Movie starts with Prabhu Deva narrating about the city of love - Paris and appears for the intro song, proceeding further to narrate about the lead pair and declares, how this couple fall in love (reminds me of SJ Surya in Kushi).
Jayam Ravi, a rich businessman comes to Paris for vacation and meets his love ( Hanshika). Hanshika falls in love with Jayam Ravi at first sight (for a change ;)) but later realises that he do not beleive in love and following commitment, how does she manage to make him realise her love is the rest of the story (Does it have one?). Raju Sundaram's comedy was irksome and do not sync with the movie.
Looks like Prakash Raj joined the sets for couple of scenes while he was vacationing at Paris. All other characters in the movie has no scope to perform including Suman.
Nirav Shah excels in capturing the romantic city and needs a special mention. Jayam Ravi performs with ease and did justice to the role. Hanshika looked fresh and bubbly with good expressions.
Harris Jayaraj's songs/BGM sounded usual. Overall Prabhu deva made a decent attempt to make an out and out romantic film with a weak story but some how fails to impress.
Verdict: Prabhu Deva's travail to make a bubbly romantic movie fails.
KV Anand definetly at his best, struck the right chords again. Mindblowing song locations, picturisation and direction.
Film travels at relatively slower pace but still keeps you engaged with twist and turns. Jiiva's role is adorable (not sure, if it would have suited Simbu). I am really impressed with Ajmal's performance, be it his body language, acting esp in climax portion.
One role which was lingering in mind even after movie got over was Pia's, kudos. Karthika, welcome to tamil cinema, way to go, can have better expressions.
Richard excels for his Cinematography, sure KV Anand's expertise would have helped a lot. Harris Jeyaraj fares with his usual hit formula.
Verdict: Overall very good entertainer (inspite of the fact that script was inspired from Russel Crowe starrer 'State of Play')
Guns, Bomb, Terrorists & hi-jack... some thing which we would not have seen in Radha Mohan's earlier movies. In fact a full fledged flight hi-jack movie is new to Tamil cinema.
Movie starts with introduction of all the passengers name & their background who are about to board the flight to Delhi. I would have appreciated if the names were displayed in Tamil too.
Radha Mohan still prefers to cast the same artists from his previous movies which could have been avoided to give a fresh look with few exception being Nagarjuna and Rishi.
Though the humour part was thoroughly enjoyable esp Chaams vs Babloo, it diluted the fear factor and gave a melo-dramatic feel.
I just admired Nagarjuna, he was so apt for the role, be it his body language, physic, dialogue delivery, emotions, etc. Perfect choice and has done extremely well. Prakash Raj as bureaucrat did not had much scope to perform except few scenes. Thalaivasal Vijay as retired colonel has shown the perfect emotions.
Back ground music by Praveen Mani was ordinary. Special mention to the art director for flight interior sand airport sets.
Disclaimer: Dont expect a Avvai Shanmugi or Panchathanthiram or Thenali.
The quality of stuff that Kamal Hassan has delivered in MMA cannot match anyone's expectation. MMA didnt had any elements which will excite audience ..be it story, comedy, dialogues. After a tiresome project ( Dasavatharam), Kamal & KSR thought of doing a casual holiday subject. Yes watch out for locations.. loved it and it was well captured by Manush Nandan using Red One Digital Camera.
Kamal could not succeed in writing 'confusing dialogues' like Crazy Mohan & don't expect that in the movie.
None had much scope to perform barring Madhavan in few scenes. DSP's songs and RR was ok.
Watch out for Neela Vaanam song's picturization, I dont think any other Indian artist could have done that Lip sync in reverse slow motion ( in 48 frames) so easily. ( You can find that in "Nakida Nakida" line ,Kadal Sadugudu song from Alaipayuthey). But sad part is, concept was copied from Coldplay - The Scientist.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWLpTKBFcU)
Initially Vettaikaran(VK) was talked to be set for a Diwali release but in the last minute the VK team has said that the movie is still not complete in all aspects and hence the Die hards of Ilayathalapathi will have to wait for some more time. Lets dig more into what REALLY could have been the show stopper?
May be the VK team could have found in Aadhavan, a potential threat to its collections, especially during the Diwali week, given the schedule clash -But WHY SO ?
