Saturday, October 29, 2011
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The fight for screens between the big two films releasing this Dewali seems to have intensified already. Surya's 7am Arivu and Vijay's Velayudham are to battle it out at the box office this Dewali. The success of these films at the box-office will depend to a considerable extent on the screens that each of them [...]
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Starring: Vijay, Genelia D' Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Santhanam
Director: Jayam Raja
Producer: Aascar Ravichandran
Banner: Aascar Films International
Music: Vijay Anthony
Kanchana celebrating 100 days today
Noted choreographer turned director and actor Raghavendra Lawrence has enough reasons to be happy. He has got the best birthday gift possible with his Kanchana celebrating 100 days today (October 29).
Kanchana is a runaway mass super hit in Tamil and Telugu. The film has done extraordinary business all over south and will be one of the biggest hits of the year, if you take return on investment.
Lawrence is now planning to make a sequel to Kanchana. Says a beaming Lawrence: "It is the best birthday gift I have ever received with the film celebrating 100 days in many centres and declared as a super hit."
Dhanush’S 3 Geting Ready For Pongal?
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Dhanush has said that 75 percent of the filming is over and the audio of 3 will be launched next month
OK OK Diwali
People had thronged theaters to catch a glimpse of their favorite star on screen for this Diwali .With both the biggies opening to mixed reviews, there was a clear winner. It is OK OK. The crowd went gaga after the voice lead by Santhanam for Director Rajesh's Oru Kaal Oru Kannadi.OK OK will feature Udhaynidhi in the lead role for the first time and Hansika Motwani will share screen space with him. Rajesh M was excited about the feedbacks and he assures laugh riot yet again this time its going to bigger than his earlier blockbusters SMS and Boss Engira Baskaran.Oru Kaal Oru Kannadi is produced by Udhyanidhi home production , Red Giants and the music for this flick is composed by Harris Jeyraj.
7aum Arivu-Sixth Sense is Scarce
Cast : Surya, Shruthi Hasaan,Johnny Tri Nguyen
Music : Harris Jeyaraj
Cinematography : Ravi K Chandran
Direction : A.R.Murugadoss
Production : Red Giant Movies
Review : Sai Shyam G(The 70 mm Team)
The most expected film of the year has hit the screens this Diwali and expectations for 7aum Arivu were sky high as it has the successful trio,Suriya-A.R.Murugadoss-Harris who gave us the smash hit Ghajini before. The movie has the star power, foot tapping songs, exaggerated fight sequences and evenseventh sense (hypnotism) but fails to click as a wholesome entertainer. It is the perfect example of a movie which starts off with a bang but eventually loses the plot.
Story
A prelude to the film shows us about Bodhidharman (Suriya), a Pallava prince who travels to China in the 6th Century to enlighten the people there about curing rare diseases and he has also taught them the nuances of martial arts and hypnotism. Bodhidharman even sacrifices his life as per the wish of the Chinese people.
The central plot begins in the present day where Shuba (Shruti Haasan), a genetic engineering student tries to prove a path breaking research which can bring back Bodhidharman. Aravind (Suriya) is a circus artist and he has his DNA almost matching with that of Bodhidharman's. This fact makes Shuba to befriend Aravind but he later feels that she has cheated him in the name of love. Meanwhile, Chinese Government sends Dong Lee (Johnny Tri Nguyen) to start a bio war 'Operation Red' on India. The tiresome climax tells us whether Bodhidharman came back to life or not.
Performances
Suriya as Bodhidhrman is stupendous in his role. Look out for the 'Tejas' on his face and first 20 minutes of the film completely belongs to Suriya. Suriya as the circus artist Aravind is street smart in his role but the character has very little scope to perform except for the climax fight sequence.
Shruti Haasan needs to take some acting lessons for sure. Her expressions are so weak and unconvincing. Johnny Tri Nguyen with a well-built physique performs in his character effortlessly and gives a tough fight to Suriya.
Technicalities
Harris Jayaraj's songs are hummable but where do they fit into the movie? Except 'Oh Ringa Ringa' and 'Innum Enna Thozha', all other songs pop up at irksome places. The background score is pretty ordinary too. Cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran has done a neat job but Anthony's editing is not crisp and to-the-point. There are plenty of loose ends which bring down the pace of the movie.
Yes, there are few scenes which have powerful dialogues which would make you have goose bumps, especially if you are a Tamilian. But, that does not assure you that it will turn out to be a good movie. There are plenty of uninteresting scenes and if at all the movie gains some pace, a song would pop up and annoy you. Also, the hypnotism concept is too much exaggerated which might leave you wondering whether it's a fantasy film. Suriya tries his best to upheld the deteriorating screenplay but it goes in vain. A.R.Murugadoss has tried to throw some light on one of the unsung heroes of our nation. Hats off to him for that but thumbs down for his mediocre screenplay!
Wow Factors
- The first 20 minutes of the film where Suriya performs out of his skin as Bodhidharman
- Johnny Tri Nguyen's effortless acting
Oops Factors
- Weak and tedious screenplay
- Shruti Haasan's expression
- Songs at inappropriate places
- Poor CG works
Bottomline
7aum Arivu steeply falls short of expectations and it needed a little more of the sixth sense rather than the seventh sense for it to work.