‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ - a lift from ‘Time Line’
‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ has been getting through a phase of mixed reviews in multiplexes while the film is complete washout amongst the southern districts and outskirts of Chennai. Now, here’s an interesting thing about the fact about film’s inspiration from a Hollywood movie ‘Timeline’.
Released in ‘2003’, the film ‘Tim Line’ revolves a professor, who goes missing while on a speculative mission in never-never land. Now their students take on a journey to know whereabouts of their professors and get themselves trapped in the past of 14th Century in France. Now, they’ve to fight against the Past to save the Future.
Though, ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ isn’t a direct copycat, the sole theme of Prathap Pothan – an archeologist trapped in similar situation and group of archeologists are on the mission of rescuing him.
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Dai thaivolli unga amava nai nadu roadla potu oka .Unga appan nethuthanda enaku sunniya umbivitanda.Unga athala punda aricha nethanada avaluku umbividuva ne sariyana manamketta kudumbatha serthavan da thaivolli.Unga amaku mothala punda iruka da.Ne unga amava ethena vatti da otha thaivolli.Ena una mari amva okravainkathanda itha nalla irukunu solluvanga da
Dai vesi magan vignesh, unakku oru punaakum puriyalana pothittu un veetla iru da. It shows how stupid you are. You cant be a Tamilan if you dont understand this movie. Definitely, you have number of fathers. You fucker, shut your shit mouth. This is a masterpiece Tamil movie. But, only the sons of pure Tamizhan could like this movie.
Dai selvaragavan punda unaku padam eduka therincha edu ilena moditu iruda sunni.Ipadiyellam padam eduthapla ne ena maniratnam ilena kamal rangeku ayiruviyada sunni.Moditu vitla ukanthu sonia agarwalku umbividuda thaivolli.Padam eduthirkan punda mathiri.
This film is a waste after the play reaches the Chola location. Thereafter, even a vivid viewer will be confused ‘n’ number of times to keep track of what is happening.It is utter chaos and bloody scenes and countless too. The director and the editors have combined to bring out a product that would please none. mmmm… coherence is what is the need of the second part … but it lacks it throughly.
Times of India review ;
The first half of this movie completely and strongly competes with hollywood making.Tamilans can be proud ,we can make not only like hollywood movie but also better than that. Selva ragavan proves that in this film’s first half. There is no second thought about first half.But in the second half some confusions are in the film. But second half also completely different from regular tamil movies. In this film each and everyone gets credit.Camera,Story,Screenplay,and Music and powerful lyrics. And The second tamil speech slang is very interesting that was 13th century tamil words. Totally which is fantastic Adventure with Periodic movie. I enjoyed this movie bit by bit.This type of movie should be big succeeded.
TOI Rating ; *****
After a long wait aayirathil oruvan bangs the screen.The movie is a very new genre to our audiences.Its a quite intresting adventureous film with a strong theme.karthi have done a good job in the film and andrea too.The hero of the film is parthiban whose acting is extra ordinary.we have never seen remma with this kind of role earlier.she is a original negative heroine with a blasting perfomance.Ramji as done a wonderful job with is camera and make as to feel the adventure.G.V.Prakash music is excellent,but he should concentrated more in back ground.Rambo rajkumar stunts are stunning.Kola baskar editing is quite out standing.We should appreciate producer of film who dosent make the film in the motive of commercial.At last,selvaragavhan have given a terrific film with in directly narrated darker side of human being.But the critics of the film done by many newspaper and websites are not understand the theme very well,i think.They have been calculating the first half and second half of the film.The most imporant thing is second half is entirely differnt from first half.The theme selva try to say is this:U CAN BE WELL EDUCATED,U CAN BE IN A HIGH POST, U R A 21st CENTURY PERSON THATS NOT PROBLEM,IF UR ANCESTORS TEACH U THE WRONG WAY U WILL FOLLOW AND MAKE IT AND U WILL GO FOR ANY EXTREME FOR THAT U WILL NOT REMAIN IT AS WRONG AND U FORGOT THAT U R CIVILISED AND U R NOT CIVILISED AT ALL..THE ANOTHER THEME:U R NOT EDUCATED, U DONT KNOW HOW TO TALK WITH OTHERS,BUT U WILL KNOW I AM CIVILISED.HUMAN BEINGS GO FOR ANY EXTENT TO KILL OTHERS AND THEY GO FOR ANY EXTENT TO PROTECT A SINGLE CHILD TO DEVELOP THEIR CIVILISATION.{This is the theme of the film} Every one have a doubt who is AO.At last where the karthi tries to protect a small boy is AO.Any way the movies have little dis appointments.No problem what so ever we should support and appreciate for this kind of work.
