In order to start a review for this romantic journey of Gautam Vasudev Menon's Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa, I had to go back and refresh during the initial promotions of this movie. It did create a lot of expectations when Gautam interestingly cast his cast with popular romantic movies such as Kandukondain Kandukondain, Alaipaayudhey, Uyire and his own Kaakka Kakka. And the tag after these stills goes as 'A different Romantic Story' AGAIN. Now after watching the movie, if one can recollect these stills and promos made, the tag which said AGAIN was genuinely a ‘A Different Romantic Story’.
Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa??????
So what's Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa? It's romantic journey and the chemistry between Karthik and Jessy. It's so poetic that the feel has been given in the form of narration in the first half where Karthik (Simbhu) explains about the cyclone that hit him in his life and it moves on the same life cycle during the second half. Not often you see concentration on the screenplay in Tamil Cinema or at least in the recent Tamil Cinema. But Gautam disproves the fact that Tamil Cinema is not stereotype. Karthik, the lead character in the movie, is an aspiring movie maker and he makes uses of this lead throughout the movie without any point of discontinuity in the screen play. At the end, he eventually becomes a director, yet another time, when you have a love failure, you tend to be successful in your career.
Simbhu - Keep it up!!!
I was under a complete shock when I heard Simbhu is doing the lead character is Gautam's romantic movie. But he has done exceptionally well for the character. It will be even better if he continues to do the same in other movies as well. The main problem is the mass gimmick, over shadowing these stars thereby making them to do cheap stunts in the movie which will definitely be totally irrelevant. But wonder how many Gautams or Selvas would be needed for our mass heroes??? Even in the stunt scene, clear narration was given to showcase the talent he possesses as a boxer in his school days. More importantly, the stunt scene or rather a threatening scene was actually a real life threatening scene. Simbhu has deviated from his usual roles and has given something which I would say it as a neat and clean role.
Ganesh - Worth-a Worth-illaya??
I should definitely talk about casting and I cannot forget the man, Ganesh, who does the role of a Cinematographer in the movie. The man is known for his ultimate voice which initially was a bit irritating and but later it went hilarious and interesting. People would be able to identify him as the librarian with a peculiar voice informing Simran about Krishnan in the movie Vaaranam Aayiram. Yes, we have the same man here doing a lengthy role as a person who comes along with the lead character throughout the movie. He has even reduced the role for a separate comedian with his interesting sighs and discomfort ness. "Worth-a Worth-illaya" it's simply great to listen and see such dialogues rendered from his voice.
She is beautiful - She is Sexy too!!!
What about the doll 'Trisha' as Jessy? My goodness, I should thank Gautam Menon for making her come in saree 90% of the movie. As Karthik says in the movie, She is beautiful, She is Sexy and of course she is hot. Probably this should be her first film which I can think of where she has really ACTED. All that is needed for the role is a confused state of mind and more importantly a character which one would probably hate for the decision that she takes and the way she confuses and gives reason to Karthik. I think she has got full marks but again, the same principle holds good for Trisha too just like Simbhu. Rather than being a mere doll in all the movies.
Oscar Winner's decent show!
Now comes the Oscar winner ARR. Well, I could probably remember only one director who has effectively utilized ARR for a musical treat. None other than Mani is whom I was talking about. Here, Gautam Menon has used Rahman to at least good if not the best. The songs were clear chartbusters before the movie was released and still ruling the music office. Gautam was reasonably well in picturising the songs though not great. Here, we tend to notice that more or less all the three songs in the first half were picturized in a more similar manner. Poor Rahman failed to create magic in the background score. I agree the BGM was good, but not perfect in many places. Wonder what made Rahman to go for a rock music for the scenes that portrays Trisha's confused state of mind. That piece of note is seriously jarring and irritating to hear that it disturbs the entire scene.
Manoj was brilliant with the camera. Initial scenes, especially in the sets where Karthik tries to meet directors were shot on a hand motion camera is really catchy one. Also the songs were beautifully shot in many locations. Not to forget the close up and out of focus shots were shot really well. Of course, it was directors’ way of thinking and style of making.
