law). The comedy parts involving these two actors, with RJ Balaji being their second fiddle, are hilarious and make it worthwhile. The second half virtually takes away what it had constructed.

Meenakshi Chaudhary has little or no to do and so do the ladies on this world of ‘Singapore Saloon’. RJ Balaji, because the lead hero, reveals progress as an actor. Whereas his expressions maintain the viewers’s consideration in sure scenes, it additionally fails generally. Sathyaraj is a hoot on this movie. Robo Shankar, after a looooooong (the additional O’s are intentional) time, managed to maintain the viewers invested in his comedy act.

‘Singapore Saloon’ may have been a crisp comedy a few man’s rise within the less-explored career of a hairstylist. Nevertheless, it reminds us of that one dangerous haircut.

2 out of 5 stars for ‘Singapore Saloon’.

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