Avan Ivan - A review

This movie had a signature to it - the name of Bala, the director of the movie. That is an enough reason to watch the movie. However, it was packed with the performance of Arya and Vishal. Given in the hands of Bala, who has this knack of creating a movie with raw elements such as Pithamagan, Naan Kadavul, he didn't go far from creating yet another raw movie.

Touted as a comedy movie, the movie was released with much hype as one of the most expected movies of this year. It is however questionable whether the movie held on to its expectations. The movie, according to me, fails in catering to that genre.

Arya who had already carved a niche for himself with the movie 'Naan Kadavul' got another opportunity to work with Bala. His performance is good compared to his other non-Bala movies. But it is Vishal who, as Arya had honestly admitted, steals the show. Starting from the intro song, Vishal had everyone guessing what he will do to evoke laughter. The dialogue delivery as a lady or in the glittering get-up to impress the police constable, he rocked throughout. However, just when you wish to see more of Vishal, he goes missing and the following scenes gets dominated by Arya and GM Kumar.

The movie gets drastically slow and had the patience of the audience tested when Surya appears in a guest role. Those scenes are supposed to be interesting but that was a huge let down except for the unneeded Navarasa scene. What follows is a huge mess or a let down!

Arya, Vishal and Ambiga roles were the ones which were clearly crafted and the rest of the cast were either poorly crafted or did not put enough effort to evoke emotions. The boy, who is an accomplice of Arya, was given too much of dialogues to speak. Both the heroines Janani Iyer and Madhu Shalini didn't have a huge role. The role that of Janani Iyer reminded that of Laila of Pithamagan and the role that of Pithamagan reminded that of Abitha of Sethu.

GM Kumar's character is a huge confusion throughout the movie and the reason why he is respected by the leads' family members is a huge question. I wonder how the decision for him to go bare for this movie would contribute to the success of the movie. As my friend told, it was repulsive.
When 80% of the movie didn't have any story line and when suddenly a character comes out of nowhere and then, when you expect the villain character to give you the chills and when he doesn't, the movie is failure.

This movie is yet another example that shows why Bala doesn't know how to end a movie. Take Pithamagan for example, kill Surya and let Vikram kill the villain brutally. That was, however, accepted for the first time. Following that, in Naan Kadavul, out of nowhere, Arya goes and kills the villain just because he could spot the evil in a man. Yet again, in this movie, the villain is brought just to end the movie. Kind of a stereotype, isn't it?

After a movie ends, whether it is a comedy or a tragedy, one shouldn't feel disgusted at the movie. This movie, unfortunately, is one of those movies. For all those people who believe that they will like this movie, you may be wrong. Sorry if his review is biased in any sort. Watch the movie and let me know.