Gautam Vasudev Menon
The man behind all the credits, Gautam Vasudev Menon. In the masala times of Tamil Cinema, it's quite a relief factor with people like Gautam Menon, who can give sensible audience respect and quality movies. Courage is needed to mock your own movies. Gautam Menon does that in VTV where Karthik when he says that he wanted to work as an assistant director to Gautam Menon, Ganesh mocks him by saying "Why do you want to make a Tamil movie in English?" Also when he goes to Kerala to search Trisha, he mocks Vaaranam Aayiram mentioning about the travel to the US. The director has done brilliantly well especially the screenplay needs a special mention. I enjoyed the first half narrative style and the current on play technique for the second half. Especially the climax twist is really good. More than that, he has molded the cast to perform what he wanted is stunning. I said stunning because of the lead pair here who doesn't own anything to their credit in the name of acting.
Review posted @ www.clapsandboos.com
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Pongala Pongal - A Look Back
We had a good Pongal with Aayirathil Oruvan which was released nearly after 2 years of making. Though it had some mixed reviews in the beginning, later it started to pick up as the movie was trimmed by deleting a few unwanted scenes especially in the second half. Now that, the word of mouth has started to spread and it seems to be really good. But the trade reports however seems to be in favor of Aayirathil Oruvan. Let's see if it continue the same becomes a super hit.
Of the other movies that released along with Aayirathil Oruvan, it looks like Naanayam seems have to positive reviews for the concept and the screenplay. Kutty as well receives decent reviews. One sure shot disaster is Porkkalam which failed to attract the audience which created or rather made the audience to anticipate for the movie with its trailer and the promo stills.
So that's for this year. Can we also rewind back and check what happened for Pongal? We have some good old memories as well.
2006
It was a clash of titans. It was so designed to have their movies clashing most of the time during the Pongal season. And this year it was Aadhi and Paramasivam. Aadhi carried the hopes Vijay-Trisha winning combo from Ghilli and Thirupachi but it went nowhere since the content was empty. So surprisingly it turned out to be one of the worst disaster movies in Vijay's career. Well Paramasivan, it was P Vasu who carried the momentum from Chandramukhi. Expectations were high for this movie but it failed to satisfy the audience completely because of ridiculous script. Though it was not a fully satisfactory movie, it did manage to collect some money.
2007
It was the year, where the term Pongal was rephrased to Pokkiri Pongal. This time, Vijay joined hands with Prabhu Deva in remaking the Telugu blockbuster Pokkiri by Mahesh Babu. The team was able to replicated each and every thing from the telugu movie and with the inclusion of Vadivelu's awesome comedy track, the team was able to give a stunning block buster. We also had an Ajith movie which Ajith would never wanted to get reminded off, Alwar. Except for the lead pair Ajith-Asin, there wasn't any expectation for the movie and the movie turned out to be the best disaster in Ajith's career. But Ajith's Varalaaru which was released 2006 Diwali, still continued to run in major screens. Another movie which turned to be a success along with Vijay's Pokkiri was Thamarabarani. It was Vishal who paired with the new face Bhanu under Hari's direction. The movie also created expectations as Nadiya made a comeback again. The movie turned to be a super hit and ran for more than 100 days.
2008
The year which probably witnessed maximum releases because of the absence of Vijay or Ajith movie which usually share more screens if it had released. But we had Vikram's Bheema which was desperately waiting for years to hit the silver screen. Lingusamy carried his success after Run and the songs were ruling the radio stations pre release time. But the movie was a complete disaster for Lingusamy. Kaalai, the Simbu starrer was another big disaster which had absolutely nothing in the movie other than personal vengeance. Karu Pazhaniyappan's Pirivom Sandhipom had good response and it was actually the only movie which made a good profit of all Pongal releases. Other two movies were Pazhani and Vaazthukal. Pazhani, as usual had a typical Perarasu's story and it made decent money whereas Vaazthukal failed to cross even 10 days.
