Ayirathil oruvan

With lot of expectation we set foot in to the movie theatre for the movie premiere Ayirathil Oruvan by Selva Raghavan. It was a brave move by the director to experiment recreation of our history but the screenplay and graphics miserably let down the effort to making it a good movie. Not to mention the story line which started out as a good entertainer initially had lot of loose ends during the second half. 


War-crime, archaeology, sea voyage is all something new about the movie. The movie tries to blend the lives of historical chola dynasty lineage who have been secretly hiding in mystery land which cannot be reached without passing by 7 obstacles and contemporary pandia lineage who hold access to all the modern technology, weapons. The narration was poor that one cant make out the direction as to where the characters in the movie was leading to. 


During the second half when the chola dynasty was located after the entry of Parthiban all of them converse in old tamil script which was hard to follow. The background score in the movie was good but in order to affright there is sudden blare of sound after mute scenes. This was repeated many times in the movie and at times it created more annoyance than anxiety. The first remix song is what i liked it fits the cheerful start of the voyage, rest of the songs though good to hear were added just for the heck of it and doesnt gel well with the movie. 


The movie has an open ending leaving us wonder if there would be an second part. Though the movie didnt meet my expectation it would be a guiding light for more movies to come in the same genre. With all the gory scenes its definitely not for the weak hearted & kids.


With a disappointing pongal releases am looking forward for Ajith's flick Asal, Venkat Prabhu's Goa..