“kattu sirrukkiiii…. Kattu sirrukkiiii… yaar kaattu sirrukkiii oiii……..
Malai kodupalooo… idi idipalooo mayamai povalooo…”
Unlike the usual peppy tone out on cd’s.. a pretty pretty slow folkish distinct voice of a older village women backup’s the frames… (imagine a slow-reverse version of kattu sirruki in ur minds..)
Its veera with lusty love, completely struck by the beauty of Raagini as clear as a stream line flow, still continues to awe at her splendor amidst those greeny woods and falling waters. His fierce eyes meets up with the most gorgeous pair of eyes that he had ever seen! The eyes that spoke thousand words!
This is called Poetry on screens! Its my best sequence out of this flick, stands at the top niche I should say as there are many scenes that I loved.
Mannn!! This one scene is enough to portray the inevitable love that Veera got struck the moment he saw her heavenly eyes!
The movie really stands out for the names that it embosses for – Mr. Maniratnam. An aching story of love, pain and anger poetically depicted with finest cinematic elements, touching the sensitive sides of mankind. Director’s brilliance is revealed in every frame. I just admire this man who has been creating magic in the screens with his classic scripts, presenting in a contemporary technique for over two decades, making his movies do the talking every time.
Narration starts with Raagini’s kidnap wife of the cop prithivi who is deadly in need of Veera, the notorious Veerappan-kinda character. Here lies the movie’s plot as the protagonist fells for Raagini, feeling the magic in her acquaintance. Second half takes you through some real hefty moments, revealing more of the story’s substance. In particular, the sister-flashback, bridge-sequence, climax and the hero’s avenging scene over the cop troops along side with yet another not-on-cd track were too dramatic.
Moving on to acting, I’d say Vikram had lived the character Veeraiya. Great acting exhibited stealing the show overall. The slang and body language were so perfect infact I would never be surprised if he bags another nat award for this. His characterization takes a bit of psychotic –path wherein he listens to several voices inside his head, uttering rhyming words at times. I really enjoyed the way Vikram used to say – “BUCK BUCK BUCK… DUM DUM DUM… DAN DAN DAN…”
I do need to mention aish looked gorgeous in screens. Her eyes were too good to admire all day, chaps. Nice expressive dance in kalvare song and a gripping acting performance as a fearless women trying to get outta shutters. Yester year lover boy Karthik plays a notable funny cameo equivalent to Ramayan’s hanuman.
Santosh Sivan/Manikandan have done a fabulous job capturing the exotic locations to the fullest of its glossyness. Visuals were a treat to our eyes bringing out the substance in classic style. Last, not the least though, I loved Rahman’s stunning spell casted all through the movie. Bgm’s were amazing and enthralling, still ringing in my mind. I felt the typical Rahmantic serenity which I’d love to experience any day! Feel was too good for the song like usuray poguthay and kodu potta in theater dts, also the veera theme that crosses out every now and then is damn heroic!
Raavanan - a classic treat for lovers of movies with poetic art content and finesse finish!
When its all about to end, its Veera's final few seconds on earth... frame slowly captures you the falling-Veera from the top shot all over his body... and there goes the heart touch touching song from the voice of AR! chk it out!
