The lookout for an entirely new plot in story making forum of tamizh cinema takes a new turn with 7m arivu’s arrival!!! Seems more stress and care was taken in script as they stepped back in film making. Story about the not so known glory of Bodhi dharman and mix up of sci-fi stuff makes it an interesting plot. Deserving a bouquet, the director shines for such a script. Narrations initially make it more of documentary kind and the flashback scenes were kindling interest. But, as the real part of story in present starts, the director takes some leniency on logic. Especially the casting of the main villain was too confusing as he is given all mighty super powers. One controlling someone’s mind is agreeable, but then making a layman a martial arts expert in a moment is something not practical.
Surya, as far his part is concerned, has done his part explicitly well. And more of that youthful energetic Surya( ayan, aadhavan kind) is seen here too, which actually is boring especially in his intro song. His ground work for the character and acting has been classy.
Shruthi hasan, a fresh arrival to kollywood has been impressive. More of Tamil nativity speaking could be brought in, especially the slang. Johnny tri nguyen, another imported villain has delivered good with his looks and body language. But, then some more work could have been made in his casting.
Harris Jeyaraj could have worked more on background as the feeling of freshness in the script was not amicably complemented by the music. Rather, songs and BGM lower the tempo of the story at places. Ravi.K.Chandran shines with his lens at picturing some song sequences. Anthony has done a decent job in editing for a movie demanding more from him.
It makes us feel that the Director has involved himself much in expressing the urge to kindle one’s forgotten glory that he actually has overseen few logical errors in the script. The message is delivered. But the typical Murugadoss style and realism is missing here (We still remember the romance part in tamil Ghajni flashback!!).
At last, an impact which was supposed to be made on seeing such a film after this sort of hype created was not that deep enough. Anyways, worth a watch one in theaters for something NEW from the director’s story board!!!
Check out the trailer here at :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3s27ROJ2G4
Wish you all a happy and safe Deepavali!!!!
