Well....
I don't know how to to begin!!! My mind still refuses to accept the fact that minutes ago i watched a thamil movie....
to be precise , this movie is a 'cinematic event' in thamil cinema history....
Never before seen thrills , action , adventure, brutality, violence,nudity , visuals ,story ,narration style,editing, and....
OMG i'm running out of adjectives!!!!
okay... let me get to the point... this latest selvaraghavan flick is set to rock the thamil film industry for a while...
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*******SPOILER ALERT*******
the plot itself is ground breaking...
The story begins with a worried chola king looking at his burning country under the hands of the pandyas.He decides to protect his descendants and his wealth, so he sends his son and a part his soldiers along with his wealth through a secret way to as long last land.Meanwhile the Pandyas crush the cholas and completely wipes them away.but still they couldnt get what they desired for, the idol of their favourite god , which was once coveted from them by the cholas. even centuries later the fate of the group which escaped that war night was left in darkness.
The Clocks rolls back to the present...
A group of archeologists set out on a journey in search of a lost treasure which is lost in the centuries before in the power tussle between the cholas and the pandyas.the first half was spot on and the adventure begins right from the word go. government officials sends in an group of archeologists under a main head Anita(Reema), which was left unfinished by their predecessors.who was accompanied by another archeologist Lawanya(Andrea) who is also the daughter of one of those who went on this same search and got lost their way in the interim.A group of coolies to help them in their way lead by Muthu(Karthi) also forms the part of this adventure. With the Military support of a Forest guard(Alagam Perumal) the troop sets off the
journey. later Andrea unravels the fact that they are on the search of the fate of the chola group that escaped on that war night.
their journey was forms the rest of the story.....
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Wait a minute... did i say this forms the rest of the story????
nope... i was wrong... this covers only half the plot....
the rest?????
its filled with the darker side of our glorified kings and queens who ruled our past... it show cases their madness and thirst for power and glory, and also the sufferings of the innocent civilians in their hands.
i'll give an example for the sufferings of the people under this reign,
A woman with her starving infant goes straight to her king and squeezes her breast, where blood oozes instead of her maternal gland...(This brave attempt by selva will come under lots of criticisms in the near future!!!)
A war sequence which comes at the end of this movie will be an visual extravaganza and an absolute treat for all those action buffs.
when it comes it to the cilmax ppl may be feel it a bit abrupt but the message was there to be understood,'History repeats itself'.
Regarding the performances of the lead cast... its karthi who dominates the proceedings as a foul mouthed , happy go lucky, youth. the second place is dominated by some power packed performances by reema and parthiban. well to say about Andrea, she was an disappointment in a role which itself seems to be of very low importance to the plot of the movie. the character of alagam perumal though has an important role to play in the story has very less scope for acting.
The cinematography deserves a very special mention here as for an fantasy adventure like this it ios the life line..... Ramji, the cinematographer has put his heart and soul for this one to make it Extraordinary.Music was also highly impressive,especially the background score, which takes you to the next level.
But on the flip side selva should understand his limitations... he is not an tarantino or guy ritchie to put fun and humour into violence and brutality. nor a zack snyder to be an expert in slow motion sequences and make the audience spell bound.
On the whole with given resources , selva has made an loyal and heartful attempt to make a movie which has set the bars so high for thamil cinema to recreate a similar magic again.
This is not an average commercial potboiler that releases for every festival....go with an open mind and enjoy the dark world to which selva transform you from the first frame...
Enjoy the ride!!!!!!
