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After
many years and many hurdles, the film ‘Arasatchi’ makes it
way to the theatres. This is a certified Arjun action film
but will the audience be able to handle all this excess
Masala?
An honest retired judge is murdered on a moving train. The
accused persons escape from punishment due to the clever
arguments of their advocates. The hero is the sole surviving
member of the judge’s family. You can now predict the rest of
the story. Arjun starts killing the lawyers one after the
other and instills fear in them. The problems and how he
overcomes them form the rest of the story.
A very bold story. The screenplay has helped the director
with the pace. The director has to be appreciated for some
scenes- the way the hero kills the lawyers by chanting ‘bad
man, bad man’ and the scene in which he gives an anonymous
call to the American Embassy claming that there is a bomb in
the building and kills the lawyer who was inside the Embassy.
But killing with a cricket ball and hiding amidst life-sized
mannequins and springing up at the advocate to kill him- too
theatric.
The sister whom he presumes dead surfaces as the wife of one
of the advocates on the death list, Raghuvaran- nice twist.
But the director should have done a fabulous job in this
scene. Unfortunately, he spoils it.
Arjun has done a neat job. Lara Dutta- better luck next time!
The whole film is dominated by villains!!! Anandraj, Devan,
Saranraj, Manivannan, Ponambalam, Rajan P Dev, …the list is
long. But in spite of the crowd, it is Raghuvaran who steals
the show.
Karan and Nasser make an impact though they appear in just
one scene. P Vasu has got his timing right- he shouts when he
has to and keeps quiet when he has to and adds strength to
his role as Saravana Perumal.
After a long time Mansoor Ali Khan is in a likeable role as a
good cop. The theatre enjoys his scenes. Compared to him,
Vivek’s comedy falls flat!
Harris Jayaraj has done a fine job with ’20 vayadhu’ and
‘Moghalai Moghalai’. Cinematographer Saravanan has done a
fabulous job with the car chases and song sequences.
The most important feature of the film is the way Arjun hunts
the advocates down and kills them. Instead of making it
interesting, the director has made it so bland. This is the
biggest drawback in the film. This alone destroys the whole
film.
Plus Minus
Arjun
Music
Cinematography
Boring screenplay
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