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Sumo movie review: Comic talents are squandered in this comedy that needed more absurdity, less drama | Movie-review News

Sumo movie review: Comic talents are squandered in this comedy that needed more absurdity, less drama | Movie-review News

Sumo movie review: The first time you meet Yoshinori Tashiro in Shiva’s latest film, Sumo, he is wearing a mawashi, the outfit worn by Sumo wrestlers. Apparently, he washed up the shores of Chennai, and has the mental makeup of a 1.5-year-old child. And somehow, that means, the wrestler’s only focus is to satiate his tremendous appetite. He finds an immediate connection with Shiva (Shiva) because… well, you need a reason for the movie to move on, and they didn’t find anything else to do. Willing suspension of disbelief, anyone? After this point, we are asked to willingly suspend our disbelief on multiple occasions, and we would have done exactly that if the film didn’t abruptly shift tones in every second scene to thrust a sense of reality in the world of absurdity. This is a world where the sudden entrant into the world of Shiva is named Ganesh, because you know… he is the god with the paunch? Ganesh is hungry, and is fed with biscuits, lollipops and sandwiches. However, he is suddenly enrolled …