Rating : *****
The most eagerly waited Tamil movie of recent times is finally out.
And trust Selvaraghavan to choose a subject that would make any filmmaker shiver in his shoes. And yet, this is the kind of epic that everyone dreams about making in their lifetime.
War. Love. Betrayal. Instincts. Ancient history, a forgotten kingdom, magical powers and a ruined city. Yes, the stuff of dreams. And kudos to the director for even thinking of attempting such a story.
But several things need to be understood before even attempting to make any sense of it all. First — Dream Valley Corp’s Aayirathil Oruvan (One Among a Thousand) might have implications of a single hero fighting all odds when in reality it spins its story around several — all important — to the story in some fashion. And with its basis in Tamil history, it only makes sense to add a disclaimer that none of the Chola/Pandiya history mentioned here has relevance to actual incidents. A good thought, as the screenplay does somersaults around you, when you least expect it.
The film starts off very intriguingly, cutting to AD 1279, when the successor of the last great Chola Emperor, pending invasion, sends his people — what’s left of them — to survive the threat.
After that brief flash back, our story picks up to the present. Archaeologist Dr Lavanya (Andreah Jeremiah) has just lost her father (Prathap Pothan) in the ruined city that was, legend says, the place the exiled Chola Prince retreated to. An expedition is promptly arranged, with army support, headed by Anitha Pandiyan (Reema Sen [ Images ], looking glamorous, per usual), her colleague Ravi (Azhagamprumal) in company of a smart-aleck coolie (Karthi, at whose sight the theatre erupts in cheers).
The destination? Ming-hu-a island, somewhere off Vietnam, which seemingly is where the Chola Prince disappeared, followed hotfoot by Pandiya soldiers. Our intrepid tea follows the route, foiling various traps along the way: snakes, quagmires, firestorms, deserts and even a McKenna’s Gold inspired Stone-henge-like area through which they run for their lives.
The best part about these scenes is our coolie, who, caught in between intellectual doctors and firebrand army-types, manages to maintain a tether to the real world of present-day Tamil Nadu. He questions, rambles, bickers, makes lewd comments and unconsciously acts as a kind of bridge between the brains and the brawn. In the end, it’s the trio of Lavanya, Anitha and brawns of the expedition (everyone just flicks their finger at him to call him) who finally do make it to the lost city where disaster awaits.
Enter magicians who can weave spells, a Viking-civilization-like-forgotten city that’s full of people who still live 1000 years in the past; and dark and dank caves that barely seem able to support life, let alone culture. And yet, there’s the last of the exiled Chola line (R Parthiban), weirdly and wonderfully dressed in attire that reminds you of Beowulf [ Images ].
Here is also when the story leaves behind the expedition (which has been separated, anyway), and follows Anitha in earnest. Family audiences, be warned: this movie completely deserves it’s A certificate and if you’ve seen daring before in Selvaraghavan’s films, this one surpasses those limits.
Reema Sen is fiery, audacious, openly erotic and speaks old Tamil that makes your toes curl. It takes you a while to adjust to the overwhelming sexual overtones and just plain violence. You’re left in a mythical world where Tamil sounds alien, kings still live by old codes and everywhere it’s dark, musty and feels like the 13th Warrior, Viking settlement.
And its here that the story begins to falter slightly; groups of raggedy children and women encompass the scene and you can see the director trying hard to move on which he does. Swordfights, floodplains, mysterious prophecies abound — and our coolie is back on track. The ending, though, is bound to surprise some, though it’s very fitting.
Technically, the movie is a visual treat: the production teams’ gone overboard creating sets, jewellery, costumes; while the dialogues are great at re-creating the Cholas of 1000 years ago.
Reema Sen’s back-story seems weak but who cares when she takes the fiery avatar and brandishes her assets so completely. In a way, though, she’s a revelation, and is the reason the second half has some impact.
Karthi is his usual insouciant self and is simply a joy to watch no matter his lewd jokes. The guy acts with every pore of his body; it’s a miracle to finally see someone use their eyes and face to actually express something. The dialogues and screenplay, tailored to ensure human interaction take a good deal of credit for this. CGI aside (which isn’t much as you’d think), it’s the characters that take precedence.
