Wednesday, October 26, 2011

7aum Arivu Movie Review


7aam Arivu Movie Review

7AUM ARIVU MOVIE REVIEW

Cast: Suriya, Shruthi Haasan, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Ramanathan
Production:Udhayanidhi Stalin
Direction: A.R. Murugadoos
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography: Ravi K. Chandran
Stunt: Peter Hein
Amidst mass commercial Tamil cinema where the hero behind villain and the heroines run around trees romancing the hero, comes 7aum Arivu. The Ghajini team comprising Suriya, director MurugadossHarris Jayaraj, and Peter Heincome together for a movie with a different theme. A sci-fi thriller which is a rarity in Tamil cinema.
However the biggest question now is whether the movie lives up to all hype and hoopla? Only in parts would be the answer. The movie begins with loads of promise and slowly become predictable and ends like any other mindless masala movie.

STORY LINE

The movie speaks about Pallava prince Bodhi Dharman (Suriya), who ventured to China in sixth century AD. He won a name for himself in China for his healing touch and propagating Tamil martial arts, which was later developed as Kung Fu. After his demise, he is worshipped as Tao by all in China.
Now the story comes to 2011. Aravindh (Suriya), a circus artiste falls for Suba Sreenivas (Shruthi Haasan), a research student. Aravindh and Suba become thick pals and the former falls for Suba’s charm. Meanwhile, he comes to know that Suba has some motive behind her acts.
Also a sequence of events reveal that Chinese government is planning to unleash harm to India by planning Operation red and sends Dong Lee (Johnny Tri Nguyen), a martial arts expert to Chennai. He is instructed to kill Suba for Chinese government fears that her research on Bodhi Dharman would hinder all their plans.
Suba comes to know that Bodhi Dharman was forefather of Aravindh and finds out that both their DNAs match. Now her task is bringing to life the heroics of Bodhi Dharman through Aravindh to thwart the plans of Chinese government. How they accomplish the task is what the movie is all about.

SCRIPT ANALYSIS

Murugadoss has undoubtedly come up with a new theme. He has also worked hard to present it on screen. But the way he unfolds the story leaves much to be desired. The first half an hour showing Bodhi Dharman’s life look like a documentary and the sequences in the present day are quite predictable and routine. His efforts to make the film gripping through the genetic engineering angle are not good enough to excite us. The Operation Red and the hypnotism tactics look like comical portions.
The ‘message’ on Tamil’s and India’s past glory sound as a rhetoric than a genuine voice. They don’t fit gel into the script is another problem.
The pre climax portions are quite predictable but the climax fight is awesome thanks to the stunt choreography by Peter Hein and acting by Surya and Johnny Tri.

CAST REVIEW

Suriya is the savior of the film. He has done his homework well. As Bodhi Dharman and as Aravindh he brings right variations in his performance. His serious looks as Bodhi Dharman compliment the role. His hard work is visible in every frame.
Shruti Haasan makes a good debut. She gets a meaty role to perform. Sadly the onscreen chemistry between her and Surya is missing.
Johnny Tri Nguyen, the Vietnamese star does the job ntrusted to him well. However he has been shown a man with abnormal powers in today’s contemporary world cannot be believed.
Ravi K Chandran‘s cinematography and Harris Jayaraj’s music manage to add some pep to the proceedings.Rajeevan’s art direction is good and interestingly the sets he enacted to replicate the DNA lab and the hamlets in China are amazing.

VERDICT

7aum Arivu is a different story but lack of thrilling moments, predictable sequence mars the flow. 7aum Arivu is no Ghajini, but stands out for a different attempt.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Nanban Vijay-Ileana Stills


Nanban Vijay - Ileana
Shankar’s Nanban is scheduled for a pongal release. It’s going to be a treat watching Vijay, Jiiva, Sathyaraj, Srikanth, Sathyan, Ileana all together.
Here are the exclusive stills of Vijay and Ileana in Nanban.

