Thoroughly frustrated with Industrialists and politicians ruining the nation by denying the availability of cheap medicines, IPS officer Mithran is on a self-conceived quest to find the head of this medicine-mafia to channel all his anger towards him. But the ultimate villain who is a decorated Scientist, Siddharth Abhimanyu, proves to be a ruthless and indomitable adversary.
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Language:
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Tamil
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Running Time:
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159 min
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Rating:
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U
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Release date:
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28 August 2015
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Directed by:
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Mohan Raja
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Produced by:
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Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
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Written by:
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Mohan Raja
Subha
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Starring:
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Jayam Ravi
Arvind Swamy
Nayantara
Vamsi Krishna
Nassar
Ganesh Venkatraman
Thambi Ramaiah
Harish Uthaman
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Music by:
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Hiphop Tamizha
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Shot by:
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Ramji
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Editing by:
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Gopikrishna.V
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Distributed by:
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Sun Pictures
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What’s Hot
- It is unethical to value a film or even a person based on past records. However, even then there is a sort of expectation that sets in the subconscious inadvertently. As if to shake the very foundations of that notion, 8 film old Mohan Raja, who has rarely set the stage alight until now in spite of some feel-good & commercial entertainers, presents a socially conscious ORIGINAL action thriller that is almost Director Shankar-like except without the quintessential pathos-inducing flashback.
- Casting an eye-catchy hero as a villain can be a master-stroke but that has been done before on numerous occasions in Tamizh Cinema. More than just the casting, in fact more than even the writing, the possibility of seeing something new in the Hero-material labeled actor attracts people to such roles. In that sense, Aravind Swamy as Siddharth Abhimanyu shows something that is so rare among such antagonists who take it as a chance to over-play their freedom. The man is a complete package oozing class, swag and all that jazz in his dialogue delivery, modulation & body-language. Wow is an understatement!
- It is no mean feat to agree to play second fiddle to a classy villain but Jayam Ravi accomplishes that brilliantly shining in all the right moments. As the angry Indian citizen he brings earnestness to the table last seen in Peranmai & Nimirndhu Nil. As the strategic IPS officer he shows his competence and conviction through effective emotions & voice modulation, never going overboard.
- Nayanthara is more than just an arm candy and effortlessly brings out the performer in her in a limited role. It is refreshing to see a heroine character who thinks and does not hesitate to correct her lover when he is in the wrong. Mugdha Godse too, in a miniscule role has a purpose and is not just used as an item song glam doll.
- Veterans Nassar & Thambi Ramiah glide thought their roles but not before making a significant impact. Particularly, Thambi Ramiah as the comical father of Aravind Swamy is a casting masterstroke & the effective writing behind his character brings out shades of the talent that this National Award Winner holds. The supporting cast of Ganesh Venkatraman, Sricharan, Harish Uthaman, the mallu officer & the henchman Vamsi Krishna add value and believability to the script.
- Hats off to the films writers Subha & Mohan Raja for the unwavering script that keeps us guessing & hooked throughout the 175 minute long cat and mouse game between the protagonist & the antagonist. The dialogues are razor sharp (Sample this, “Love at First Sight, Kill at First Betrayal.”) and never sound preachy even when the hero talks about the irrelevance of a flashback in his quest. The pleasing songs exquisitely shot by Ramji are placed aptly not hampering the flow too much.
- Hiphop Tamizha’s racy background score and theme song add to the vibrant, vigorous script. While we habitually but incorrectly blame the editor for a long run-time, praise to them for allowing this duration for this film. There is also some wonderful usage of the Split screen technique to show parallel events. Kudos to the cinematographer, Ramji and editor, Gopikrishna for this. With such macho actors on show, it is easy to go over-the-top with stunts but thankfully it is kept at a leash and all the stunts are believable.
What’s Not
- It is unfair to Jayam Ravi but the point has to be made that a better actor (in spite of the tremendous improvement in Ravi’s voice modulation & acting) would have raised the bar even more and enabled the movie to reach wider than it has & can currently.
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Verdict
Excellent review senior….
Box Office hits need Out-of-the-Box Thinking
As we all witnessed during the past 10 days or so, ‘Thani Oruvan’ got rave reviews and has been accepted by the film industry and audience as a benchmark movie. There is a transition happening in the Indian movie industry; that is driven by the audience. Today movie goers are well aware of the worldly events. The life-cycle of audience taste is short, meaning audience preference is undergoing change at a higher rate than ever before. The typical romance movie is no longer going to pull the audience. It had been already exploited by the uncountable number of movies in all the possible formats. So what is next? That is called ‘Thani Oruvan’ way! – A strong theme, embedded with authentic data & logic.
How it all started? Way back in 2013, director Mr. Mohan Raja met with a group of consultants from Fhyzics Business Consultants Pvt. Ltd., specializes in business consulting and business analysis (An EEP of International Institute of Business Analysis, Canada and REP of International Requirements Engineering Board, Germany). By that time, Mr. Raja was thinking about the story for at least 3 years. The one question he asked the group of consultants was “I want to make the movie authentic and different, how you could contribute?” Also Fhyzics was looking for opportunities to explore the movie industry. Subsequently, Fhyzics team met the director few times and demonstrated how they can make it different. It clicked, and Fhyzics got its maiden movie project.
The assignment given to Fhyzics team was data and logic research for the movie project. The team researched IPS training, minute-by-minute daily routines of IPS probationers and officers, costumes, usage of words & terminologies, technologies, background, analysis methods etc. The team also did intensive research on crimes both at national and international level from 1990 onwards to till-date. Organized the crimes under different heads and drawn the linkages. Prepared crime charts, time-to-time emotional graphs, hero vs. villain rise & fall maps etc. Even Fhyzics created a PPT that was presented to the producers by Mr. Raja to give them a holistic view of the movie. Massive amount of data and information were collected, organized in SharePoint (a Microsoft technology), then distilled and presented on weekly basis to the director for the entire duration of the movie making and it has been judiciously consumed in the movie without affecting the entertainment element of it. At Fhyzics, we profoundly thank Mr. Raja for the opportunity and helping us in launching our services in the movie industry with this landmark movie, ‘Thani Oruvan’.
Regards,
Sugantha T BE,
Research Analyst
Fhyzics Business Consultants Private Limited,
http://www.fhyzics.com | http://www.bacourse.com
I came across a new concept called ‘Movie Analysis Services’, sounds very interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agSeHLamNxY It seems the blockbuster movie ‘Thani Oruvan’ used ‘Movie Analysis Services’. Does anyone know that this service is used in this movie?