Plot: Kidnapping, Chase, Murder, Love
Story: Ratnam says that he has adapted it from Ramayan. Though it has a few resemblances, the correlation coefficient between the two is very low.
Well, you either fall in love with a movie or hate it or kind of interpret that it’s “Ok”. Here I find people either hating the movie or loving it. Many though have ripped it apart from scene one. I have watched Raavan and will be tuning in for Raavanan as well later this week. Right from the word go, I felt Mani Ratnam who always had a penchant for naming movies differently could have titled the movie “Beera”, or may be something else in the name of the protagonist. He should have also kept people guessing by not doing any publicity. I guess this is the only Mani Ratnam movie to have been publicized so well. He went the other way round this time. He should have waited for the movie goers and fans to make a statement that this movie has a very few resemblances with Ramayan. Now that he very well stated initially, that this is an adaptation of Ramayan, people were only interested in finding the similarities rather than appreciating the movie or the presentation style. I am sure Vikram as Raavanan would have done a much better job than Abhishek as Raavan though I am yet to see Raavanan. Ramayan was more from the eye of an enemy’s perspective which was attributed from the kidnapping of Sita. Here in this movie Ram’s moral stand point comes into the picture and at one point you feel that in the movie, the modern day Ram is associated with serial rapists (guys who raped Priyamani). Though Surphanaga’s lust/love(what ever you might call it) for Laxman was also a reason, the main reason was Sita. Well, you can look at a movie from all angles. In fact, Ram here is never shown doing any good deeds and its only Raavan who has much more at stake. Sometimes you wonder at the end of the movie, did Ram really suspect his wife or he wanted his wife to lead to Raavan? It was not answered clearly though.
But one thing has to be said and appreciated. Mani Ratnam has again presented it very beautifully in locations never known or seen before. Rainfall, waterfalls and forests were all awesome and the way it was shown was mind blowing indeed. At one point, you feel a movie like Iruvar which was just a set of high voltage drama is safer bet than this. I have watched all Mani Ratnam movies till date and certain movies such as Nayagan, Thalapathi, Dil Se, Bombay and Roja, I would have landed more than 10 – 15 times.
Raavan would definitely not be Mani Ratnam’s best but it still stands tall. Amazing stunts, stunning localities and brilliant visualization keep the movie ticking. I am pretty sure that Santhosh Sivan will land yet another award for this spectacle.
Story: Ratnam says that he has adapted it from Ramayan. Though it has a few resemblances, the correlation coefficient between the two is very low.
Well, you either fall in love with a movie or hate it or kind of interpret that it’s “Ok”. Here I find people either hating the movie or loving it. Many though have ripped it apart from scene one. I have watched Raavan and will be tuning in for Raavanan as well later this week. Right from the word go, I felt Mani Ratnam who always had a penchant for naming movies differently could have titled the movie “Beera”, or may be something else in the name of the protagonist. He should have also kept people guessing by not doing any publicity. I guess this is the only Mani Ratnam movie to have been publicized so well. He went the other way round this time. He should have waited for the movie goers and fans to make a statement that this movie has a very few resemblances with Ramayan. Now that he very well stated initially, that this is an adaptation of Ramayan, people were only interested in finding the similarities rather than appreciating the movie or the presentation style. I am sure Vikram as Raavanan would have done a much better job than Abhishek as Raavan though I am yet to see Raavanan. Ramayan was more from the eye of an enemy’s perspective which was attributed from the kidnapping of Sita. Here in this movie Ram’s moral stand point comes into the picture and at one point you feel that in the movie, the modern day Ram is associated with serial rapists (guys who raped Priyamani). Though Surphanaga’s lust/love(what ever you might call it) for Laxman was also a reason, the main reason was Sita. Well, you can look at a movie from all angles. In fact, Ram here is never shown doing any good deeds and its only Raavan who has much more at stake. Sometimes you wonder at the end of the movie, did Ram really suspect his wife or he wanted his wife to lead to Raavan? It was not answered clearly though.
But one thing has to be said and appreciated. Mani Ratnam has again presented it very beautifully in locations never known or seen before. Rainfall, waterfalls and forests were all awesome and the way it was shown was mind blowing indeed. At one point, you feel a movie like Iruvar which was just a set of high voltage drama is safer bet than this. I have watched all Mani Ratnam movies till date and certain movies such as Nayagan, Thalapathi, Dil Se, Bombay and Roja, I would have landed more than 10 – 15 times.
Raavan would definitely not be Mani Ratnam’s best but it still stands tall. Amazing stunts, stunning localities and brilliant visualization keep the movie ticking. I am pretty sure that Santhosh Sivan will land yet another award for this spectacle.
Raavan: Ten Heads. Ten Minds.A Hundred Voices. Three men - Mani Ratnam, Rahman and Sivan!!
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