Raavan has arrived.With the enviable legacy of the one and only Mani ratnam,the tamil superstar Vikram ,the aging beauty aiswarya rai and the emerging star of malayalam cinema prithviraj,raavan promised to go beyond all expectations....well does it...??Could have said yes if cinema making was all about its technical side alone.Unfortunately its not and is much beyond.
Raavan as the name suggests is basically plotted out from ramayana,with the difference that the raavan has a justification for his deeds.With a Veeriah(Vikram)snarfs pushpa,the wife of the police Superintendent Dev(Prithvi).With the most frail of a storyline mani ratnam tries to pulp out a movie spanning 2 hours.Well you should say he almost achieves this thanks to the appealing locations,the art of exploitation of camera angles (has captured the most possible from the locations including athirapally)by the master santhosh shivan and to an extend the bgm and songs by the maestro AR Rahman.
Vikram as Veeriah,sizzles though some mannerisms might give shades of some of his previous characters including the dud kanthasaamy.Aiswarya rai looks a bit aged ,but that doesnt stop her from giving her best for a role that should have demanded lot of physical strain.Prithviraj looks stylish in one of the final shots and thats all he go to do.Prabhu,Karthik puts in credible performances.Priyamani has made her cameo role flawless.
Despite all these efforts it is the feeble story line that doesnt raise Raavan above your expectaions or may be even not upto it? Though emotions pour out in plenty from the lead characters, there is very minimal that could move you.The unsounding sequences are made less felt due to wet glitsening frames that distracts to keep you glued to your seats.Most of the dialogues too doesnt sound striking as some of Mani ratnams earlier ventures.Directionwise the movie is a great effort ,well filmed one and had he concentrated more on the substance side of the story raavan could have really been mesmerising indeed!
Watch it for its technical brilliance.
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