Monday, October 10, 2011


Rajinikanth Lakshmi Manchu
Rajinikanth and Lakshmi Manchu at his Poes Garden residence, Chennai
For all those Superstar Rajinikanth’s fans, who were concerned about his health, here is a good piece of news, which could definitely bring smiles on your face. Well, the superstar is recovering well and looks fabulous says, actress-producer Lakshmi Manchu,the daughter of his best buddy and Tollywood actor-producer Mohan Babu, who met Rajini at his residence last week.
Lakshmi was in Chennai to meet the Superstar and spent a quality of time with him before she flew back to Hyderabad. Now she has tweeted an image of the Superstar at his Poes Garden house in Chennai and wrote, “Dassera gift for u guys. The superstar’s picture that I promised u..”.
In this photograph, Superstar is seen posing with Lakshmi Manchu. This is the first picture of the superstar after his return to Chennai from Singapore.
Lakshmi on her meeting with her ‘Uncle’ Rajini, says, “I’m producing a bilingual with my brother Manoj Manchu(Telugu actor) in the lead. While we have already started working on the Telugu version, I wanted to get Rajini uncle’s blessings before we roll the Tamil version, titled Varuvaan Thalaivan. So, I met him at his house in Poes Garden last week and spent some time with him.”
Stating that Rajinikanth looks ‘even better than before’, she says, “He’s doing great and is feeling extremely fit. He has regained his strength and is looking even better than before. It felt wonderful to meet him and listen to his animated talk. I even read out a few jokes to him, just like old times.”
Lakshmi will start work on Varuvaan Thalaivan by the end of this month. “The film has Deeksha Seth in the lead, along with Sonu Sood, Manobala K Bhagyaraj and other top actors,”she informs.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Rajinikanths Rana is not dropped





Rajnikanth's Rana is not yet dropped...its still under discussion -K.S.Ravikumar



Rajinikanths Rana dropped


Rajinikanths Rana abandoned
Today Rajinikanth’s Endhiran completes a complete a rocking 1 year ( being released last October 1st) but the celebrations ought to be put on hold, as this piece of news will come as a wrecking shock to dear Rajiniacs. Sources report that Rajinikanth’s upcoming big flick Rana has been completely shelved for the future. The movie did have some major initial setbacks for Thalaivar and his devotees as the Superstar fell ill soon after kicking off the first shooting schedule (on 29th April 2011, the very same evening Rajini fell ill and spent two spells of hospital stay in Chennai before being flown to Singapore for further treatment on 28th May) with Bollywood hot-scorcher Deepika Padukone joining in for her golden Kollywood offering.
t was believed that Rajini would soon kick start his Ranaschedule on October 3rd, as he has been making a strong recovery after going through his kidney treatment back inSingapore. The shooting was planned over 200 days, withRavikumar and Rajini deciding to complete the movie in three full action packed schedules.
The two did meet to discuss on the project regularly and it was during the final meet lasting for about 2 hours and 15 minutes that the two decided to drop the project completely. The reason cited was the movie would take almost one and a half years to be shot and made ready, that is a lot of time and money, which cannot be invested presently considering Rajini’s present health conditions.
Now that his Rana is out of the awaited list fans can look out for Rajini’s other biggie –Sultan The Warrior, freshly titledDheera. According to daughterSoundarya  95% of Dheera has been completed with the graphics work lying in the pending zone. She has promised theDheera release for a January 2012 to the delight of the zillions awaiting the release. Interestingly after dropping Rana, director Ravikumar and Rajini have plans to commence another freshly scripted project this January for which the talks have already begun.
The official confirmation is awaited and a press meet is expected to announce the same.

Vedi Movie Review


Vedi Movie Review

VEDI MOVIE REVIEW

Cast: Vishal, Sameera Reddy, Poonam Kaur, Vivek, Devi Sri Prasad and Sophie Choudry
Director: Prabhu Deva
Producer: G K Film Corporation – Vikram Krishna and Shreya Reddy
Music: Vijay Antony
Cinematography: R D Rajasekar

Suriya and Venkat Prabhu join hands


Venkat Prabhu and Suriya join hands
Director Venkat Prabhu and his Mankatha are still sailing sky high at the theaters. Pleased with the big response, the director has decided to take a well-deserved break and spend quality time with his family flying abroad. The past one year has been very hectic for Venkat who will treat himself to a jolly long vacation, happy to see his sincere efforts breaking box office records.
Earlier there were speculations regarding Venkat’s next movie said to be a sequel to Mankatha, but things dint materialize as expected with Thala moving on to the AM Rathnam project. While Venkat fans await his comeback from abroad and the announcement of his next big flick we have got an interesting tip for all you Suriya fans out there. It is heard that the mercurial director will collaborate with none other than namma Suriya for a big budget offering. The announcement of the same will be made after Venkatcomes back from abroad. The Venkat – Suriya project will start to take shape only after the actor completes hisMaatraan schedule followed by another flick with directorHari. It is also heard that Venkat plans to make a sequel to his hit offering Chennai 28 but we will have to wait for the official announcements by the Director himself.

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