Raavan Review  

excellent movie..... must watch... This is a fantastic movie.  

excellent movie..... must watch... This is a fantastic movie. 

Mani Ratnam,A Name That Every Moviegoer Respects. The Master Storyteller Has Gifted Gems To The…  

Mani Ratnam,A Name That Every Moviegoer Respects. The Master Storyteller Has Gifted Gems To The Industry.His Latest Venture Raavan Is Surrounded By High Expectations.Like His Last Outing 'GURU' He Has Cast Abhishek Bachchan And Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Raavan Is A Modern Day Adaptation Of Ramayana.The Story Is Borrowed From The Epic.How-ever Mani Ratnam Has Included Some Turns And Twist But The Main Culprit Here Is The Screenplay.The Screenplay Is Not Engaging.The First Half Is Very Dull.The Film Gains Track In Pre-Interval Portions The Second Half Begins On The Right Note But The Film Again Loses Track Towards The Finale.The Climax Is Very Long And Boring.Dialouges Are Good. Background Music Is Decent.Music Is Good.Action Is Fantastic.The Pre-Climax Brigde Fight Is Simply Awesome.Cinematography Is Topnotch.The Visuals Are A Treat To Watch.Direction By Mani Ratnam Is Quite Decent.The Standard Raised By Mani Ratnam Is Very High.RAAVAN Fails To Meet Those Standards.Coming To Performances,Abhishek Plays The Title Role.He Tries To Give His Best But In The End His Performance Comes As Just Decent.Due To His Sketchy Characterization He Does Not Look Convincing.Vikram Is Good.Govinda Is Average. Nikhil Dwivedi Is Alright.Ravi Kissen Is Superb In A Role That Fits Him To T.Raavan Completely Belongs To AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN.The Actress Delivers A Knockout Performance.Her Display Of Each And Every Emotion Is A Treat To Watch.Also She Looks Gorgeous In The Movie.Priyamani Is First Rate.Ajay Gehi Is Good.Overall,RAAVAN Is Quite Disappointing Due To Its Dull Screenplay. 

One word = Piece of crap Only liked it a bit for Ash  

One word = Piece of crap Only liked it a bit for Ash 

I didn't really like the movie itself, but the look of the film was amazing. The cinamatography was…  

I didn't really like the movie itself, but the look of the film was amazing. The cinamatography was great and the music, although my AR Rahman, was alright. The dances weren't anything big either. I couldn't stand Abhishek tghough. He was quiet irratating and even though he clearly tried to do a good job, he fell short. Aishwarya's screaming was normal in the beginning but after a while it was unnecessary. Vikram was the best part of the film and the locations were stunning. 

Expectation: Huge..as in Earth Shattering! Its Mani Ratnam dude! So wt do you expect except best??…  

Expectation: Huge..as in Earth Shattering! Its Mani Ratnam dude! So wt do you expect except best?? :) Is it fulfill your expectations? NO! It gives you more than you expect! This is an outstanding movie! Breathtaking acting, Breath taking scenes, Breathtaking music, Breathtaking story!! Everything is connected together together to deliver an outstanding masterpiece. I am not going to explain one by one because I will have to use the word “outstanding” for each and every segment. So I will just say This is an outstanding movie in all aspects! Forget what you have to do, go and watch Raavan instead!! But this is a flop in India. Why? There is a reason. Once you hear the name “Raavan”, the same old epic comes up into mind right? So every Indian is watching the movie with that epic in their mind. Raavan is a evil king according to them who knows nothing about love, caring..etc Rama is the pure white character (I don’t personally believe this Rama-Raavan epic. I believe Raavan is the farther of our nation and that epic is some made-up by Indians). But here the story has collapsed! Rama is not a white character as they thought. And Raavan is not a bad guy either. So the Indians are furious because the great epic is changed! They don’t care about the movie or music or what so ever. Their great old epic is collapsed! So they don’t like this movie (most of them) When talking about acting; Abhishek is too good! Aishwarya is also doing a superb job. Vikram and Govinda are OK. Ravi Kishan is superb. At the end, Raavan is an outstanding movie with no minus points! A must watch! Rating: 9.5/10 USP: Everything! 

