Orr Iravu - Indian answer to Paranormal Activity

Orr Iravu initially called ‘ERAA’ comes with a tag ‘India’s first viewpoint film’ also called ‘camera point of view’ movie. Perhaps we have seen and astonished at the recent Paranormal Activity or the classic Blair Witch Project. In the lines comes an Indian answer to Paranormal Activity, Orr Iravu.

Movie starts with a serial and never goes or drags like an usual serial. The momentum keeps going with awesome non linear play. The movie takes break between the reality show and the protagonist’s narration. What I mean by Protagonist is the camera itself. The story is pretty simple and cool about the mystery involved in the death of Nakulan Ponnusamy, a Paranormal Investigator. A dead man narrating his death is something unusual but that’s excellently connected with the help of the reality show in the form of evidences and proofs.

For Tamil Cinema, we have literally drenched on seeing White Ujaala Saree, Fox howling, Blood shed faces, etc., We keep telling ourselves when will we change from these portrayal of ghosts! Well, we have finally a movie of such kind, which really speaks about reality. This is just to stress the fact that the amount of investigation and ground work has been done by the team for talking a movie which is very much lacking in many potential directors. Now days, we hardly see a movie without song, glamour, lip lock scenes, etc., These are just bitter facts about the trend that we have and there are movies like this which needs a welcome.

There are so many things in the movie to be enjoyed. First thing that will make everyone to speak is the camera man! The hero himself has handled the camera and this is an excellent work. Beautiful usage of natural lights and thoroughly maintained the realism throughout the movie. Another thing to be loved is the narration and dialogues. We have very less cast in the movie and most of the play was occupied the camera himself. I started enjoying the dialogues when Nakulan started to feel from the moment he walked out of Anand’s house after collecting his assignment. He takes us a ride along side with him explaining how he enjoyed things as he sees. There were witty dialogues and teasers kept then and there. Lovable haunting back ground score. If I had to name one horror movie in which I enjoyed and literally haunted by the music, I would say ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. A background score for a movie earns full marks when it buzzes your ear after several hours of the movie. Rosemary’s Baby’s BGM score haunts me even now! But now I have watched Orr Iravu. Period. Well, it’s not just the BGM alone, there are 3 brilliant men behind the scenes as well as in the scenes, the directors of this paranormal thriller. Handheld camera shoot is probably the toughest work for the editing department. But Hari has made it look so smooth and pleasant without any abrupt jumps. The directors of the movie have done a remarkable job by keeping the audience engaged every minute. It’s seriously a roller coaster experience, as the movie makes you yourself what will happen next? Thought it’s quite evident that Nakulan will die, it’s quite commendable job to make the audience engaging even though they knew what’s gonna happen at the end.

Verdict – A must watch for the brave attempt and a roller coaster experience!

Review posted @ www.clapsandboos.com