Please visit : www.clapsandboos.com
Of the other movies that released along with Aayirathil Oruvan, it looks like Naanayam seems have to positive reviews for the concept and the screenplay. Kutty as well receives decent reviews. One sure shot disaster is Porkkalam which failed to attract the audience which created or rather made the audience to anticipate for the movie with its trailer and the promo stills.
So that's for this year. Can we also rewind back and check what happened for Pongal? We have some good old memories as well.
2006
It was a clash of titans. It was so designed to have their movies clashing most of the time during the Pongal season. And this year it was Aadhi and Paramasivam. Aadhi carried the hopes Vijay-Trisha winning combo from Ghilli and Thirupachi but it went nowhere since the content was empty. So surprisingly it turned out to be one of the worst disaster movies in Vijay's career. Well Paramasivan, it was P Vasu who carried the momentum from Chandramukhi. Expectations were high for this movie but it failed to satisfy the audience completely because of ridiculous script. Though it was not a fully satisfactory movie, it did manage to collect some money.
2007
It was the year, where the term Pongal was rephrased to Pokkiri Pongal. This time, Vijay joined hands with Prabhu Deva in remaking the Telugu blockbuster Pokkiri by Mahesh Babu. The team was able to replicated each and every thing from the telugu movie and with the inclusion of Vadivelu's awesome comedy track, the team was able to give a stunning block buster. We also had an Ajith movie which Ajith would never wanted to get reminded off, Alwar. Except for the lead pair Ajith-Asin, there wasn't any expectation for the movie and the movie turned out to be the best disaster in Ajith's career. But Ajith's Varalaaru which was released 2006 Diwali, still continued to run in major screens. Another movie which turned to be a success along with Vijay's Pokkiri was Thamarabarani. It was Vishal who paired with the new face Bhanu under Hari's direction. The movie also created expectations as Nadiya made a comeback again. The movie turned to be a super hit and ran for more than 100 days.
2008
The year which probably witnessed maximum releases because of the absence of Vijay or Ajith movie which usually share more screens if it had released. But we had Vikram's Bheema which was desperately waiting for years to hit the silver screen. Lingusamy carried his success after Run and the songs were ruling the radio stations pre release time. But the movie was a complete disaster for Lingusamy. Kaalai, the Simbu starrer was another big disaster which had absolutely nothing in the movie other than personal vengeance. Karu Pazhaniyappan's Pirivom Sandhipom had good response and it was actually the only movie which made a good profit of all Pongal releases. Other two movies were Pazhani and Vaazthukal. Pazhani, as usual had a typical Perarasu's story and it made decent money whereas Vaazthukal failed to cross even 10 days.
Please visit : www.clapsandboos.com
Decoding Aayirathil Oruvan
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers and the author expects the readers to have watched the movie before reading the article. This article doesn’t proclaim that Aayirathil Oruvan is the greatest movie ever made in the history of Tamil Cinema. It’s a brave new welcome attempt which will promote new genre like this. As every other film, this film also has its own set of flaws and the content here only tries to bring out the flavor of the movie.
One of the most anticipated movies has finally arrived and opened to houseful shows with great expectations. But sooner, after the movie was screened, there were predominantly these kind of audience, a mixed response.
a) loved the movie so much that they wanted to watch it again to understand the nuances and other details about the movie.
b) Weren't impressed with the movie which fell short with their expectations.
c) Found the first half to be engaging while they couldn't make out what was being conveyed in the second half.
d) Found that the movie had gore and unwanted scenes in the movie.
e) Yet another movie
To answer them all, here is a conversation between Clap and Boo had after a few rounds of vodka at the local bar; Apparently, I snooped on them to find out their opinion. Guys, It cannot get bigger than this...Clap and Boo discussing the movie together!
Read on to know what they felt about this film!
Boo: What the hell? Are you going to tell me some connection to this scene of 'Therukoothu' and the storyline?
Clap: Hang on, Boo! One step at a time!
