Let’s not drag over this into morsels of comparisons and ‘time’ factors. It doesn’t involve much about duration of production process when reviewing a film. But certainly, it pops up questions on aspects of production cost when you don’t feel the film is worth it. Certainly, ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ doesn’t seem to be a clear-cut elision as it fails to live up to our expectations.
Having kept us intact for past couple of years, ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ turns to be a tedious flick with sluggish screenplay and loose ends prevailing throughout the show.
For sure, the film historians and buffs may come up drawing comparisons with ‘Time Line’ and famous TV series ‘Lost’. Manifestly, the film faintly resembles the above shows and there’s nothing to deny about it. But again, this film doesn’t seem to be gratifying the interests of even those who haven’t experienced these films.
On the button, the first half has got some interesting elements while the second half sweeps us to a different and dark arena that tends to be improbable.
When a renowned archeologist (Prathap Pothan) is mislaid in an alien land (the place once said to be reigned by Chola dynasty before centuries), a team of archeologists and rangers are appointed for a search mission. The team is organized by Anitha (Reema) while the desolated daughter Lavanya (Andrea) joins the mission so as to guide the troupe in right way. Group of roughnecks lead by Sugumaran (Karthi) are hired to carry out for security purposes. The journey which starts with jocundity soon turns to be a nightmarish adventure. But somehow withstanding the backbreaking tribulations, the trio Sugumaran-Anitha-Lavanya reaches the destined land of Chola dynasty. But sooner, it’s revealed that the quest wasn’t merely about rescuing the archeologist.
The complete second half takes you to an unexpected land ruled by the present lineage of Chola dynasty (Parthiban).
What unfolds next is a series of bizarre that lets you befuddled with its proceedings and an unconvincing climax.
On the performance note, Karthi strikes with a powerful performance throughout the show. Be the sequences of pettifoggeries with Reema Sen or flirting off euphorically with Andrea, he scores brownie points. Indeed, his contrastive shade in latter part too engrosses us rapidly. Don’t miss his dance sequences for ‘Celebration of Joy’ with Parthiban and his aggressive gesture towards penultimate sequence. Reema Sen woos down the young lads by exhibiting her assets aggressively while her lip synchs turns to be goofiest attribute. Selvaraghavan shouldn’t have swanked to her prominence during second half as it badly disappoints Karthi’s fans. Parthiban outmatches with his promising performance and his pathetic culmination gets overshadowed by pesky violence depicted in climax.
For the first 30mins of second half, it’s dreadfully wearisome with Reema Sen’s bold act. Seducing Parthiban could be one such exemplification, which is too graveling. The open ending sequences happen to be a highlighting factor that completely disappoints the audiences.
Kudos to G.V. Prakash! The young guy has shifted far away from his clichéd paradigms on background score. ‘Un Mela Aasadhan’ is a gratifying treat for frontbenchers while ‘Oh Eesa’ is a direct lift from Backstreet Boys’ album (in visual terms)… Cinematography by Ramji brings you some eye-catching visuals of deep forests and dark lands, but overdosed CG effects acts as a spoiler and editing is amateurish with constant lack in continuity between shots.
‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ would’ve been a remarkable film if Selvaraghavan had neatly carried the second half with gripping screenplay. Brimmed with lots of controversial aspects and flimsy narration, the film yields nothing but thankless verdicts from the audiences.
Cast & Crew:
Banner: Dream Valley Corporation
Production: R. Ravendran
Direction: Selvaraghavan
Star-casts: Karthi, Andrea, Reema Sen, Parthiban, Prathap Pothan and others
Music: G.V. Prakash
Verdict: Completely disappointing
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