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Arasangam - Movie Review |
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Starring:
Vijaykanth, Navneet Kaur, Seril Brindo, Rahul Dev, Biju
Menon
Direction: R.Madhesh
Music: Srikanth Deva
Production: L.K. Sudheesh |
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Captain
is back - saving India and its citizens from the vicious terrorists.
Arasangam, however, tries to portray this nothing-so-new story
by downplaying the usual supplements of a Vijayakanth movie,
thereby proving to be watchable. Besides, it employs stylish
camera angles and breathtaking sets and locations, setting
itself a world apart from the other Vijayakanth movies.
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The
story, however, falls into the standard ‘Captain
rescues India from the terrorist masterminds and master
plans’ genre. Vijayakanth is an IPS officer with
a specialization in criminology. When India’s
top brains are serial-killed and officer Biju Menon,
brought in to investigate the matter, is also found
dead during his flight, Vijayakanth becomes the unanimous
choice to nail the terrorists and foil their future
plans.
He discovers about Operation Blue Thunder, formulated
by terrorists from developed countries to cripple India’s
growth. The operation aims at executing the nerve system
of India – scientists, directors of top research
institutions, economists, and politicians. Now it is
left to the Captain to nab the baddies and save the
country.
With a script that provides enough fodder for a typical
Vijayakanth movie, Director Madesh has done his best
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it with credibility. His attempts succeed in the first half
and lose steam in the latter. After all, exotic locations
and hi-fi visual fundas are not sufficient to sustain interest
when the script has nothing new to offer. Nevertheless, Madesh’s
source of inspiration (Silence of Lambs, to be precise) is
evident in more than a few scenes. |
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Captain
ought to shed a little more flab (a lot actually),
it prevents him from performing his famous fast-as-a-supersonic
stunt sequences. Rakhi Rajesh’s stunt proclaims
his wild imagination and sadly defies all the published
laws of gravity. The stunts also remain another source
of inspiration for people to lose interest. Biju Menon,
in his double role, excels with his subtle performance.
Srikanth Deva’s ‘Cindrella’ and
‘Koo Kuruvi’ numbers are catchy but the
background score is simply eardrum cracking. Tarun
Kumar and Dinesh’s dance movements are also
worth noticing. Venkatesh’s camera endows the
movie with a stylish look, especially in the scenes
when the movie travels to Canada.
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Verdict : Not the best bet, but at least not the typical
Vijayakanth package.
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