Boo: Aah! I think we must concentrate on the narration here! Now I know why Selva has kept that 'Therukoothu' scene. Oh man, looks interesting.
Clap: Wow! That was quick! Also note the credits title then and there in the movie. If you observe the first frame of the movie, you will have the credits indicating 'One small village' Tanjore (now). Immediately, the focus shifts to Tanjore in 1279 with the same story, where Parthiban recite, wait till the messenger comes and followed by the narration by Selva.
Boo: I guess I got watch the movie very keenly!
Clap: Of course you need to! I hope you don't shoot any question in the title credit!
Boo: Hopefully not! Seems like the adventure going to start! So this team headed by Reema will head to find the Professor as well as the Chola kingdom where they lived is it?
Clap: Bingo!
Boo: Do we really need this MGR song?
Clap: Come on man! Living in Tamil Nadu, are you not a fan of MGR? Stealing his title Aayirathil Oruvan, you should at least pay some justice!
Boo: Oh yea! I love this song!!!
Boo: How come Andrea can speak that Tribal language? Isn't it funny? Why does the head of the tribal people leave them without killing them???
Clap: I seriously don't know how a tribal language will be? Moreover, the guide who accompanies them will understand that language, so obviously, Andrea being an archeologist, would probably knew that language. The Tribal head is warning them and they just threaten them. This is quite evident from the guide who speaks to Azhagam Perumal.
Boo: Hmmm, yea, what about the slide what contains the painting?
Clap: Hold On! Like I said; one step at a time!
Boo: Wow, thank God, Karthi didn't die because of the Red Indians. Oh man, why did the leader of the Red Indians kill himself, what's there show a clip in black and white?
Clap: I myself don't know what's the reason behind this? Let's wait and see!
Boo: Who is this Azhagam Perumal? I thought he belong to Indian Army! Lols!
Clap: Did you notice that he was asking Reema Sen that he mistook them and he needed additional men from ex military army, private forces, mercenaries, armed forces and weapons.
Boo: What's there to notice this point?
Clap: Just a heads up!
Boo: Why are they threatening Karthi? Can't they just leave him when he is not interested?
Clap: I feel something fishy here!!!
Boo: Ah song!!! Can I get you something?
Clap: Hang on! Did you infer subtext from this song? Oh Eesa, which means Oh Shiva, The protector. They have realized that they have intruders in their path and a song for protection. Of course, it's not needed though!
Boo: Man!!!!!!!
Clap: Observe this closely Boo! Check out the traps Andrea says. It seems there are 7 traps and she says they have surpassed 3 traps. Kadal, Kaatuvaasi, Kaaval Veerargal, Sarpam, Pudhakuzhi, Pasi & Dhaagam and Grahamam. If you had noticed, initially they while coming to the island, they will be attacked by some sort of jelly fish followed by the threatening of the tribal and then the attack of Red Indians who are supposed to be the protector of the forest. Now it's the time to Sarpam, that's snakes.
Boo: Yea, I can co relate them buddy! I guess after escaping from this trap, these three might get separated!!
Clap: Wow, you can become a screenwriter too!!!
Boo: Reema and Karthi - why are they always out of sync??
Clap: Don't think too much dude!!!
Boo: Don't you think this is too much dude!!! She shot him and he didn’t die!!!! Funniest part of the movie with rubbish logic.
Clap: I guess, there should be some connection Boo! Remember, when the red indians tried to cut his neck his uncle rescued him and now Reema Sen shot him but nothing happened. Remember man! Selva is not a Perarasu!
To read more please visit - www.clapsandboos.com
One of the most anticipated movies has finally arrived and opened to houseful shows with great expectations. But sooner, after the movie was screened, there were predominantly these kind of audience, a mixed response.
a) loved the movie so much that they wanted to watch it again to understand the nuances and other details about the movie.
b) Weren't impressed with the movie which fell short with their expectations.
c) Found the first half to be engaging while they couldn't make out what was being conveyed in the second half.
d) Found that the movie had gore and unwanted scenes in the movie.
e) Yet another movie
To answer them all, here is a conversation between Clap and Boo had after a few rounds of vodka at the local bar; Apparently, I snooped on them to find out their opinion. Guys, It cannot get bigger than this...Clap and Boo discussing the movie together!
