The most expected Ravanan is rocking the screens all over the world. Mani Ratnam's latest Raavanan is nowhere in the league of his previous 80s and 90s Tamil classics. Mani Ratnam, one of the film maker, who enjoys the top spot from three decades in Indian cinema, has disappointed the neutral viewers with his newly released film Raavanan. Yes, comparing with his previous Blockbusters like Thalapathy, Nayakan and Mouna Ragam, this modern Raavanan is no where and a boring experience! It seems that the director has completely lost his midas touch and just presented the film with excellent Indian aquatic and forest locations like a documentary video of ‘Incredible India campaign’! In fact there is no perfect story in the film. It looks like Mani has just collected all the news paper cuttings and made his script. It seems that he has simply copied the outlines of the epic Raamayan and mixed it with the modern day Robinhood Veerappan’s story.
The trouble is that the master craftsman, whose films used to work due to its offbeat storyline and unique presentation, has changed his focus to Hindi cinema. In the process he has lost touch with his roots and ends up making a film which does not have strong Tamil nativity or flavour. But having said that, Raavanan is good in parts, an off-kilter cinematic experience. It is technically the finest movie made in recent times, superb camerawork of Santhosh Sivan and Manikandan, never seen before stunning locales (in India) and crisp editing. The major plus is the actors Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Prabhu and Karthik are very good and keep us engrossed, but the story and screenplay by Mani Ratnam and Suhasini are a big let down.
To say in one sentence, Raavanan will never feature among Mani Ratnam 10 best films. Nonetheless, it is not to be missed.
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