Ayirathil Oruvan Review

I felt like running out of the movie hall when I was actually watching the movie, but now, the next day, I still keep thinking about it..that's the impact. I'm really not sure if I liked the movie or not. The movie has obvious reference to the LTTE, Sinhalese conflict. I just wiki'ed for any conflict between Cholas and Pandyas and found out that, Pandyas and Sinhalese joint handedly were responsible for the downfall of the Chola kingdom, not sure how far this could be true ;) . The Onk Bak 2 inspired portrayal of cholas and pandyas is very violent and horrifying. Andrea is such a bad choice for her role. Parthiban is so BRILLIANT in the movie!1st of all, my salute to selvaraghavan for such a new effort in tamil cinema, 1st half was enjoyable, 2nd half had too many cuts in editing and loopholes in screenplay, if that was good, this movie would have been a masterpiece. Karthi- fine comic & matured performance, Reema- sensual fine performance, Andrea- nothing much for her, Parthiban- A different role in his kitty, Cinematography- Was mostly excellent, except few scenes (where it looks artificial), Music- was sad to see most songs didnt appear, particularly thai thindra manae song, good BGM, finally the master- Selvaraghavan, was little disappointing see he didnt work out the 2nd half screenplay, he had half done job. he is still one of tamil cinema's best screenplay writer and director, hope to great works from both Karthi & Selvaraghavan.