Read on to know what they felt about this film!
Boo: What the hell? Are you going to tell me some connection to this scene of 'Therukoothu' and the storyline?
Clap: Hang on, Boo! One step at a time!
Boo: Aah! I think we must concentrate on the narration here! Now I know why Selva has kept that 'Therukoothu' scene. Oh man, looks interesting.
Clap: Wow! That was quick! Also note the credits title then and there in the movie. If you observe the first frame of the movie, you will have the credits indicating 'One small village' Tanjore (now). Immediately, the focus shifts to Tanjore in 1279 with the same story, where Parthiban recite, wait till the messenger comes and followed by the narration by Selva.
Boo: I guess I got watch the movie very keenly!
Clap: Of course you need to! I hope you don't shoot any question in the title credit!
Boo: Hopefully not! Seems like the adventure going to start! So this team headed by Reema will head to find the Professor as well as the Chola kingdom where they lived is it?
Clap: Bingo!
Boo: Do we really need this MGR song?
Clap: Come on man! Living in Tamil Nadu, are you not a fan of MGR? Stealing his title Aayirathil Oruvan, you should at least pay some justice!
Boo: Oh yea! I love this song!!!
Boo: How come Andrea can speak that Tribal language? Isn't it funny? Why does the head of the tribal people leave them without killing them???
Clap: I seriously don't know how a tribal language will be? Moreover, the guide who accompanies them will understand that language, so obviously, Andrea being an archeologist, would probably knew that language. The Tribal head is warning them and they just threaten them. This is quite evident from the guide who speaks to Azhagam Perumal.
Boo: Hmmm, yea, what about the slide what contains the painting?
Clap: Hold On! Like I said; one step at a time!
Boo: Wow, thank God, Karthi didn't die because of the Red Indians. Oh man, why did the leader of the Red Indians kill himself, what's there show a clip in black and white?
Clap: I myself don't know what's the reason behind this? Let's wait and see!
Boo: Who is this Azhagam Perumal? I thought he belong to Indian Army! Lols!
Clap: Did you notice that he was asking Reema Sen that he mistook them and he needed additional men from ex military army, private forces, mercenaries, armed forces and weapons.
Boo: What's there to notice this point?
Clap: Just a heads up!
Boo: Why are they threatening Karthi? Can't they just leave him when he is not interested?
Clap: I feel something fishy here!!!
Boo: Ah song!!! Can I get you something?
Clap: Hang on! Did you infer subtext from this song? Oh Eesa, which means Oh Shiva, The protector. They have realized that they have intruders in their path and a song for protection. Of course, it's not needed though!
Boo: Man!!!!!!!
Clap: Observe this closely Boo! Check out the traps Andrea says. It seems there are 7 traps and she says they have surpassed 3 traps. Kadal, Kaatuvaasi, Kaaval Veerargal, Sarpam, Pudhakuzhi, Pasi & Dhaagam and Grahamam. If you had noticed, initially they while coming to the island, they will be attacked by some sort of jelly fish followed by the threatening of the tribal and then the attack of Red Indians who are supposed to be the protector of the forest. Now it's the time to Sarpam, that's snakes.
Boo: Yea, I can co relate them buddy! I guess after escaping from this trap, these three might get separated!!
Clap: Wow, you can become a screenwriter too!!!
Boo: Reema and Karthi - why are they always out of sync??
Clap: Don't think too much dude!!!
Boo: Don't you think this is too much dude!!! She shot him and he didn’t die!!!! Funniest part of the movie with rubbish logic.
Clap: I guess, there should be some connection Boo! Remember, when the red indians tried to cut his neck his uncle rescued him and now Reema Sen shot him but nothing happened. Remember man! Selva is not a Perarasu!
