Raavan

It is always said any hyped movie in bollywood is always a disaster, sometimes because you expect so much and other times it’s actually nothing. As Om saanthi Om falls in second category Raavan actually falls in first. I was in Chennai when the movie promos were out; I wanted to see it in Tamil as well as in Hindi. Lucky Vikram who plays both the roles, Ram as well as Raavan. But I quit Chennai before it was released and ended up watching only the Hindi version at home, that to when I had already got reviews from others.

Story – yes it’s a Mani Ratanam Ramayana inspired by Valmiki’s Ramayana. There was Ram Sita Laxman Raavan Supranakha Hanuman. Though there was no actual nose cutting but Laxman-Supranakha- Nose scene was there, Supranakha-liking-wrong guy was there, then Raavan-Sita-wooing was there, Laxman-almost-dead scene was there, Hanuman-Sita-Ram’s Informer scene was there, Hanuman-Raavan-Settling was there, Ram-doubting-Sita, Raavan-Ram fighting in air was there, and nicely it was timed to 14 days, in all it was Ramayana. The end was his own, still story wise it was a thumps up. No way like Mahabharata by Ekta Kapoor hehehehe.

Acting – Abhishek couldn’t pull the bad man role properly, his build also not at all adding to his character but in Tamil version where Vikram plays Raavan, he is awesome look wise as well as acting wise. Others are fine, it’s a Mani Ratanam movie he makes people act how much ever duffer they are. I guess if there was no Tamil version to compare from may be it wasn’t that big disaster for Abhishek, may be that it.

If I am not wrong it is shot in Kerala, nothing can beat the beauty of the location. About camera I am sorry but I hate it when camera moves a lot rapidly. In few scenes the camera is shaken a lot even it rotates and it gives me headache. Some people appreciate it, it adds to the emotions in the scene but I don’t like it. There is one particular scene when Ashwarya is falling down the cliff it is beautiful shown, but again its Mani Ratanam you remember Roja and Dil se right . I will say watch it once may be you will like it.