In the 1930s, during the British Raj, Analeesan "Eesa", a former soldier of the British Indian Army called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect the people from the British after witnessing an atrocity.
Dhanush
Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller
Priyanka Arul Mohan
Velmathi
Nivedhithaa Sathish
Thaenu
Elango Kumaravel
Kannayya
Shivaraj Kumar
Sengolan
Sundeep Kishan
Captain Rafi
Edward Sonnenblick
Andrew Wandy
John Kokken
Prince
Vinoth Kishan
British Soldier
Jayaprakash
Rajathipathi
Aditi Balan
Shakunthala
Alexx O'Nell
Riley
Pintu Pandu
Kaali
Viji Chandrasekhar
Pechiamma
Kaali Venkat
Kumastha Kanagasabai
Ashwin Kumar
James
Mark Bennington
Buller
Saravana Vel
Vijay Kumar
Ashraf Mallisery
Abdool Lee
Sembatta / Stephen
Antony
Swayam Siddha
Arunodhayan
Ayyavu
Bose Venkat
Raj Rishi
Asuran Krishna
Director, Screenplay, Story
Arun Matheswaran
Dialogue, Screenplay
Madhan Karky
Lyricist
Arunraja Kamaraj
January 12, 2024
**Captain Miller is Dhanush's most rugged and raw film cinematically with promising conflicts and spectacular staging from Arun Matheswaran**
My Score : 78/100
Captain Miller is undoubtedly the most jagged and gritty staging of Dhanush in a long time. Arun Matheswaran rightfully integrates dacoity, fight for independence and well staged conflicts within the film. He has added brutal gunfights and action choreography is well done throughout while keeping the core emotions elevated at rightful intervals. The presentation of Britishers is pretty stereotypical and repetitive but we can't complain. The music by GV Prakash Kumar is gripping and the background score is efficiently edited into the screenplay. Captain Miller song and its timing is a piece of mass we crave for. The film's runtime is a bit long at 160mins which could have been crisply edited to make more impact. However the cameos are the highlight which sets us up for a rewarding climax.
Dhanush is presented as a resilient ruffian against the Britishers who has done his job brilliantly. He has presented all his emotions be it rage , agony, fear and his insecurities with such conviction that he still stays in my list of most hard-work actors of this generation. He is spectacular in the action scenes and equally magical in his vulnerable scenes. Shivrajkumar even though present for short screentime is given the magical staging he deserves. Sundeep Kishan underutilized but solid while he is on screen. Priyanka Arul Mohan gives an promising performance with scope for improvement. John Kokken seriously needs acting lessons as he was very distracting and annoying.
Overall, Captain Miller is a promising start for Arun Matheswaran antiques in mass movies. His excellence lies in how well he establishes conflicts and stages raw violence in his films without going overboard. Dhanush's 3 year long sweat is undoubtedly worthy of a watch as this is just the beginning of a devil that Britishers haven't fathomed. The best is yet to come. Kudos to rooted and grounded cinema by Arun which deserves applause.
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