Raavan Movie Review

After waiting for 10 weeks and struggling to get tickets for the movie i watched the movie Raavan. I was disappointed after coming out of the theatre after approximately 2 1/2 hrs. I felt with too much of media hype about Ash & Abi on the screen was very good strategy to market the movie. I feel Mani this time used his MBA degree to mint money than using his Directing skills. I have been fan of Mani Ratnam when i got to watch Nayakudu when i was a kid. I never understood at that age but still i loved the songs and the kid scenes in the movie. Now coming to Raavan the music of movie was awesome which helped in creating the hype and setting great the expectations in the movie. Again Mani-Rahman-Gulzar combination worked magic in terms of music. But non of the songs have the magic of Roja songs which were heard playing from Kashmir to Kanyakumari or from Kutch to Gangtok like a national anthem

These are some of the reasons why i didn't the movie:

1. The big reason is Abhishek Bachan he never took the role of Beera to the level that is required to make the name justifying for the movie. Beera in the movie never had the expressions in his face as a person who was living in the masses story demanded. Abhishek as Beera FAILED.

2. In the voice of both Aish & Abhi the experssion were not being delivered or were not souding as the situation demanded.

3. The narration and story telling was weak. It was not having the magic of Mani in telling the story. I know many people will say its Ramayan and story will be same, but i not demanding any change in the story. I am telling about the way the story is being narrated or presented on the screen. The first half of the movie is too slow and after sometime a feeling of why did i come to this movie come across your mind. In the second half when the reason of why Aish is kidnapped is narrated the story has some interesting moments. But after that if fall flat. As Abhi never had in him to deliver the things which demanded the role of Beera.

4. In second half when Dev(Vikram) shots and kills Hariya the brother of Beera who come to enter into a peace pact so that the hunt for Beera by him could be stopped is left untold. The reason behind Dev's intentions are not clear. Too many things left to the imagination.

5. In the final shot when Dev comes to catch Beera and shoot him than Beera falls into the valley. But before the shooting we can see that Beera was not standing on the edge but in the middle of a platform with Ragini(Aish).

6. Too much hype about the dancing skills of Aish. There is nothing much to flaunt her dancing skills in this movie during the promos. So dont expect too much about that part in the movie.

7. Background score is pathetic. Rahman has stopped in some stage of delivering after Jai Ho.. he need to come out of his Hollywood trends and dreams. Wake Up RAHMAN.

Mani told that he never goes back and watches his work again. Now is understand why he does that. If we as an audience can pin point so many errors but being a maker and creator of motion picture i am sure he will definetly want to re-do the whole movie of Raavan given a chance to him.


I am eager to watch the Tamil/Telugu verison because i want to see how Vikram had delivered the Beera role. I will update my view again.

VERDICT:
My suggestion if you are keen to watch a good movie than dont go to this moive. If you are in a mood just to watch any movie than watch it. You dont have to pay premium amount to watch this movie it not an exceptational movie to pay such an amount. If you are great fan of Mani Ratnam i am not stopping you at all. If you are a great fan of Abhi or Vikram than dont go because Abhi never is fit for the role and Vikram has no role at all in the movie. And ya coming to Ash if you are fan of her than you can watch it. But dont have expectation of having a feeling that you have watched a great movie after coming out of the theatre.