Captain's Arasaangam - An Unusual Story

FDFS at Ambattur Vel Murugan. Grand Opening, I mean the theatre. Yes, the theatre was opened today and it has screened the movie of the millenium. We were present at the theatre 45 mins earlier. Good that we went earlier that we were able to see the ATTAGAASAM by Captain's fans. They have covered the entire theatre by Stars and banners. It's just a 500 seat theatre and it was housefull with 98% occupied by his Political fans.
We went inside the theatre and to our surprise, there was a laser show. Got thrilled and couldnt wait for the opening scene. And there it is. Captain Cine Creation's Arasaangam - An Unusual Story. Thats how the tag goes. The movies starts off in a narrative style where the director himself narrating, not the story, just a back ground voice. "Indha sandhosham nilaikkuma" no one knows why was it told. But it will be revealed only in the climax. Here, it shows the tactics of the director who has made a compulsion to make the audience sit and watch till the END. Wow, you are the man, Madhesh. So then, the movie kicks off, showing some unusual elemental scenes, where a middle class family, the housewife prepares lunch for her son who is going to college. The son is picturized as a fruit fellow but once he steps out of his house, he changes to a modern man with trendy outfit instead of Striped shirt and formal pant. Everyone in the theater was clueless thinking that he is cheating his parents. But when the same guy was shown in an assisination, where he murders a scientist. Everyone was shocked and the scene was edge of the seat thriller. Its just doesnt end there. Another incident showing a poor girl shooting another well known personality in a temple, makes everyone stand still.
Why are they doing this? Who is behind them? What's their motive? Yes, these questions were asked and discussed in the Home Minister's office with all the Police Dept Head. There, the chief officer in Police, tells the Home Minister - "Indha maari velaigala laam kandu pidikanummna, adhukku ore oru aalaala dhaan mudiyum" Whistle blowing every where inside the theatre, the officer continues, " Avaru Mumbaila irukaaru, avar dhaan Manoj, Anti terrorism force officer" But it was a big disappointment that its not Captain, its another guy. So he was appointed to come to chennai for investigating these deaths. While on his way to chennai via Airport, where his sister is waiting to receive him at the airport, to everyone surprise, he didnt come. What happened, did he boarded the plane in Mumbai, Oh yes, replied, the Air hostesses who happened to be the sister's friends. Sister calls his uncled who is the DGP to find out whats going on. But even DGP cudnt find a single clue, why he did not arrive. So the sister tells the DGP, " you cant do anything, naan yaarukitta sollanumo solrean, avar orutharaala dhaan enga annana kandu pudikka mudiyum..." Will this be atleast our Captain, it has to be because already the movie has crossed 20 mins. Yes it is. Camera focusses Captain's eyes, FULL OF POWER AND ENERGY, background bullet sounds, great piece of work from Sabesh and Murali. There comes the Captain, teaching the trainees at Orissa, PTC, Police Training College. So, the sister calls Captain and explains him the issue. Captain rushes to chennai. FLASH BACK, Sila varudangalukku munnaal. Captain and Manoj were friends. Captain married his sister (another sister), oru duet and then back to chennai. Flash back ends there. Captain's role in this movie is a Crimologist. So he comes to chennai and starts the investigation. He starts off with investigating from the death of the scientist. He identifies the culprit by using his ultra technique. He informs the college to keep the gate closed as they have found the culprit is in the college and asked each and every student to assemble in the ground. So, quite obviously the culprit will try to escape from the college, afraid of being caught. Captain's plan will never fail. Yes it has happened the same way. When the culprit plans to escape out of the college by jumping from the college wall, our captain stands there and catches him. Investigating him, he reveals who has asked him to do this. So captain make him go free and he straight away goes to meet the guy who ordered him to do this. It's all captain's plan. Captain catches the guy as well. Anga oru fightu. Andha culprit coma stage. Captain seizes his house and finds the master plan worked by him and traces the plan to kill many people. But somehow the culprit escapes to Canada with the help of his power. But our captain is clever than the culprit. He too finds where he has escaped and flies to Canada. Anga vachaanga paaru INTERVAL.

