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Tamil
Movie Review : E |
| ‘E’
review – Good movie, bad timing |
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Cast : Jeeva, Nayantara
Language : Tamil
Music : Srikanth Deva
Director : SP Jananadhan
Production : RB Choudry
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Firstly,
a pat for S.P. Jananadhan – the national
award winner - for his out of the box thinking.
If you are bored to death watching slapstick comedies,
mushy romances, and gory violence on screen, then
E is worth a bet. Not that the movie does not
have any of those in it, but E deals with the
not-so-unexplored genre in Tamil, perhaps Indian
movie making. It is the tale of those innocent
lots who often find themselves the prey of evil-minds
in their creepy researches.
The plot seems to be out of the world for an Indian
movie, but Jananadhan manages his best to do justice
to the movie. Power packed with some amazing performances
by Jeeva, Pasupathy, Ashish Vidhyarthi, and Nayantara,
E is definitely worth the money that is spent
on the tickets.
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Substance
Ashish Vidhyarthi is an agent of the international
mafia, which targets at the poor to test their
eerie researches on. Ashish is a jackal in goat’s
coat with an identity of a free medical practitioner.
Pasupathy, on the other hand is an ‘Indian’
style individual who has set out to uproot individuals
like Ashish. Jeeva who is an urchin in the slums
crosses roads with Pasupathy in the mean time
and what happens next in the ‘biowar’
is E
Show stealers
Jeeva has undoubtedly done a magnificent job with
this and proves that he is not just another star
from the VIP household. He comes off with flying
colors with his performance and has fit in the
shoes of E perfectly. |
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It is not surprising that you get an awkward
feeling of the character onscreen –
the one you get when you witness an outrageous
rascal in real life - which by itself
is a credit to the actor. He dons the
robe of a rogue in the ghetto and the
love scenes with him and Nayantara definitely
are atypical than those you see in the
run of the mill movies.
Given the prowess of Pasupathy, it goes
without saying that he is just perfect
with this. For a change, he is in a positive
role though. Ashish shows his vindictiveness
in his eyes and presents the audience
with a sinister feel.
No
skin show for Nayantara in this neither
did she have any makeup. Her minute expressions
come alive on her plump face and she is
retained in your memory even after you
finished watching the movie. Not in a
raunchy sense though, but on the other
hand on a sympathetic note.
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Jana’s careful selection of star
cast did not fail him in E and every other character
in the movie is as perfect as anyone else. |
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Thumbs
up and thumbs down
Though Jana has carefully selected
the plot to deliver an extraordinary movie,
he could just have concentrated on the plot
because his attempt to elevate the movie
to a science fiction adventure is visible
in more than a couple of frames and particularly
in the climax. That and a few clichés
that could have been avoided are the thumbs
down of the movie.
There are many scenes to substantiate this
though. Nayantara’s passionate love
lacks solid reason; Ashish, who is a sinister
villain involved in disgusting researches
that are supposed to be secret, blows his
own (evil) horns to his nurse, and Jeeva,
out of the blue changes his mind just at
a piece of advice granted by Pasupathi. |
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There
is no heed to the music probably because the story
is so overwhelming. Vidhyasagar’s music
in two songs is worth listening to though and
the background score is just above ordinary. |
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Finally…
Had it been released in a different time,
the movie would have gathered enough attention
with the kind of subject that is dealt with.
With the Diwali season and the onset of
monsoon downpour, E attracts meager audience
to the theatres.
That most certainly does not mean that the
movie is not worth watching. On the other
hand, E has elements in it that will bring
accolades to its crew. |
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