To read more please visit - www.clapsandboos.com
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Porkkalam - Loser in the battlefield
The Polladhavan villain, the coach of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu has finally emerged as an hero in the Porkkalam(Battle Field). I would sincerely advise him to do what he is best at. We never imagined when he did the role in Polladhavan. His slang is definitely a gift for Kishore. But the same slang will not help in donning a hero role. He was quite decent in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu as a coach with regional slang to an accent.
A girl from Andhra escapes and come to Chennai because of forced marriage. She lands in the place of Kishore and he accompanies her. Later when she proposes him, he rejects her proposal and surrenders her to the police station where she was eventually taken to the place where she is supposed to go, Andhra. How Kishore fetches her back is the climax. Well, this template is quite common in Tamil Cinema.
Initial sequences of Kishore portrayal was rib tickling comedy but later the audience were given a so-called shocking surprise during the pre interval scene. The character was literally portrayed as a stupid common man who takes care of public nuisance. Later it was revealed during the climax that Kishore is a blind man. We also have a supporting flash back sequence why he went blind. But the flash back scene was so stupid considering the situation where he desperately need to held his girl from the villains. Well, the director stretches the story by taking Kishore to the Andhra in order fetch his girl back.
For more, please visit http://www.clapsandboos.com/user/Vikram
Friday, January 15, 2010
Kutty - Family entertainer
The team Yaaradi Nee Mohini is back with a remake of another blockbuster movie 'Aarya'. I haven't seen Aarya, even if I had, I would have still watched the movie. I was wrong with my assumption and wish before watching the movie as I expected the movie bomb purely on a thought wishing Dhanush to stay away from remakes and masala entertainers and concentrate on feel good quality movies from different directors whom he had worked in the past. Anyway, even this time, the team managed to give a decent family entertainer with of course a few horrible exceptions.
Triangle love forms the basic plot of the story with Dhanush, Shriya and Sameer. Dhanush was portrayed a feel good lovable boy by almost all the characters in the movie except the villains. How Dhanush makes Shriya to feel his love is all about Kutty. The movie had almost all ingredients to make the family audience thoroughly enjoy the movie, though I personally feel the movie is just another run of the mill but definitely a good entertainer.
It was Dhanush all the way, who has carried the pace of the movie. His humor is good in parts but the dialogue delivery especially when he is attempting comedy is something getting stereotype right from Thiruda Thirudi to Thiruvilayadal Aarambam to YNM to Padikaadhavan and Kutty. One example of such dialogue delivery that I could remember was 'unga love sollitu avangalum love panna sonna adhu peru business, that's not love' and likewise 'Uyira koduppean sonna ennoda uyira illa...' Ah enough of such dialogue delivery man!
For more review, please see http://www.clapsandboos.com/user/Vikram
Triangle love forms the basic plot of the story with Dhanush, Shriya and Sameer. Dhanush was portrayed a feel good lovable boy by almost all the characters in the movie except the villains. How Dhanush makes Shriya to feel his love is all about Kutty. The movie had almost all ingredients to make the family audience thoroughly enjoy the movie, though I personally feel the movie is just another run of the mill but definitely a good entertainer.
It was Dhanush all the way, who has carried the pace of the movie. His humor is good in parts but the dialogue delivery especially when he is attempting comedy is something getting stereotype right from Thiruda Thirudi to Thiruvilayadal Aarambam to YNM to Padikaadhavan and Kutty. One example of such dialogue delivery that I could remember was 'unga love sollitu avangalum love panna sonna adhu peru business, that's not love' and likewise 'Uyira koduppean sonna ennoda uyira illa...' Ah enough of such dialogue delivery man!
For more review, please see http://www.clapsandboos.com/user/Vikram
Naanayam - Value for the title
A full length story on bankrupt makes us eager to know from which Hollywood movie was it inspired or copied as they have at least a couple of movies every year grinding the same plot with different fantasy technology to rob a bank. In Indian slang, a technical way of bank robbery.
