Wednesday, April 22, 2009

AYAN – A SPICY MOVIE REVIEW


 

Ayan is one movie that, according to me, shows its best within the first 15 minutes, only to fizzle out as the story unfolds.

Once again K.V.Anand, the ace cinematographer turned director has come up with an usual story, but with a fresh approach. Ayan is a 100 percent peppy and racy entertainment which will hold everyone to their seat to watch till the final shot.

The story of the film is rather not new but is an old one taken in a new style. It is a full and full spicy masala movie with stunts, romance and good songs.

 

THE PLOT:

 

Deva (Surya) is a computer science post graduate living in North Madras area with his mother (Renuka) who runs a grocery shop and duty free shop in the Bazaar.

Instead of getting a
government job according to his studies, Deva likes to become a smuggler (Kuruvi-carrier of smuggling goods from abroad) and finally joins Das (Prabhu), a good hearted local smuggler and old friend of his late father.


Kamlesh (Akashdeep Saigal) is the only enemy of Das - Deva and always tries to become the number one in the bazaar by using all means. He cant even tolerate their small victories.

Soon he sends one of his boy Chitti (Jegan) as a spy in Das' gang. Later Deva finds this and removes him from his gang. But in the meantime Deva falls in love with Chitty's beautiful younger sister.

Kamlesh greedy to get rich and powerful starts dealing in narcotics, which is against the principles and ethics of Deva-Das combo. All this leads to bloody clashes and a satisfied climax.

What makes you to enjoy the film is K.V.Anand's fresh and logical approach throughout the film. The comedy portions have been work out very well. The introduction scene between Surya and
Tamanna  is an interesting piece and it continues in all the scenes involving the lead pair.

Surya dons his role with passion. His performance as an energetic action hero throughout the film pumps up the adrenaline of the viewers. He looks charming and his romantic scenes with Tamanna are poetical.

Tamanna looks very fresh and beautiful like lovely angel and steals the hearts of viewers. The chemistry between Tamanna and Surya is terrific and quite enjoyable.

The circumstance leading to Surya meeting Tamanna for the first time due to the antics of Jagan is a real fun ride.

Prabhu is a sweet surprise in the film. He plays the role as Das, the good hearted smuggler with style and dignity.

Others like Ponvannan, Karunaas, Jagan, Renuka and Akashdeep Saigal play their roles well enough.

Two
songs under Harris Jayaraj's music are peppy, but the other two have really become the Speed breakers to the fast phase of the the screenplay. His background score has also not come up to the mark.

M.S Prabhu, the growing cameraman, is the offscreen hero of the film! His camera angles and colouring sense have really helped to show the film in a different style.
Rajeevan’s set design and Antony's fast cutting are the major pluses for Ayan.

The movie begins by showing Suriya aka Deva as a wealthy and well-educated traveller ( who criticizes corporates) only to find his English to be replaced with Madras slang and his true profession revealed when he leaves the airport. Suriya is a smuggler working for Prabhu (Doss)and in this intro scene, he is seen smuggling pirated copy of a diwali release.

In the next few scenes the villain emerges. Akashdeep Segal (Kamalesh), son of a friendly rival of Prabhu’s gang wants to depart from the friendly ways and establish himself as the numero uno. Segal informs the police about the piracy and Suriya and gang have a close escape.

Next, we are taken to Congo, the land of diamonds and AIDS, as said by Suriya’s character. Here we see Suriya, and his sidekick Jegan, obtain a pouch of diamonds from the country’s rebels. Suriya is watched in Congo by Segal and his men and what follows is a brilliantly choreographed action sequence in which Suriya recovers the diamond pouch that Segal’s men steal from him. If you, like me, expected to see more such action sequences later in the movie, you will be sorely disappointed, for, with this action sequence and the “hero’s intro” song (Pala palakra pagala nee), the movie is pretty much over. The audience can now throw in some romance, some twists and a climax sequence to get the entire “picture”. The movie is about how Deva overcomes Kamalesh in his smuggling venture and eventually becomes ( not unpredictably) a customs officer.

Well, the romance does require some mention. The Suriya-Tammanah chemistry seemed very good and the scenes portraying their second meeting ( god! the first meeting was pretty deplorable) have been shot well. Suriya, as usual, has done justice. His acting, dialogue delivery, action and, prehaps more importantly, his looks, are all as expected from the Vaaranam Aayiram hero. Tammanah looks good and has done a decent job in a rather limited role ( which is not new in Tamil cinema).

The first half is racy with comic interludes from Jegan. Jegan has got a decent role in this movie and makes full use of it. He’s not just the comic relief in the movie, but plays a vital role. Without revealing much, I can say that Jegan has done a good job and we can expect to see him get more such roles in the future.

While the “first half” could have been the saviour of the movie, the second half was, without qualifications, bad. There is a fair share of twists and bad song placements in the second half ( can you imagine a duet song soon after the demise of the heroine’s brother?). The twists in the movie are too cliched and too numerous to be enjoyed. The Honey Honey song is completely out of sync with the movie.

Do I have to talk about the villain? He is a sore sight in the movie and Segal has to a lot of work to be done in the acting front. Prabhu, on the other hand, is exceptional. Portraying the role of a gang leader, Prabhu is all brilliance and his experience shows. Karunas has also managed to perform well and the emotional scenes in later part of the movie show his acting skills.

Harris’ music is, of course, pleasant to the ears, but brings with it the feeling of having heard it before. The re-recording is good enough to be mentioned, but is not fabulous.

 

CONCLUSION:

Bottomline is that Ayan is a typical commercial tamil film set apart by some good performances by Suriya and Prabhu and a rather decent screenplay.

A must watch entertainer this Summer!

 

Credits:

Cast: Surya, Prabhu, Tamanna, Karunaas, Ponvannan, Jagan
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Camera: M.S.Prabhu
Stunts: Kanal Kannan
Arts: Rajeevan
Editor: Antony
Story, Screenplay and Direction: K.V.Aanand
Producers: AVM
Presenter: Sun Pictures

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