Last Saturday, Had a chance to see another decent movie. Aravaan.
Actually I noted this movie in my wishlist, but didn't thought would watch it so early.
Its a period movie, which is very much evident in the movie trailer and posters.
A historical fiction, inspired and improvised from Su. Venkatesan's novel Kaaval Kottam.
With little curiosity I entered the theater.
Since being a period film, art and music are major components. Vijay Murugan has arranged the sets for the movie which is very much appreciable and consistent. Art work has complemented the movie to great extent. Music composed by Karthik; Beginning of the movie, background music was simply mega drums rolls(during the theft scene), which continued to the first song also. I had little thoughts, whether this style would be for the entire movie. Later to fail my guessing there wes very good BGM accompany the happenings on screen. Songs are very average, except "Nilla nilla" which stays in mind and make you mummer for a while.
Cinematography(I should say photography) is the very first thing impacted me. Excellent shots, super camera angles, beautiful backdrops, brilliant frame composition, bright and colorful processing. Few credit goes to Siddharth, who handled this part. Majority is result of digital camera technology. Siddharth's camera lenses has captured the dry landscape beautifully. I was not following the story for the while, getting lost in the artistic touch on screen frame by frame. Later, screenplay took over :). To enjoy this you must watch this movie in theater. Or else you miss a maximum pie.
The movie has powerful screenplay, which keeps the audience engaged till climax. There are suspense, search and thrill weaved properly to give proper flavor of entertainment. Though story was borrowed from the novel, Vasanta balan has excelled in the area of screen play and direction. No one could think of his previous products (Veyil, Angadi theru etc) while watching.. But not to our surprise we see characters from his previous movies. Especially Bharat and Anjali on cameo roles.
In acting everybody were up to the mark. Initially it was a feeling like, there were lot of characters, later when story moves only with few key characters occupy the screen. And there is a reason for that too. Stunts were too real.
Pasupathi as usual he has done is part well.(Sometime he crosses the limit i.e. overacting ;)) Adhi with his well build body and eight packed abs should be the right choice for the character. His voice sometimes ditches him but still he is good. Dhanshika hardly has dialogues but comes in few reels. Noticeable opposite character is done by Karikalan... Many should have forgot him. He has starred one movie in tamil late 90's. He was well build at that time, but now very stout.
Kabir bedi as palayam king is a right choice too. Singam puli tries to tickle our ribs but with less laughter :(
The movie is good but not flawless. Firstly the time period is not too specific. The characterization and costumes contradict many times. Everybody has uncut long hair. But villain has got short, army hair cut and mustache shaved. Weapons they use resemble 6th or 7th century but they show palayam rule (which came in late 16th or 17th century). Secondly, as usual heroines are fairer(actually fairest) in their group. This would happen only in our movies. Dialogues rendered were unclear sometimes and few more minor...
There were influence of Hollywood too. I could notice only three, may be you can add if you find more. The camera attached to pasupathy's body when he runs, is direct usage from apocalypto. Bharat's outfit is more or less equivalent to a character in apocalypto. Bharat seducing queen with perfume is more or less similar to the movie Perfume.
Film ends with an unexpected message too.
On the whole, Aravaan which is a different effort and a fiction with suspense and thrill, can be watched once.
Actually I noted this movie in my wishlist, but didn't thought would watch it so early.
Its a period movie, which is very much evident in the movie trailer and posters.
A historical fiction, inspired and improvised from Su. Venkatesan's novel Kaaval Kottam.
With little curiosity I entered the theater.
Since being a period film, art and music are major components. Vijay Murugan has arranged the sets for the movie which is very much appreciable and consistent. Art work has complemented the movie to great extent. Music composed by Karthik; Beginning of the movie, background music was simply mega drums rolls(during the theft scene), which continued to the first song also. I had little thoughts, whether this style would be for the entire movie. Later to fail my guessing there wes very good BGM accompany the happenings on screen. Songs are very average, except "Nilla nilla" which stays in mind and make you mummer for a while.
Cinematography(I should say photography) is the very first thing impacted me. Excellent shots, super camera angles, beautiful backdrops, brilliant frame composition, bright and colorful processing. Few credit goes to Siddharth, who handled this part. Majority is result of digital camera technology. Siddharth's camera lenses has captured the dry landscape beautifully. I was not following the story for the while, getting lost in the artistic touch on screen frame by frame. Later, screenplay took over :). To enjoy this you must watch this movie in theater. Or else you miss a maximum pie.
The movie has powerful screenplay, which keeps the audience engaged till climax. There are suspense, search and thrill weaved properly to give proper flavor of entertainment. Though story was borrowed from the novel, Vasanta balan has excelled in the area of screen play and direction. No one could think of his previous products (Veyil, Angadi theru etc) while watching.. But not to our surprise we see characters from his previous movies. Especially Bharat and Anjali on cameo roles.
In acting everybody were up to the mark. Initially it was a feeling like, there were lot of characters, later when story moves only with few key characters occupy the screen. And there is a reason for that too. Stunts were too real.
Pasupathi as usual he has done is part well.(Sometime he crosses the limit i.e. overacting ;)) Adhi with his well build body and eight packed abs should be the right choice for the character. His voice sometimes ditches him but still he is good. Dhanshika hardly has dialogues but comes in few reels. Noticeable opposite character is done by Karikalan... Many should have forgot him. He has starred one movie in tamil late 90's. He was well build at that time, but now very stout.
Kabir bedi as palayam king is a right choice too. Singam puli tries to tickle our ribs but with less laughter :(
The movie is good but not flawless. Firstly the time period is not too specific. The characterization and costumes contradict many times. Everybody has uncut long hair. But villain has got short, army hair cut and mustache shaved. Weapons they use resemble 6th or 7th century but they show palayam rule (which came in late 16th or 17th century). Secondly, as usual heroines are fairer(actually fairest) in their group. This would happen only in our movies. Dialogues rendered were unclear sometimes and few more minor...
There were influence of Hollywood too. I could notice only three, may be you can add if you find more. The camera attached to pasupathy's body when he runs, is direct usage from apocalypto. Bharat's outfit is more or less equivalent to a character in apocalypto. Bharat seducing queen with perfume is more or less similar to the movie Perfume.
Film ends with an unexpected message too.
On the whole, Aravaan which is a different effort and a fiction with suspense and thrill, can be watched once.
Good Review.
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