#AArambham _ My Review
Risky Shots, Impulsive Action and Salt n' Pepper looks, Thala is back in a power packed role.
Aarambham was undoubtedly the most awaited Tamil movie of the year. The hype factor was nothing but Thala. The additional star cast of Aarya, Nayanz and VishnuVardhan in the director's slot increased the hype of the film. Happy to see a Thala film on large screen
The film opens in Mumbai, where Thala is seen implanting bombs in three important centres of the city. The bomb blasts create a great havoc in the city, meanwhile, Arjun(Aarya), an expertise in computer hacking meets his college mate Maya (Nayanthara) in an airport, on his way to Mumbai. On racing Mumbai, Maya is kidnapped by Ashok(Ajith) and Arjun is blackmailed by him to hack certain systems. The reason behind Ashok hacking the networks, forms the crux of the film
The story of the film is just mediocre. The first half, which started slowly with the love of Arjun etc, caught its pace in no time and managed to keep the viewer in excitement. The villainous behavior of Thala added an extra flavor of thrill in the first half. That fatty avatar of Arya too was interesting. The pre interval and interval action sequences were of top notch. Those bomb blasting scenes in the start offered a realistic feel.The interval block makes the viewer stick to the seat. But the second half didn't had the pace of the first half. The same, repeated revenge drama, same old wine, but the interesting thing is that, Vishnuvardhan offered the old wine in a much refreshing and stylish manner, through the hands of an energetic Ajith. The bullet proof jacket spam etc seemed to be novel. The 2nd half too caught its pace towards the climax and ended up with an action packed episode of gun firing and a small message.
VishnuVardhan "made it simple" by concentrating more on style and action, offering less to the content. A better reason in the second half would have made Aarambham great.
The film also throws light on the affected system and corrupt leaders of our country. But the fact is that, the same thing is seen in almost all films of these days. Through the character, Ramya Radhakrishnan, VV, takes a dig at the media and press, which slavishly serves certain corrupt leaders.
Vishnu Vardhan's stylish and racy direction, makes Aarambham interesting.A better script could have done better. There are some mistakes, unanswered questions and flaws left behind,but considering the genre of the film, they can be avoided to certain extent
#Thala Ajith's energetic screen presence, both as a handsome cop and rustic villain were excellent. Salt n' pepper style with mind blowing action sequences, Thala rocked.....he stands special. Simple presentation of a powerful role, only Thala can do it. Unexplainables are hard to explain, they are to be experienced, that is what Thala in Aarambham. ASHOK was a powerful character, but there wasn't any kind of exaggeration or over praising, which makes Aarambham different from usual top hero flicks.
Aarya added fun quotient to the film. That fatty avatar was really a surprise. In the midst of racy sequences, some genuine wits by Arya makes us laugh.
Nayanthara is really an eye candy. Was hot as usual, had nothing important to do.
The rest of the cast including, Atul Kulkarni and Mahesh Malkejkar were fit to their roles. Kishore and RaNa were perfect in their brief roles....especially Kishore. Tapsee had nothing to do, except to utter the word, "baby", a hundred times.
#Yuvan Shanker Raja, offered average songs, but the BGM scored high, with the mood of the film.
Cinematography by Om Prakash is another highlight of the film. Best in the recent times.
Other remarkable things are, high octane action sequences and qualitative VFX. Technically Brilliant. Editing was crisp. Some scenes could've been trimmed off.
On the whole, AArambham is a racy action thriller, studded with all necessary elements,except for some flaws in the second half.
If I compare this with the action flicks of the recent times, I will say that, Aarambham is Brilliant. Better than the movies of other top guns released this year.
My rating: 3.75/5 Tok....Tok....Tok Thankyou for reading ma review.... Yours truly Sooraj
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