So interval over, Captain flies to Canada. He was received by Laura, adhudhaan innuru figure peru. Laura is a police office also a glam doll. Apaadi dhaan director sonnaaru. She helps the captain to understand english [:P] actually he helps him to find out the culprit. So the investigation begins, karka Karka kallum karka, katru kondaan avan...nirka nirka....
There they show the Manoj, who happened to the one who is missing from the airport and captain's friends as the gang leader, the network operator behind these death. Ellarukkum ore aachariyam. Ennada idhu Honest Raj maari irukkennu. WAIT n WATCH nnu director solraaru. Captain somehow finds the culprit and speaks to him speaks to him speaks to him and makes the culprit to reveal what happened. When Manoj was travelling in the flight, the culprit meets him thinking that he is his BOSS. Yes double action ba. Captain's friend who was missing from the flight and the Gang leader has same face. Idhu theriyaama the culprit reveals the master plan he has put for destroying Chennai. He excuses himself and goes to the toilet, but the culprit finds his wallet that he is from anti terrorism force and goes to the toilet and anga oru fightu, the culprit kills him. Inga captain crying knowing that his friend is dead. Theatrela ellarum crying....ore sentiment. When the culprit was about to tell him about the master plan. Operation Blue thunder, adhu dhaan andha Operation peru, enemies shoot him. Sethutaaru. But namma Captain eppadiyo finds out the network head, Martin, yes adhu dhaan avaroda peru. He meets him and arrest him and takes him to Chennai. He produces him before the Investigation officer, adhu vera yaarum illa namma director Madhesh [:D] and he remands him imprisonment for 15 days. So they take to the jail and on the way he escapes with the help of Riyaz khan who is a police officer ACP. Appadi irukkum podhu Captainukku oru call varudhu, saying that they found the body of his friend Manoj. Captain immediately goes there to receive it and send it for post mortem. There they found a bubble gum in his mouth. Captain gets that bubble gum and press panni paakaraaru. In that bubble gum there is a memory card. Thundering claps in the theatre. His friend, takes the memory card which contains the plan of the operation blue thunder and put the card in the chewing gum what a man???
So captain finds out the plan of the operation and comes to know that the operation is an explosion like Bhopal gas tragedy and the whole chennai will be destroyed. Clue that he got out the plan is a bomb, TN 07 7128 Egg. But one important thing is that the bomb can be activated and diffused only by an EYE. Captain in a fraction, thinks and graps that the EYE belong to the gang leader Martin. So he find him and grabs him. Martin explains him the whole plan. TN - Tamil Nadu, 07 Platform No. 7128 Train no. Yes the bomb is gonna blast in a train and the place where it blast is near a Petroleum company, which, if explodes, will destroy the entire city. So Captain and Martin, jumps from a building into the train with a help of a rope and enters into the train. Anga oru fightu. But bomb enga. Andha planla oru egg therinjudhe??? Yes PANTRY CAR. So he takes him to pantry car and diffused the bomb by making the villian to open his EYES in front of the bomb.
STANDING APPLAUDS in the theatre.
WOW WOW WOW WOW Captain Captain Captain.........................[:D]

Verdict : A Must Watch

Kuruvi Kuruvi Kuruvi

More than Vijay fans, I expected a lot from Dharani. A dream combo, I should say, Vijay, Dharani, Trisha, Red Giant...so obvi one would expect a double bonanza as Gilli did.

An usual chasing story from Dharani, where Vijay fights the villians to discover his father and his fellowmen. Given such an ordinary script, Dharani can do wonder with his brilliance in screenplay because, Dhool and Gilli's story is another ordinary story but what the screenplay has done matters. Kuruvi, doesnt seem to have that so called racy screenplay from Dharani.
Initial half of the movie was just to attract the family and children. Main contributors for the first half are Vijay's comedy, vivek's comedy to an extent, Trisha's bubbliness and the opening song performance by Vijay. I should appreaciate the risk the actor has taken in performing such steps. Magnificant steps in the opening song. Good treat. However Happy New Year song may sound a visual treat just because of glamourus Trisha, I didnt like the song. So, upto interval there were not much story and just an usual kick go catchy direction for attraction.
"I still had confidence with Dharani" - I was telling this to my friend, who was not satisfied with the first half. But apparantly, the second half kicked off well, with musthi dialogues conversation between Vijay and Suman. But as it goes, the movie loses the power and distracts the audience attention. Unwanted stunts, irrelevant characters being introduced who just drags the story makes the audience itchy.
Aashish Vidhyarthi's performance is good in the second half. Thean thean thean song was good and pleasant to watch however Mozha mozhannu song was horrible but the set was looking attractive.
One big problem was that the story was easily predicatble. I heard people mumering what will happen next and getting vexed. The curiousity or the twist in the screenplay didnt happen.

Positives

Vijay is a big plus for the movie.
Trisha though she doesnt have scope in acting, she has done wat was given to her.
Aashish Vidhyarthi's performance is good.
BGM is really good, but I felt too loud in a few areas.
Songs are just ok, not a biggie.
Editing is smooth.
Violence is also good and neatly picturized with the help of BnW technique

Negatives
Stunts, exceptionally over rated stunts. I can understand it can attract children, but not necessarily you shud do a SPIDERMAN or SUPERMAN.
Screenplay in the second half, very much dragging.
No twist in the story.
Easily predictable.
Dont forget the director Dharani - The Captain of the movie.

Verdict : Purely for die hard fans!
Rate : 2/5