Ayirathil oruvan would appeal to 1 in 1000

This year didn't start well for the movie goers atleast, We jus didn't witness any new movies after Christmas.... thats probably y ma blog didn't have anything new after 3 Idiots.... Now Ayirathil Oruvan has released, n I m back, but I really hate to review 1 in 1000 as ma first blog post of 2010.... Wat ya couldn't believe your ears....

Before we get on with the review, I have got some questions....

* I would first question on the basic common sense which producers lack these days... these chicken brains don't even know which is the right time to release a movie... They need to learn this if they need to survive... Its Pongal, so unless somebody rested for good (RIP) in our home, we would be pretty much celebrating this festival, ain't we.... So why should one see a disturbing, emotional movie on an auspicious day... Why can't the producers plan a release according to the emotion of the public...

* Why can't a movie carry a disclaimer before its release? by disclaimer I don't mean "All characters in this motion picture are fictious...blah blah blah...." shits... What I would really want to see is "This movie is not intented for pure fun.. It has its moments which could question your sensitivity and redefine your view on vulgarity" kinda stuffs... So that before I would book a movie, I can actually decide If I gotto watch it or not... coz most guys these days like me are really sensitive, n just can't take any sensitive shits.... even if it comes outta ass of a renowned director like Selva Raghavan....

* False propagation.... why this is happening?? Ya name a movie after a MGR movie, Ya put two good looking chicks as leads, In every damn interview ya claim its an adventure movie, first of its kind in Tamil cinema, ur trailor doen't reveal the plot... n just when we expect to see an Indiana Jones, Mummy kinda story we are actually made to confront the harsh reality of whats happenned, happening in Eelam.... What was expected to be a fun filled roller coaster ride, actually turns out to be a movie for the strong hearts...

Ayiarathil Oruvan, starts with a chola prince being sent to exile to remote Island guarded by Stingrays, Cannibals, Snakes, Quick sands... Prathap Pothan an astrologer... no no not that aan archeologist in search of the Chola kingdom is missing... Reema Sen with the help of Mercenery batallion under Major who skipped his rifle classes n doesn't know how to handle an AK 47, goes in search of the missing man.... Andrea Pothan's daughter joins the mission, aided by a local thug Karthy, a MGR fanatic... Little did Karthy and Andrea know that Reema is there not to find Pothan but a dumb idol of their moothaathaathaiyar, which was abducted by the Cholan's from the Pandians when they went exile... Did Reema find the idol? Did Andrea find her father? Did Karthy was able to bang one of the chiks atleast? All are answered in this 3 hr 15 mins looooooooong movie....



The biggest problem with Ayiram is its too RAW to digest... Everything is shown explicitly, be it Reema urinating to prove her virginity or a woman revealing her mammary which is devoid of milk for her lill' one... The movie starts on a promising note, with a lot of VFX flaws (We will talk about this later) ofcourse.... but towards the second half Selva begins to let his hold off his horse, allows it to wander and start controlling it after he went to an entirely different destination... Its the let loose screenplay in the second half, which makes the otherwise good plot to tumble like a river of gemstones...

Karthy, yet to come from the Paruthiveeran hangover, hasn't done anything diffrent here.... However his screen presence was undeniably good... Be it confronting Reema n Andrea, or dancing with the chola king Parthiban, or leading the chola army from front against the pandians he does his part well... We only hope Karthy comes outta this image, the expectation has only rised for his Payya....

Reema Sen, probably her best till date, infact she isn't gonna perform better in future too... grrrr I m not kidding this time....

Parthiban, as a Chola king breaths life into the character... proves yet again that he is a fine actor....

Andrea, She doesn't have much to do in this movie, except for exposing her curves... Her pimples didn't look good on her face... Ya can't hide this from me baby....

SelvaRaghavan succeeds as a script writer but falters when he needed to bring to the screen... Had he written a novel on the same lines, it would have sold like hot cakes, made history.... but movie making is different, sometimes just having good ambitions isn't enough, ya gotto have the resources too...

VFX and CG -
Well I don't want any excuses.... Jus plainly accept that the graphic works sucked big time... Snakes, elphants, camels... yuck none looked good... And the stingrays in the water, that would be the world's worst graphics till date... I mean this... As I told before sometimes good scripta aren't enough for a good movie....

Inspirations -
The movie is heavily inspired from Mummy, Mecana;s Gold, Time Line of the hollywood... Selva is so inspired from the hollywood flicks that he has lifted some scenes into ayirathil oruvan, making minor change... He has actually blend the hollywood flicks with some tamil history, but the propotion isn't good....

Climax -
I dunno why this was filmed in first place... Its the most depressing scene in the picture... I am a person who feels that rape scenes should be removed from tamil cinema.... n what we witness here is a gang rape that too with a Vijay song running in the background... n showing the merceneries indulging in such activities, is gonna raise a lotta eyebrows... Selva went overboard, the bodylanguage of the Army personals looked very savage.... looks like Selva is asking for trouble....

On a ending note, firstly I m quite disturbed with the movie, as a result this is not my usual laughable kinda review... I just felt its insane to make fun of this movie, though it deserves to be at many places... So whether ya should see this movie?... First don't listen to assholes who say "Encourage movies like Ayirathil Oruvan".... Ask yourself if you want only entertainment, ya wanna laugh outta theatre.... if the answer is Yes, just plainly avoid this picture.... If ya are a weak hearted, ya have a family with whome ya would love to watch movies, ya take time to get outta movie don't watch it... coz this movie doesn't entertain... If ya have a craving for raw subjects, ya feel that ya have the best taste for tamil cinema, ya are a guy who would hate to believe that Bala or Selva could give flops, Jus go n watch it... even ya would feel its more RAW than ya expected.... One can imagine ma plight....

It would be better that I don't give a wattage for Ayirathil Oruvan... It doesn't deserve low ratings, but I don't wanna give high rating...

Excerpt -
* Why was Reema Sen and his fellow Pandiya's wearing medieval outfits in the climax fight with the cholas.... ROTFL....
* When Parthiban is deceived by Reema, he tries to slither his throat, at that time one old man pulls the knife off and slaps the King.... I felt goosebumps in ma hand... Its in places like this Selva stands talll.... but its not enough....


This is one big doubt, which suddenly came to ma mind, did Cholas invent Chola Poori?????!!!!!!!!...
Bye for Now....

** Would like to thank Sat_hi_sh for pointing out the mistake in ma blog, hence replaced Indian Military with mercenery, still I wouldn't accept the climax....