Raavana

After listening and reading loads of criticisms about the movie Ravanan, I got more anxious to watch it! More like…what could possibly go wrong in a Mani Rathnam movie?!?!

Here is my take on the movie...

The Cinematography! Well… no one can ever say anything wrong about the cinematography of this movie. The whole movie carried the chillness of the waterfalls and foggy mountains across the screen, it reaches your skin and touches your soul (No ppl it really isn’t the work of the Air Conditioned theatre). Nature, from Santosh Sivan and V.Manikandan’s eyes is obviously made more beautiful.

The CG was quite impressive, esp in the scene where Vikram and Prithvi hang from the bridge. However, the scene in which Karthick jumps from tree to tree looked pathetic (Umm… Did Mani try to imitate the scene from Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon here?!?!).

The music speaks for itself, and with the awesome cinematography, the music did more than complimenting the scenes ; )

Ash looks stunning in this movie! Her looks eats her acting, or is it her acting that made her look soo pretty?!?! I am confused : ) But I felt she is more magnetic in this movie than any of her other movies. The amount of hard work she has put in to every scene is highly commendable. For once, a director has realized crying out loud and screaming is not an award worthy acting! I heard she has dubbed for this film too! Well… if that is true, she has done another tremendous job! The voice was awesome too!

Vikram has done his job neat as always. Be it the subtle romantic gazes, pulverizing anger, or even dance… it is just so natural! The unnatural part was his unusual grunting or cooing, whatever you call it! (Now, is that the “Kandhaswami” effect?!?!)

Prithvi… Okay I agree I really did not see how he acted and all! :P well… he looked his best in this movie! He has shed some weight and somehow got this angled jaw (like Hugh Jackman! Ok… no rotton tomatoes on me plz… jus my hazy opinion). His characterization of a strict and sincere police officer was not well crafted. It just made him look more villainy! Yet the ultimate point is he looked smart and handsome! ^_^

Priyamani, errr… okay I just saw another “muthazagu” here! Not that she did not act well or something… it’s just that Mani could have used a different actor cos this role is very very similar to her role in Paruthiveeran.

Mani, Karthik, and Prabu, comes together after Agni Natchathiram. (That was one of my fav movies!) It’s not fair to expect the same spark, given that this is a totally different story, and the actors are old, I have agree that both of them has done what they have been asked to do! ;)

I dunno why Mani chose to show Vaiyapuri as a transgender! But he has used the opportunity well! These small time actors can really act well, if given a chance! : )

Like everyone said, the editing had some glitches! Blame Mani or blame Sreekar… It is negligible according to me! I loved the movie and wish I could watch it again! To all media aspirants…There is a lot to debate and learn from this movie!