Aayirathil Oruvan, hats off to Selvaraghavan. He has done a magic in Tamil Cinema history. A new try, a new concept and it should to appreciated. The idea is very fresh and rare.
Storyline : Its the rival hit back of the Pandiyas on the Cholas even after many generations.
Even after generations the pandiyas are in search of the Cholas to hit them back. Pandiyas are now the current generation people living in Chennai or modern place, they have all powers of military and weapons. With all these they still search for the fled Cholas. Reema sen is one among the pandiyas...the story begins like this and the search continues.
Andrya, an archeologist and her father , Prathap pothan is one too. He went in search of the cholas and disappeared. His daughter , Andriya joins the team of Reema Sen to get back her father. Karthi is the leader of the workers group who come to help the search team.
My Comments :
The story is VERY VERY CLEAR, it is not like many people said to me. They said " Nobody will understand the story". If someone cannot understand this story, they are just time passers at the theater and unfit to watch a tamil - history making movie. Film making is an art, Selvaragavan has mastered it. Any body can make a commercial movie but this movie can't even be imagined by such directors.
Even Mani Ratnam's 'Iruvar' was a commercial flop but how many know that it is one of the technically strong movie by direction, story telling, screen play, lighting and so on. It is one of my lessons to film making. I have watched at least 20 times. When we watch a movie we need to look for how have they conceived every shot, what impact it creates, how is the output, what response does it gets from the audience and many more. I'm not a director but ,a want to be director before my lifetime ends.
Characters :
Reema Sen : 7/10
Karthi : 7/10
Andrya : 6/10
Parthiban : 7/10
Everybody has put in such a lot of efforts, especially Selvaragavan's direction gets 8/10.
Computer Graphics : Done very nicely, particularly the night shots and the effects to that were great. The arena fight was good but can be still improved.
Glowing sea shells : These s the crew and kill people while they walk in the less deep sea shore. Very good idea and a shocking one in theater.
The Sand pits : Superbly done. This make the audience to come forward from their seats.
Chola Caves : Excellent set, it will deserve the award.
The shadow of Shiva on the desert : This is what made me to think thrice, the concept was very good but the output did not come out well. Sun come on one side but how can the shadows come on all 360 degrees and they fade away in the same manner.
Music : GV Prakash has done one good song. Background score was not up to the greatness of the film. It moreover sounded like Prince of Persia. Score during the introduction of Parthiban and the revelation of Reema Sen can be more effective. I think Sub woofer was not used properly, then whats the point of dts. A.R.Rahman would have been a better choice, for this is a rivalry subject, think of 'Jodha Akbar', 'Guru', the background score takes the story and the shots to more heights. Anyway GV has not let it down, he has done an average work.
Costumes : Ultimate! Never seen costumes anywhere. He has worked out very much on the costumes, they give us the real feeling.
Lighting : It has very much on any shot, it engraves the night shots and the day shots at 'unmela aasai dhan' and the forest shots. All were totally mind blowing.
Bottomline : I have never seen such a piece of art and magic in Indian cinema history. A must watch movie. This is a movie to win the Indian National Award for 2010. I have no doubt on this..
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-Saravanan Kuppusamy
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