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DVD Aayirathil Oruvan
 Rating: 7.4 Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | History Director: K. Selvaraghavan Writers: K. Selvaraghavan Stars: Karthi, Reema Sen, Andrea Jeremiah |
| Storyline A time-traveling story involving a missing archaeologist’s daughter who goes in search of the missing ‘Chola’ tribe with her helper (Karthi Sivakumar). They discover more than they originally set out to find. Written by moviewood.net |
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| Details: Country: India Release Date: 14 January 2010 (India) |
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| Box Office Budget: INR 320,000,000 (estimated) |
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Here is a movie that wants to have fun, the cast wants to have fun. The audience ends up having fun in first half. karthik is hilarious. Andrea handles the limited demands of his role quite well. Reema Sen brings her ever-present charm and beauty to a role which is notable for being one of the few action-adventure roles written for a female that is not obnoxious in recent memory. It takes a big U Turn in Second half,where parthiban rules the remaining part.You can't take your eyes off parthiban.
It's kind of a Indiana Jones meets Apocolypto Movie .This is the best Adventure I have ever seen in tamil. It depicts the horrors of the & the tragedy of Chola Civilization, and I know, I have not seen a film of such a powerful & Superbly directed by Selvaragahavan, magnificently photographed by Ramji, perfect performances by karthi and Reema Sen, and, especially, Parthiban. beautiful, brilliant score, brings the whole horror and tragedy, Action Adventure. This is Selva's Triumph. Congratulations!
Selvaraghavan one of the most versatile directors in Indian cinema has attempted a new genre and has succeeded. His imagination has no limits and has reflected on the screen very well. This movie shows the vast history of South India (something not seen before).
The backbone of this film is around the cast consisting of Karthi, Reema sen and Andrea. All of them have given great performances especially Reema sen who has grown as an actor.
The first half of the film is an adventure on tone with Indiana Jones but the obstacles and concept is purely Indian which makes this film unique. The comedy timing of karthi is exceptional which keeps the first half fast paced with some great visuals. The pre-interval scene sets the pace for a great second half.
The second half of the movie is a little slower than the first half because the more detailed characterization. Parthiban plays the chola king to perfection and his dialogue delivery is flawless. Reema sen dominates the second half with less role for Karthi and Andrea.
The battle scenes towards the end might not be the best we have seen but are great keeping in mind the budget constraint.
The visual effects of the film are exceptional again keeping in mind the budget available.
The cinematography by ramji is one of the best i have ever seen. His visualization of the battle scenes, kingdom , seas, deserts were so close to reality.
G.V.Prakash's BGM score was good but not great which could be the only negative point i see in this movie.
Finally the director of this venture Selvaraghavan needs a pat on the back for this great attempt. It might not be as great as his career best Pudupettai but is still one of his best Go and book your tickets as soon as possible !!!! Rating 8/10
Aayiratthil Oruvan is a new Genre to Indian Cinema. No one has ever tried or attempted this kind of a Plot. Selvaraghavan has excelled in his part of screenplay and direction. Its really a tough one to direct. Actors have given their best. Karthi Reema Sen and Andrea have done their jobs perfectly. The First half of the movie is enjoyable for all people whereas to enjoy the second half you need patience and good observing powers. Selva has his own directorial touches. This Scene should surely be mentioned where a women shows how hungry she is. Coming to Visual Effects,this is the only place where we're lacking behind Hollywood People.The art director Santhanam has done a neat job. G.V.Prakash comes up with his best Music and BGM so far. The Movie as a whole is absolutely awesome, but could've been presented in a much understandable manner.
Movie's Major Plus
1. Screenplay and Direction 2. Background Music 3. Casting 4. Plot 5.Locations where the film is shot
Movie's Major Minus
1. Visual Effects(not so realistic) 2. Less Usage of the So called Hero Karthi 3. Too Much of Vulgarity which wasn't needed for this script 4. Incomplete Climax 5.Unable to deliver the plot to all classes
No one has the right to rate a film except the makers of it. Because they are the one who has taken the effort and faced the problems in making it. So i am not supposed to rate this film. But this tremendous effort should be appreciated. Hats Off to Mr.Selvaraghavan and Thank You Sir for this wonderful movie!!!
Prashanth Sekar
I went to this movie with lot of expectations but I was pretty much disappointed. There are so many goof ups in the movie and so many questions left unanswered or at least doesn't provide a clear explanation, like, has the king got magical powers for he is able to fight Reema by getting hold of her shadow, why do they run crazy when they reach the lost chola city, and Reema too seem to have got some magical powers for she is able to portray a tiger symbol at her back in a flash and is able to fight back the magical saint (or whomever is he) when people were trying to burn them, what exactly happens when Karthik is fighting the big guy in the fight-area organized by king for he cud see people around him as skeletons, at-times they are missing and suddenly our crying Karthik starts fighting like a legend etc etc. Also, there are few scenes in the movie that may seem illogical and unnecessary. Though, I feel, the story is very good, the graphic scenes are very poor. We could see the effects of few Hollywood movies with a poor attempt. The climax is rather disappointing with cholas fighting the army people. We understand the budget is very less, but some scenes could have been filmed in a better way, with the available budget. Some scenes like, Reema and Andrea holding Karthik to fight chillness in forest makes audience enjoy the movie for a short period, until they get puzzled why would something like that happen on another scene or get disappointed by poor graphic scenes.
On the whole, I would say this is a very good attempt by the director, and could be a new beginning for Tamil cinema. I feel, a movie of this kind, that has a really good story should be filmed in high budget, rather than filming in a poor budget making the film prone to poor comments and a relatively bad cinematic experience. I would still give this movie a rating 8, for the very good attempt by the director.