Review Of Raayan

Review Of Raayan

Raayan - A Gangster film that could have been better

Written and directed by Dhanush

Music - A.R Rahman 

Editor - Prassana GK

Cinematographer- Om Prakash

Cast: Dhanush, Kalidas Jayaram, Sundeep Kishen, Aparna Balamurali, Dushara Vijayan, Prakash Raj and Selvaraghavan

Review

Dhanush's filmography seems to be on a mixed track. His 50th film was announced as his 2nd directorial. This film is a gangster project that focused on a family of 3 brothers and 1 sister who survive in North Madras. The performances of Dhanush was a show stealer. The other actors played their roles to neat perfection. Selvaraghavan's performance of a father figure towards Raayan was so good. It had some resemblance to Valmiki's Ramayana on the perspective of Ravana and his brothers.

Prakash Raj's role as Commissioner Sargunam is not so over-the-top like Commissioner Prabhakar from Anniyan. He believes in Negotiation to the role and that was a neat and subtle performance from a thespian of his calibre.

Dushara Vijayan's performance as the sister was literally different. She played a sister who would not hesitate to kill anyone who harms her brother. She is like a manifestation of Mother Kali

Technical side: The cinematography from Om Prakash was so good. The famous highlight was the mocobot shot action sequence. Editing was amazing. It was so amazing to see A.R Rahman make a roaring comeback. His songs elevated him to God Level.

Writing side: The script was a bit half baked in the second half while the 1st half had goosebumps. This made us feel that there was a lot of major areas that needed some improvement.  The stunt choreography was so violent and the dances were done neatly. I actually felt the placement of Water Bucket Song was not needed. 

Overall: This film could have been better in the second half.

Bottom Line: This film is a one time watch.

Review Of Indian 2

Review Of Indian 2

Indian 2 - A sequel nobody asked for

Director - Shankar

Cast: Kamal Hassan, Siddarth, Nedumudi Venu, Vivek, Bobby Simha, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar.etc.

Music: Anirudh Ravichander

Cinematographer: Ravi Varman

Written by - S Shankar, Kabilan Vairamuthu , B Jayamohan and Lakshmi Saravana Kumar

Plot: Senapathy returns to India on a mission to help a group of youtubers fight against corruption.

Review:

Endha thappu nadhandhalum, Kandippa naan thirumba varuven. Indiannuku Saave Kidaiyaadhu. This dialogue that Kamal's character Senapathy said in Indian 1 in 1996 directed by S. Shankar made me realize that Indian thatha would come back some day and made me hold high hopes for a sequel. 28 years later the sequel Indian 2 - Zero Tolerance has come out and I thought I should give it a watch. I saw the film and here goes;

Performance wise; Kamal Hassan is back as Indian thatha and this time, he has turned into a super old man who could take on corrupt bigwigs. All other actors performed well. The Veterans who left us made a comeback in the film. Other than that there was nothing new expected

Writing wise: The Script of Indian 2 has become outdated and made us feel that Shankar opted for grandiose visuals than content. This included an illogical scene where Indian Thatha who would have been 106 years is riding on a unicycle. He also made an action interval scene look so comically cringe that I started laughing at it.

Technical wise, the movie was ok. Stunts were a bit cartoon based. The original film had so much emotional depth. The sequel on the other hand damaged the expectations. It's so sad to see that Director Shankar who made amazing films in the past has made a parody of his older works in this film. Music from Anirudh was a bit fine. It was so shocking to see a Rockstar musician of Anirudh's caliber deliver some half baked tunes.

Overall , Indian 2 is a sequel recycled from old and cringe cartoons that made for comical effect. It was turning out from a sequel that we waited to a sequel that we didn't actually need. 

Honestly; This sequel was a bad idea from Shankar. 

My Take: It is director Shankar that needs a comeback not the Indian Thatha.