RaaVaN..

In Hyderabad raavan is one of the few hindi films that was talked about amongst die hard telugu cinema fans here,and don’t know how the film was one of reasons for me to schedule my holiday accordingly.


To my shock raavan by one of india’s greatest film makers is a complete lost film . The film do generously shares some instanceS from epic Indian tale RAMAYANA but hardly intends to leave an impact on.The disturbing facts include predictable screenplay and a full no sense performance by the lead abhishiek.. Abi as beera is so tainted and deviated that his attempt to create scary
gestures appear funny and never does he even once builts tension on screen.Rather,southern star vikram as dev is more appealing with his silence,but he too finds it odious to over come poor characterisation by the writers.Even in some scenes dev appears more dangerous and villainous than raavan.

Aishwerya rai as raaginin that was supposed to be the central character of the film and the big reason for all the bloody conflicts does nothing enough..she reminds us of the actresses of the 70’s that screamed and shouted for mercy but gave no logical contribution to the films craft..Among performances surprise show by govinda raises a few laughs and he along with ravi kishen do make the film a little yet worthy reason not to leave film in between..

The cinematography by santosh sivan is beautiful with a stunning coverage of the forests but still some  head spinning  camera movements are unbearable that sometimes confuse about the happenings on screen.

The only enjoyable moments in the film are provided by AR rahman’s haunting background  music that successfully lift the mood of the film to the tension building in the dense green cover..
Also mani ratnam's attempt to give a different perception to the characters of RAM and rAAVAN  is well intended but won't be understood by all.

the 5 mins portion before the climax do create some interest when suspicious dev demands a polygraphic test on his wife,but sadly 5 mins are not capable enough to balance the inconsistencies in the rest..

on the whole mani ratnam’s raavan emerges as a big dissapointment.It is an  unimportant film that will surely won’t be discussed or remembered.. Another instance where Indian filmamkers take their working style for guarranted..Hope this one remains the only spoiler by mani ratnam..