>>>EZHAM ARIVU Review

A.R.Murugadoss
directorial, Suriya starrer
flick, 7aam Arivu hits
screens on Diwali day
with grand opening. The
expectations are on high
peak because of
Murugadoss-Suriya
combo who gave a
master hit like Ghajini. But
the super combo can't
repeat the history with
this epic movie.
7aam Arivu bags an
interesting stuff and
exciting thread, but the
dull screenplay makes the
movie down. One of the
main higlight is it shot
wonderfully than usual
tamil films. Also the
concept is fresh to
Kollywood,but the
screenplay makes
audience dull.
The film commenced with
in the backdrops of
1600years back. Suriya
appears as a prince
Bodhidharman of Pallava
region Kanchipuram. And
he journey to China and
changed as a priest for
helping the poor people
there from ailing diseases
and teaches them martial
arts. Bodhidharman dies
and buried in China. This
flashback sequence brings
alot action packed scenes
which can termed as one
of the best in Kollywood.
From next sequence
Suriya potrayed as
Aravind,a circus
performer. Shruthi
Hassan will joins with this
sequence as Shuba
Srinivasan, who works in
a DNA Recombinant
Technology centre and
her aim is to reback
Boddhidharman through
Aravind. Romantic scenes
and songs between
Aravind and Subha marks
negative to the film, it
looks like an attached one
to show some masala is
there! Songs and romance
clips have been inserted in
places where they are
unwarranted.
On that time the script
enters the villain Dong Lee
(Johnny Tri Nguyen) who
is appointed by Chinese
government to start off
Operation Red. His main
motto is to destroy India
through bio war. The
game between main
three; Aravind, Subha,
Dong Lee depicts the flick
'7arivu'.
7aam Arivu rides on
Suriya's star power,but
even his hardcore fans
will feel some missing. As
a side, Suriya excels as
Bodhidharman. But as
Aravind, the makers utilize
him more to show six
packed body and a
romantic one. He
breathed some life into the
film through the action
sequences. But what can
he do if the script is
lacklustre? Johnny Tri
Nguyen rocks as
tremedous villain. He is a
perfect choice for the role
of Dong Lee. Shruthi
Hassan is quite ok.
The technical team has
done a superb job, but
the main fault of the film
lies in its hackneyed and
boneless script. Ravi
Varman's camera work at
core excellent, but
unluckily tunes by Harris
Jayaraj is below average.
The action sequences are
well orchestrated by Peter
Hayne and Martials Arts
turns one of the positive
to the film.
Very little of 7aam Arivu
makes sense but the lack
of logic isn't the problem
here. Boredom is. When
the movie goes on and on
and on, emphasising on
unfulfilled promises,
seething anger , love and
frankly, you are least
bothered by now and will
lose interest in the
proceedings.
Overall 7aam Arivu is a
major disappointment for
all the hype it generated,
but its not an avoidable
one. Go without any
expectations,so only you
could feel its 'worth
watching once'.
Verdict: Average.