Mani Ratnma is known for making hits. but leave it to talentless people to make a raavan a flop.…  

Mani Ratnma is known for making hits. but leave it to talentless people to make a raavan a flop. abishek + aishwarya= is what takes to make a raavan a flop even a.r.rahman music is not up to the par. The songs are forgetable. the movie oculd have been much better. Better luck next time. 

This is one of the greatest movie that is made. I thought all the star cast worked so hard to make…  

This is one of the greatest movie that is made. I thought all the star cast worked so hard to make this movie great; it may have been edited here in U.S. but I thought the concept was great. Good editing, and very good edited storyline.  

Raavana Review: A visual treat, a must watch for Sivan’s fan than anyone else! Even the well…  

Raavana Review: A visual treat, a must watch for Sivan’s fan than anyone else! Even the well versatile; so deservingly successfully and brilliant combo of “Mani-A R Rehman” lost its grip and were very loose in this ‘transformed’ epic. To me challenge for moviemakers with movies made on mythological plots (with storytelling at its best) like Mahabharata and here Ramayanan, is that audience is well equipped with context, attached with characters & dipped in story line. So to make a good impact with such subject (when made so evident too) there needs to be something “exuberant”, either you need to twist the plots or performances should go beyond excellence or bring up amazing presentation style. Now yes Mani Sir did try all of that above but nothing taken to its heights. On lighter note, I cracked the logic why – film doob gayi? All due to too much rain and waterfalls in the movie  he he….. What say Amit ji this would still make more sense than opting editing as the culprit  A good different thought, great plot and equally well build up backdrop but lost in translation and low on meaty story. Brilliantly executed amazing cinematography by Sivan! Very ordinary\vague screenplay. In performances, surprise package was amazing Govinda (surely here editing was at fault, there must be more than what finally came out); also equally Impressive Ravi Kiran. Overambitious Abhishek, the maturity & sincerity showcased in guru kant desai, was nowhere to be found. This was surely one role which was bigger than what he could have chew. Just good Aishwarya, did well overall. LSD’s actor made his presence felt however impressive Villain of Yashraj’s TV serial Powder was left as hijra, wasted. Irritating performances by leads at times, come on can even Mani sir explain the repeated ‘kacchh-kaacchh” by Abhishek or the song with Aishwarya; god know why she doing that classic dance piece. Interestingly used background score but doesn’t uplift like it usually does in Mani-AR combo. 2 songs still make us believe how well Rehman and Mani know each other. Ila arun successfully haunts with Ranjha-ranjha; was great. Also the 'ek aur gaya bechara' song was brilliant to watch & listen in movie. No other music piece worked even the whole dance song ' khilli re khilli' was so disconnected from movie & irritating. In end, I liked watching this in theater however considering the movie coming from Mani Sir, Santosh Sivan and AR Rehman it was expected to be much more magical and long lasting. 

It was a good story to make a film like this. But this film is not that much successful one. I…  

It was a good story to make a film like this. But this film is not that much successful one. I thought this will be a super hit around the world, but it isn't. Story is little bit ok. But some times it's boring. Ash , Abhis & Govindas' performance are great. There is a miss that I can't understand. Art direction & Music direction was fabulous. I think Manis' GURU is better than this. But it's not just a time pass movie. Better you watch and think. 

may be this movie is not made by Mani ratnam,Thats what my guess!!!?? ,because, cmon guys How can a…  

may be this movie is not made by Mani ratnam,Thats what my guess!!!?? ,because, cmon guys How can a genius ,a perfectionist who has given ramarkable movie in his career such as Roja, Bombay, Dil se, Yuva, Guru( best of the best)and so many In south film,can give such a disaster Movie, What happened to his Geniusness!! what ever his thought about this story it has not executed properly, or may be given direction to some new first timer director !! because this movie doesnt appeal to the audience and we can not connect with story,!! sorry to say but its a flop.Abhishek has acted well but some time its looked over acted because of the bad script or bad story.  

Worst movie of 2010 so far :(  

Worst movie of 2010 so far :(