A trustworthy bank called Trust bank is the target set here to rob and who/why/how it's done makes the story of Naanayam. Sakthi S Rajan, an assistant to Mysskin has handled this plot in the best possible way he can. He has designed the script with a bunch of suspense and he breaks them then and there to make the screenplay interesting. But before he does that we can easily predict a few at least and know what will happen next? He has inspired the concept of vault and the security systems from a bunch of holly flicks like Oceans series. But it's good on his part that he cared to explain about the plan in a better way so that the audience doesn't think it's yet another fantasy movie. But unveiling too many suspences in one short time could have been avoided during the climax. He has connected the series of incidents in a neat screenplay to justify the bottom-line.
A trustworthy bank called Trust bank is the target set here to rob and who/why/how it's done makes the story of Naanayam. Sakthi S Rajan, an assistant to Mysskin has handled this plot in the best possible way he can. He has designed the script with a bunch of suspense and he breaks them then and there to make the screenplay interesting. But before he does that we can easily predict a few at least and know what will happen next? He has inspired the concept of vault and the security systems from a bunch of holly flicks like Oceans series. But it's good on his part that he cared to explain about the plan in a better way so that the audience doesn't think it's yet another fantasy movie. But unveiling too many suspences in one short time could have been avoided during the climax. He has connected the series of incidents in a neat screenplay to justify the bottom-line.
For more please visit http://www.clapsandboos.com/user/Vikram
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Aayirathil Oruvan - Still we need the real 'Aayirathil Oruvan'
So we have one of the most expected movies which was in the making for nearly 2 years has finally arrived. This time Selvaraghavan has chosen fantasy genre with a travelling adventure. Not just Selva, we have Karthi, Andrea and Reema adding to our expectations.
It's an adventure fanatasy to discover the Chola dynasty. Isn't it quite a simple plot? But Selva doesn't leave it there, he has utilized the genre very well to give a good gripping adventure throughout the first half. The basic adventure which always starts with a big gang and gradually gets reduces because of various obstacles on their journey is well scripted. Of course, any adventure movie will certainly gets a share from the ace Indiana Jones and traces of National Treasure when the script deals with history treasure hunt. Aayirathil Oruvan is no exception. But the CG isn't satisfactory for this adventure fantasy. Did Selva by any chance thought whether he could at least get to this extent? The adventure goes through forest, sea, dessert, etc., and most of them where computer generated and it's quite evident from the poor graphics or at least not a satisfactory visuals. And when they finally discovers the dynasty where Chola live(d), we have a big surprise and then the story shifts from fantasy to a period movie. Selva, unweilds too many things in the Chola episode that it makes the audience to squeeze their brains to know what is what and who is who?
Of course, there are a few loop holes or rather illogical or how is it possible scenes in the movie, but let's not dig them hard in a fantasy movie as everything is left to our imagination. There are quite interesting scenes in the movie like the movie starts and ends with the same situation, where there will be a scene of elope of Cholo dynasty with different time intervals but with same intention by the same enemies. It was just beautifully designed by the director. It was a destiny for Karthi to be the 'Thoodhuvan'. Moving towards the Climax, there will be literally no dialogues and it's the scenes that speaks for themselves.
Talking about the performance, to be really honest, there isn't any big scope to unveil performance in the movie. But it doesn't mean that they have done a poor show either. They gave what the character needed. But it was certainly a big disappointment from Parthiban, as it was almost kept clueless about his get up in the movie and with minimum dialogues to the character, we couldn't see our usual non stop talking Parthiban. Reema Sen had a much more important role than Karthi and Andrea in the movie. She has done it neatly, though she still needs to improve on the accent and lip sync, but she had tried really hard to give that. Karthi had shades of Paruthiveeran with almost the same get up with the beard striking more Paruthiveeran. Andrea didn't have any big job for her role.
Fantasy? What about the visuals? Ramji has handled the camera and he has done a very good job shooting in the dessert and a few dark shots with gloomy environment. Oh Eesa song, though it was not needed at that situation, it was shot well with vampire effect. Also the red indians shot sequences were also shot brilliantly with proper color correction. Being a travel adventure, the day night, gloomy evening color corrections have been carefully done and had made the end product good. But as I said earlier, the CG was not upto the standards. But considering the budget of the movie, I would probably say they have done a fair job with the budget given to them.