As for Andreah — barring a few moments — the girl actually has precious little to do considering she’s an archaeologist and should therefore shoulder much of the burden of a historical expedition.
G V Prakash’s music sets the tone for the period pieces; otherwise, the BGM is adequate. Ramji’s cinematography is brilliant but the movie could use some editing.
Credit goes to Selvaraghavan for having the guts to actually take a theme like this and to deliver it with some panache. So you can forgive the occasional hurdles, the Narnia/Lord of the Rings/Gladiator inspirations, briefly.
Steel your stomach before you watch it, though. Regardless of the minor discrepancies, AO is definitely a movie to watch.
Rediff Rating:
*****
With Aayirathil Oruvan, Selvaraghavan has inadvertently opened the Pandora box of a new genre as yet unknown to Tamil movies – Zombies. It is the case of Pirates of the Carribean meets Dawn of the Death where the ancient Cholas, albeit with whatsoever no connection to the real Cholas as the disclaimer maintains, are reduced to dark-as-charcoal skinned tribesmen living in an unknown island in Vietnam, who are ready to gorge at raw flesh at the mere sight of it since they are starved.
So the dark-skinned subjects largely set the tone of the movie and the darkness remains dominant throughout. There is blood and gore, but of a different kind: not the one that makes you squirm, but something that makes you gawk at.
Thousands of years ago, when the Cholas were ousted from their homeland by the Pandias, their throne Prince was sent into exile to a secret location by the last Chola King. The Prince also carried with him a priceless statue of the Pandias. No efforts were fruitful at tracing the location and archeologists attempting the same simply disappear without a trace
Andrea’s dad and archeologist Prathap Pothen vanishes into thin air in his attempt to unravel the mystery. In comes the archeologist-cum-gun-wielding-designer-sunglasses-sporting ultra modern chick Reema, employed by the Indian government to trace Pothen. Andrea, his daughter, obviously joins in and they employ Karthi and a gang of burly men as helps. Karthi looks as if he’s stepped out of his Paruthiveeran sets to join Reema and Andrea in their quest.
Their expedition unfurls nasty surprises after surprises - body-painted weirdos with strange weapons, quicksand, snakes. Lest we forget, there is also a cat fight between Reema and Andrea on the topic ‘Karthi’. They finally reach the zombie land where Parthiban is the ruler whose raw-flesh-eating subjects take them into custody. Reema reveals her real self and exposes the self-centric purpose of her quest.
Karthi has very little to spare for Aayirathil Oruvan. He plays the rustic help, who instantly falls for Reema and Andrea, who cracks witty one-liners much to our delight in the otherwise serious state of affairs. Being his forte, it comes much easier for him without even having to try.
Despite having to mouth profound verses in ancient Tamil, Reema manages to only mime them with improper synchronization and it makes her appear as if she’s in a Chinese movie. Andrea is multi-talented, but acting, sadly, is not one of those. But her meager dialogues in Madras Tamil are bang on otherwise.
G V Prakash’s music stands out in the ‘Ommele Aasathaan’ song and a word about the background score: it’s a battle between the background score and the blood thirsty human screeches. We would’ve loved to write about Eerum Ali’s costume designing if only Reema and Andrea were not strutting around in just one pair of satin-shirt-shorts-overalls and sleeveless top and baggies respectively. Karthi leaves no scope for Eerum squarely.
Selva’s frenziedly unleashed creativity makes you hallucinate towards the end of the movie and delirium sets in soon. It’s not enough that a solid disclaimer is in place, a little bit of research about the subject would’ve helped things in the process. The underdeveloped script lacks everything - starting from strong plot twists to captive locations to graphics to credibility, above all.
Aayirathil Oruvan also ends on a very scary end note: about the journey of the Chola prince continuing as Karthi takes up the mantle.
Verdict: Wildly crass: attempt only if you are a Zombie fan!
Aayirathil Oruvan was given half star by Behindwoods
Hey Guys
According to my view also, this movie Aayirathil Oruvan is really waste to see.
Here i appriciate director selvaraghavan to make this movie nearer to hollywood quality but not exactly. But once again he prooved himself that he is an sex “master” by giving more importance to the sexual and erotic emotions in the movie, and for screenplay. Also there is no LOGIC in this movie.
So its score is 35/100, an just pass level