Is it because of the following reasons ??? Read on... :)
1.Aadhavan being produced by a big banner like Red Giant, has almost blocked all the main theatres( atleast in City). This leads to a situation were Aadhavan might be screened in all the main theatres( Like Abirami, Satyam, Sangam, etc) while VK might have to find itself a place in halls that are supposedly 'Sub Theatres' (like Bala Abirami, Padmam, Santham,) to the main theatres, which is not a good sign for Ilaya Thalapathi's janta that would look offended and bring about a negative mileage.
2. Aadhavan has got more number of SUCCESS ELEMENTS than VK - the movie is produced by a BIG production company Red Giant, which does not mind promoting the movie in a big way. It is directed by KSR, who is considered to be a SUCCESS director ( proven Hits and a great track record ). It has Harris Jayaraj, Vadivelu, Nayanthara to add more colors.
Last but not the least, Surya, who is at the peak of his career and has been on a successful run so far, with his last film also doing very well at the box office.
Wherein, VK does not have any of those brownies except Vijay ( who himself is not having great time at the moment given the recent string of flops). Considering all these factors, VK team decided to delay (safely postpone) the movie's release intentionally.
Could it be so ? This is what the grapevine has got to say. Lets wait and see how Aadavan fares.
Nandhini JS has Assisted Priya in directing the film Kanda Naal Muthal which is the only film to her credit. She is a D.F.T (Direction) Gold medalist from Film & television institute of Tamil Nadu.
Review:
Definitely a good start by the debutante Nandhini JS.
She wanted to try an out and out light hearted movie and we should say has done it quiet well.
Arjun (Ajmal) - Lazy, Irresponsible, Unpunctual and Archana (Rupa Manjari) – who is totally the opposite in her attitude, unlike Arjun, work for an Ad agency run by Srinivas (Mouli). Arjun messes up an important client presentation, due to his carelessness. To win that particular client, Mouli plans to spend his own money and prove himself. Arjun, who is so, attached to Mouli’s family feels bad for his mess up and takes it up as a challenge along with Archana to iron out things. But as luck has it for him that the baby that was auditioned for the ad shoot falls sick and the ad agency is desperately in need of a cute baby. Arjun finds a kidnapped baby (which he comes to know later) and he keeps the baby at his house and Archana decides to help him. Arjun is in search of the baby’s real parents to get no objection signature in the agreement without which their client will not accept the project. Script is crafted out in such way that how these two opposite characters gel together to accomplish the task, which is narrated with full humor.
There isn’t much of scenes which explains the love between the both which could have added more interest to the script. There could have been few good shots which show the Ad shooting with baby instead of showing it in a laptop during the climax.
For Ajmal this is definitely a challenging role after his roles in Anjathey, TN 09 A L 4777 and one must say that he has managed it pretty well. Rupa Manjari’s voice though a bit loud and screechy, suits well for the role. The Director has definitely tried to bring the best out of both the actors and has succeeded in it. Mouli as usual performs his role with ease and brilliantly renders the much needed flavor to the role especially the sequences where he keeps forgetting names and ends up once forgetting his wife’s as well, are really rib ticklers. (Though this does not does help much to the script)
Mani Sharma has done a pretty decent job unlike his usual heavy beats and noise; he has managed to get his music gel well with the theme and feel of the script.
This is a kind of script that is very hard to explain and convince a producer unless it is backed by good dialogues and sound narration. On that front, Nandini deserves a big Kudos.
The entire movie is short with Red One camera, probably the third movie in Tamil after Achamundu Achamundu and Unnai Pol Oruvan. You would even find it difficult to make out if it has been shot by a Red One camera with some good lighting sense. Good work by Sudhir.
Total budget of this movie is said to be around Rs. 2.5 Crs. The director and the cinematographer have tried their best to make the visuals look rich and at the same time have done many things to reduce cost like the use of Red one camera.
Apparently, this would be the first movie to release digitally without converting into traditional films; a huge cost reducing factor!
Being a Gold medalist one would expect Nandhini to make films on much more serious and sensitive subjects. Hope we can look forward to them as well.