It was a sheer disappointment from GVP when it comes to BGM. It was good in parts, only in certain scenes, but in most of the scenes, BGM sucked big time with poor instrumental. Being a fantasy film, it could have given some fantasy BGM for gripping adventure but it wasn't convincing for the audience to hear our typical stand alone BGM. I remember 3-4 songs being used from the album. Everyone disappointed with the exclusiong of Maalai Neram song. Out of the 3-4 songs used, they aren't needed for the story. Though they were good, they stand as odd man out while watching the movie.
Verdict : Go for it!
Review available at www.clapsandboos.com. Please support me there with your valuable comments.
It's an adventure fanatasy to discover the Chola dynasty. Isn't it quite a simple plot? But Selva doesn't leave it there, he has utilized the genre very well to give a good gripping adventure throughout the first half. The basic adventure which always starts with a big gang and gradually gets reduces because of various obstacles on their journey is well scripted. Of course, any adventure movie will certainly gets a share from the ace Indiana Jones and traces of National Treasure when the script deals with history treasure hunt. Aayirathil Oruvan is no exception. But the CG isn't satisfactory for this adventure fantasy. Did Selva by any chance thought whether he could at least get to this extent? The adventure goes through forest, sea, dessert, etc., and most of them where computer generated and it's quite evident from the poor graphics or at least not a satisfactory visuals. And when they finally discovers the dynasty where Chola live(d), we have a big surprise and then the story shifts from fantasy to a period movie. Selva, unweilds too many things in the Chola episode that it makes the audience to squeeze their brains to know what is what and who is who?
Of course, there are a few loop holes or rather illogical or how is it possible scenes in the movie, but let's not dig them hard in a fantasy movie as everything is left to our imagination. There are quite interesting scenes in the movie like the movie starts and ends with the same situation, where there will be a scene of elope of Cholo dynasty with different time intervals but with same intention by the same enemies. It was just beautifully designed by the director. It was a destiny for Karthi to be the 'Thoodhuvan'. Moving towards the Climax, there will be literally no dialogues and it's the scenes that speaks for themselves.
Talking about the performance, to be really honest, there isn't any big scope to unveil performance in the movie. But it doesn't mean that they have done a poor show either. They gave what the character needed. But it was certainly a big disappointment from Parthiban, as it was almost kept clueless about his get up in the movie and with minimum dialogues to the character, we couldn't see our usual non stop talking Parthiban. Reema Sen had a much more important role than Karthi and Andrea in the movie. She has done it neatly, though she still needs to improve on the accent and lip sync, but she had tried really hard to give that. Karthi had shades of Paruthiveeran with almost the same get up with the beard striking more Paruthiveeran. Andrea didn't have any big job for her role.
Fantasy? What about the visuals? Ramji has handled the camera and he has done a very good job shooting in the dessert and a few dark shots with gloomy environment. Oh Eesa song, though it was not needed at that situation, it was shot well with vampire effect. Also the red indians shot sequences were also shot brilliantly with proper color correction. Being a travel adventure, the day night, gloomy evening color corrections have been carefully done and had made the end product good. But as I said earlier, the CG was not upto the standards. But considering the budget of the movie, I would probably say they have done a fair job with the budget given to them.
It was a sheer disappointment from GVP when it comes to BGM. It was good in parts, only in certain scenes, but in most of the scenes, BGM sucked big time with poor instrumental. Being a fantasy film, it could have given some fantasy BGM for gripping adventure but it wasn't convincing for the audience to hear our typical stand alone BGM. I remember 3-4 songs being used from the album. Everyone disappointed with the exclusiong of Maalai Neram song. Out of the 3-4 songs used, they aren't needed for the story. Though they were good, they stand as odd man out while watching the movie.
Verdict : Go for it!
Review available at www.clapsandboos.com. Please support me there with your valuable comments.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
