There are 2 kinds of audience, those who appreciate Mani Ratnam movies and those who dont. Feeling sorry for the 2nd category of ppl, I make an humble attempt to write a review for Ayitha Ezhuthu.. Mani ratnam films , always are a class apart, n as expected this was no exception. Came out 4m the theater with a satisfaction of seeing a gud movie after a long time, the last gud movie I saw was incidently Kannathil muthamittal. Mani, the best project manager i can say, knows how to extract best, Take a bow ! Characterisations always mark any of his movies, well, this movie is all abt 3 characters, 3 youngsters brought up in diff surroundings with his own perception of the world !
The cast is highly remarkable, Maddy as Inbashekaran, brought up as a street urchin in the slums of chennai .. Surya as Michael vasanth, a born genius, a student leader ..Siddharth as Arjun Balakrishnan is Casanova II aspiring 2 have fun and fun only.paring them are Meera jasmine as sasi, Isha deol as and Trisha as Meera in that order.. The story is abt the three youngsters happening 2 come across each other on Napier bridge..and how their life change after that. well the story starts only in the mid - 2nd half ..the rest of the story is about what these characters really are !! a different attempt can say, after all is what Mani's movies are ..more about the story will be an injustice 2 a gr8 movie..so left 2 u 2 c..
Maddy,easily the pick of the actors..I think this will be his best performance, he has gone heights, way 2 go Maddy ..keep it up !one can c the rawness and the crude behavior in every move, an exhibit of a beautiful acting.. Surya, as the name goes , rises day by day, film by film .. yet another marvellous performance..done brilliantly in a character every youngster aspires 2 be.. Siddharth fits in this one, cool performance, have 2 c a few movies to judge better, neways , a gud artist in the making..Meera jasmine, man ! where was this beautiful actress all these yrs?? gr8 performance !! gr8 talent wasted in movies of pudhiya geethai caliber... Trisha, no big role to perform and no comments on Isha deol (has 2 be really careful, her mom could be a threat !) mani always pays equal importance to the techies, puts in a gr8 mix ..AR Rahman, Vairamuthu, Ravi.K.Chandran, 'Vikram' Dharma, Sabu cyril - real world class.. everyone at their personal best. Songs are exceptionally gud, 'Fanaa' (read -> death for a gud cause) stands tall for its lyrics, Music, Dance, set, picturisation..what not !! Jana gana mana - a clean score - gonna be a hit.Nee yaro - bow to Ravi.K.Chandran ..simply awesome photography..u never know its our gud old Marina where the song was shot ! And going for the real picture, we can c Mani's touch at several instances, the twists, churn, turns , u can never be short of suprises..another world class Screen play..dialogues by Sujatha- for a man he is, yet another performance..If you are looking for faults in the movie, only one i can c was deja-vu of Mani's old performances.. can c Nirosha of Agni nakshtram, Karthik of Mouna Ragam, etc...
A real worth for ur money !!
Sujay