I had watched Vedam last week which had a very strong storyline and script. But the movie was emotionally very disturbing. Though it looked like a remake of Mumbai meri jaan with 4-5 stories converging to a terrorist act, the script was very well written and one can really appreciate the effort of the director and all the actors. But the movie was not an entertainer nor an inspirational one. It just emotionally twists and nearly succeeds to water your eyes.
Anyways after such a heavy movie and the forgetful work at office I was desperate to see some masala blockbuster movie. Raavan was right on time. Mani ratnam, aishwarya, rehman, Jr. AB. The crew has the potential to recreate the magic of Guru and Dil se. I had already read a few negative reviews, but dint care assuming that they could not digest the simplicity and magic maniratnam creates.
Finally the movie begins. It starts with an effort to portray Beera's character as very brutal and merciless. I guess mani ratnam was trying to create the Bollywood version of Joker from The Dark Knight. Not to mention he failed miserably, but succeeded in making AB look like a Joker. Vikram should have taken some crash course in Hindi. But why the hell was he in the movie. Cant Money Ratnam afford to hire another actor who had big moustache and can shout loud without any reason? I guess it would not be that difficult. Aish though curvy looks good on screen but the script makes her presence on screen totally useless.
Finally the story. I guess mani ratnam spent all the money on exploring good locations and forgot to hire a script writer. Even Rakhi Sawant's dialogues when in front of the camera are better than in the movie. The movie looks a remake of ramanand sagar's ramayana with the exact same dialogues. Aishwarya talking to herself "tum kahaan ho dev" reminds me of rakhee's "Mere Karan Arjun aayenge". The story is absolutely tasteless. The movie does not even have good action sequences. I enjoyed the Simha slaughter more than this. Rehman's music proved to be average with the leftover tracks of Guru. The poor story makes the background scores ineffective and sometimes irritating as well. I have no idea how the Telugu version is but given this storyline u cant make a good movie in any language and with any actors. A thumbs down for the movie. 2.5/5. Dont waste bucks on this. Watch the karate kid or shrek instead.
Few Suggestions:-
Mani Ratnam: Hire a script writer next time.
A.R Rehman: It time you get out of the Jai Ho fever and get some new tunes.
Gulzar: Your lyrics were a torture, worse than pappa jag jayega.
Abhishek Bachan: Stop boasting about how hard you worked for this movie.
Vikram: Stay in the south Indian film industry. You ll do well there.
Govinda: Cant suggest anything. Finally you got some role.
Aishwarya: No suggestions but just a question instead. ARE YOU REALLY PREGNANT?