Nandhini, Hearty welcome to Kollywood and over to Bollywood (Yea, she is going to direct the same script in Hindi:-))
Verdict: A subject well delivered for “A” class audience
A very catchy start, especially with the piano and the strumming chords playing along the background, throughout the song. The first interlude is pretty Jazzy and impressive. Shreya is amazing in her style of rendition and sukhwinder is at the pick of his energy and modulations, as usual as ever! One has to admit that the tune does have traces of a ‘lesser hummed/ listened to’ Tamil song (“Hello Mr Edhir Katchi” from Iruvar) one of his own compositions. A couple of phrases that are sung in Harmony also carry a very strong odor of an English number by the ‘Cold Play’ (now that’s for you to find out). In spite of all this familiarity, a smart use of a host of techno instruments, apart from the bongos, goes on to lend the number an effervescent and Rahmanish :-) feel!
Bhoola Tujhe(5:27)
Vocals by Rashid Ali
Bhoola Tujhe is a modest tune that does not have much of novelty to it, by itself. However, the arrangements as part of the strings section of the BGM are very well orchestrated that provide the song the much needed feel. Rashid doesn’t have much of scope, still does a neat job in sustaining the mood of the song. A ‘NOT SO VERY REHMAN’ kind of song. Also am compelled to think of the song ‘Ek Chehra’ from Thakshak. However let’s wait for the video to be out.
Chiggy Wiggy(5:12)
Vocals by Kylie Minogue, Sonu Nigam
Definitely the pick of this album, a typical number that is likely to make rounds across the DJ floors, Rehman is bound to enthrall his fans with this stylish song that has an ‘Eminem’ touch to it. I think only a few people can get to experiment with voices, the likes of Kylie Minogue who has lent so much of style and a distinct pop flavor to the number, right from the beginning of the song. Very thoughtful of Rehman. Well into the song, out of the blues, comes a local ‘bhangra’. A lot of very intriguing variety -play here by Rehman, must appreciate the effort. Sonu instantly gets the desi mood into the song, starting off with the aalap. He creates an aura of pomp and enthu – with the ‘Chiggy Wiggy’ act – can I call it?! Hats off Sonu ji! The tune however has shades of the chartbuster ‘Tanha Tanha’ from Rangeela – wondering where?? :-).It is however going to be very interesting to see how this blend is gonna look like on the screen!
Rehnuma(4:25)
Vocals by Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
Shreya’s singing sounds magical, the modulations extremely subtle and effective at the same time. The ‘James bond’ kinda interlude is disturbing and dilutes the interest created in the beginning of the song. Otherwise, it sounds much like one of these usual Hindi film numbers churned out, off late.
Fiqrana(5:25)
Vocals by Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal
Another song which bears the stamp of his own compositions like a ‘Bheka ‘from Ghajini (Hindi), a ‘Kaise Mujey’(Prelude) from Ghajini (Hindi) or the popular Yedho Yedho ( Enaku 20 Unaku 18- Tamil). Much of the Vocals sound doctored with techno beats accompanying them. A Regular fare!
Yaar Mila Tha(4:29)
Vocals by Madhushree, Ujjaiyinee Roy, Udit Narayan
A ‘Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna’ kind of number with the evergreen voices of Udit and Madhushree. Again, parts of the BGM have strong influences of popular English songs. Run of the mine. Not exciting!
Blue Theme(3:56)
Vocals by Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh, Neha Kakkar, Dilshad
Typical Rahmanish in all aspects, with a variety of chorus and voice tracks made to resonate throughout the song. Not very distinctive though. There is a lot of techno sound that adds some glitz to the theme, though the sound of an air horn that is comes in the background is at times obtrusive. One has to wait to watch how it sounds as a whole package together!
Verdict:
But for a couple of numbers, the album is just a ‘commercial’ potion that seems to have been cooked in a jiffy- especially with many songs bearing the trail of his earlier hits. Nevertheless, on top of all this, OSCAR Rahman’s evergreen charm might still work like magic, and BLUE could well end up as a classy and entertaining treat to his diehards! Jai Ho!
Movie starts with Prabhu Deva narrating about the city of love - Paris and appears for the intro song, proceeding further to narrate about the lead pair and declares, how this couple fall in love (reminds me of SJ Surya in Kushi). 
