I like masala movies. Mindless movies where the hero sets everything right by the end of the movie and all’s well that ends well. Fine! It’s not reality as such. But I don’t always want reality in a movie when I have to deal with it every single day in life. A mindless masala movie is a great excuse for me to switch off my brain (or whatever is left of it!) and just watch the images moving on screen without having to think twice about the inner workings of the director’s mind on why he chose to portray a shot this way or that way. Creative liberty I say! :-) And in that context, I saw this movie ‘Thuppaki’ couple of weeks back. I generally am not a great fan of Vijay. I like some of his movies. I don’t like most of his movies. Yes! He does mostly mass movies. Mindless action. Unbelievable stunts, over-the-top drama, that’s how I always associate his movies. I mean the man has got to play up to his image. The only 2 movies that I really enjoyed of his were ‘Ghilli’ and ‘Pokiri’. I ...