AADHAVAN

This Sunday I had gone to Aadhavan for a matinee show in one of the local theatres. Thank God that I did not shell out more money for a pathetic movie like this in some over-priced multiplex in Namma Bengaluru.

Cast: Surya, Nayanthara, Murali(Character Artist), Rahul Dev,Sayyaji Shinde, Riaz Khan, Anand Babu(Nagesh's Son),FEFSI Vijayan, Saroja Devi and VADIVELU
Direction: KS RAVIKUMAR aka MASALA KUMAR
Production: RED GIANT FILMS - Udhayanidhi Stalin
Music: Harris Jayaraj
and other crew

The movie does not live up to the expectations and hype created by Kalaignar TV and the media. Surya's role is very much similar to the one he did in AYAN, so he needs to do something seriously to break the stereotype. Much of the action sequences are a modified version of AYAN.

Unlike AYAN, logic is defied blatantly and amuses many at critical and serious times during the climax. Nayanthara is wasted and portrays a very old misplaced look, she honestly does not fit in this movie. Murali has acted aptly as always, but it's a pity that he expired before the movie could release. Saroja Devi is an addition and man, she does look beautiful even at this age, better than Nayanthara obviously. But, one prime question? Will she sport make up even in HEAVEN???

The other villains are stereotypes that we have seen time and again in many tamil flicks. But all this happens in KOLKATA, that's the only difference. VADIVELU is the real sheet anchor to this movie. Without him, even with Surya, they would not be able to pull off even a decent run in theatres.

The first half is more interesting relatively. Surya's stunts are always enjoyable, but in this case, a little exagerrated even by Surya's standards, like jumping from building to building, leaping 10-12 feet, cliches as in AYAN, and then a timed rocket launcher that will explode after 2 minutes, which Surya after a gun shot to his right shoulder, clings on to the bottom of a helicopter and re inserts that missile inside the villains copter and jumps into water and the next scene, returns normal. This is heights of desperation from KS Ravikumar. Ramesh Khanna is a total waste of time, Pathetic portrayal and his makeup!

Music by Harris Jayaraj does not live up to his name. Hasile Fissile is the only number I enjoyed. Others are cut copy mix and paste stuff from his previous hits. Music which was a great boost in AYAN is a tragedy in AADHAVAN.
The other technical aspects like choreography, cinematography and the likes are good, and I don't know the technical side of it and thus am not commenting.

Overall, go watch it for Surya and Vadivelu. Please don't go with any expectations or hype from media and never compare it with even a cinch of AYAN!!!