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At a time when the audience had resigned itself to Vijay appearing solely in cookie-cutter mass masala films, the actor surprised us by taking on films like Nanban and Thuppaakki that didn’t adhere to the formula of his previous films. He returns to mass masala territory in his latest film Jilla, which also sees him team up with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. Unfortunately, this return is accompanied by many of the characteristics, key among them being wishy-washy characterization and Vijay’s over-acting, that marked his weaker masala outings of the past.