One of the Most awaited movies of the year RAAVAN finally arrives.
Here goes my review.
If one watches it from the story point of view one may not like it.as it is the old kidnapping and revenge story which may not attaract everyone.
But the way the great movie maker has presented is too good.The kerala forest shooting and the screenplay / camera works is very good.
Abhishek has done a nice job and if you remove him and rahmans music from the movie there is nothing left.Amongst the other characters
Vikram is good and I think he will rock the tamil version where he plays the role of abhishek and rest all remains same.
As one of the comments rightly say,The tamil version is going to be hit and the hindi will be avaerage.This is correct because the south indian
audience appreciates the cinematography,music and such well presented movies more than the non south indian audience.
The movie starts with a fantastic shot of abhishek jumping and the beera song.It then tends to become a bit slow at times esp when the song Khili re
comes which,with all respect to rahman,i think was not required
in the movie.The 2nd half is much stronger which is ideally required in a good movie
and hence makes it up for the comparitvely slow 1st half.
Govinda is just OK.i think Rajpal yadav could have done better in that role.
Even Ravi kishan has done a good job.
As taran adarsh( the official movie review writer) talks about the factors that pull this film down which is correct to a certain extent. First and foremost, when you've a title like RAAVAN, the demon king,who couldn't be vanquished by
Gods, demons or spirits, you expect Raavan aka Beera to be equally powerful,who could send a chill down your spine, who spells terror and fear.
But, in RAAVAN, Beera comes across as a psycho
.Also, his makeup and also the shabby avtaars of his family/henchmen is not something that makes them
looks menacing.
The fight on the bridge -- between Abhishek and Vikram -- is astounding. One hasn't watched something like this on the Hindi screen yet.
A.R. Rahman's music is excellent and the visual appeal only enhances the impact.
Overall i would give a 3 out of 5 and suggest it only for people to have liked previous mani rathnam movies,Otherwise criticism is always there
from some or the other person!!!