The 90s + Yesterday Year Stars: Prasanth, Prabhu Deva, Vijayakanth (Tech), Laila, Jairam, Sneha (image-twitter/GoatMovie2024)
Thalapathy Vijay’s action-packed GOAT, which has a run-time of almost three hours, is a multi-starrer that boasts 90s actors including Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Jayaram and Sneha.
The film, an espionage spy thriller, uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to bring back late Vijayakanth. The director, Venkat Prabhu, while speaking to India Today said that initially, the movie was during its pre-production during Covid-19 and late Vijaykanth was part of it. However, following Vijaykanth’s demise, the director paying tribute to the actor decided to feature him in the film using AI tools.
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Apart from Vijay’s performance, fans lauded the stellar performance of the ensemble cast of 90s actors. Prasanth, Prabhu Deva, Laila, Jairam and Sneha were incorporated in the film to bring back the 90s nostalgia.
The heroines, Sneha and Laila were paired with Prashanth and Prabhudheva to bring in the 90s emotion, director Venkat Prabhu said.
“They play friends and a group of elite spies. They are seasoned spies who can speak like common friends. I wanted to bring back the 90s emotion”.
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GOAT takes off in Kenya in 2008 where a special anti-terrorist squad (SATS) team recovered stolen uranium from a group of terrorists led by Omar and Rajiv Menon. And here’s where the stellar 90’s kids play the role. Vijay along with his squad members cum friends Kalyan (Prabhu Deva), Sunil (Prashanth), Shaam (Ajay) come back victorious to India but create havoc in the mission and receive flak from their chief Nazeer (Jayaram) for this.
Despite all the flaws, what truly works for the film is the Old Guard standing tall. Prashanth, Sneha, Prabhu Deva, Laila and of course, Vijay, everyone brings their A-game.
