The stars shapeshift to fit in Nelson’s dark comedy world – if the lively Sivakarthikeyan is a serious, disciplined army medico in Doctor, Vijay becomes the jolly, selfish saviour in Beast; Rajinikanth plays a role of his age on screen, as a doting grandfather trying to save his family in Jailer. Joining the other new-age filmmakers in Tamil cinema, Nelson is curating his own commercial palette with his witty action sequences, quirky characters and of course, some Arabic Kuthu.
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