Saw ayitha ezhuthu on the second day at sathyam theatre.The crowd was unbearable and it took nearly an hour to get into the theatre. The movie was well worth the wait and the price of admission.Teasers of the story have been all over TV for a while now and i must admit i was very curious about the movie. Mani as usual has kept the story moving at a frenetic pace and the first half of the movie is exceptionally well taken. Credit must also go to the lead actors Madhavan and Surya for their performances.
Madhavan as inbasekar, turns in a menacing performance and simply steals the show. He seems to have finally lost that chocolate boy look with his new haircut and added weight. While plenty of praise has been heaped on Abishek bachchan for his role as lallan singh in the Hindi version "yuva" I believe Madhavan has done a better job and if any considerations for a national award are given to abhishek bachchan without considering maddy i would be very disappointed. Surya as Michael Vasanth the do gooder is also excellent. He seems to be improving with each movie and is all set to be the next big thing Tamil Movies. What a change from the guy who couldn't even dance confidently in Nerukku ner!! The third character siddharth as arjun balakrishnan is adequate, although i don't know why he was needed in the movie. While the first half of the movie is almost perfect the second half seems to try to finish things in a hurry. Perhaps he need not have spent too much time with siddharths character. The heroines have surprisingly found adequate screen time in such a big multistarrer. The best of the lot is meera jasmine as sasi. Esha deol is OK for her first movie and trisha is also OK.The movie is easily the best movie to come out so far this year ahead of autograph, virumaandi and gilli. I give it 9 out of ten taking one point off for a slightly loose and hurried second half. Spoiler -- One thing that most people did not understand after the movie was whether madhavan was given the death sentence or not. I'm not sure although i thought the policeman said he was lucky. Not one person that i asked after the movie seemed to know for sure.
Madhavan as inbasekar, turns in a menacing performance and simply steals the show. He seems to have finally lost that chocolate boy look with his new haircut and added weight. While plenty of praise has been heaped on Abishek bachchan for his role as lallan singh in the Hindi version "yuva" I believe Madhavan has done a better job and if any considerations for a national award are given to abhishek bachchan without considering maddy i would be very disappointed. Surya as Michael Vasanth the do gooder is also excellent. He seems to be improving with each movie and is all set to be the next big thing Tamil Movies. What a change from the guy who couldn't even dance confidently in Nerukku ner!! The third character siddharth as arjun balakrishnan is adequate, although i don't know why he was needed in the movie. While the first half of the movie is almost perfect the second half seems to try to finish things in a hurry. Perhaps he need not have spent too much time with siddharths character. The heroines have surprisingly found adequate screen time in such a big multistarrer. The best of the lot is meera jasmine as sasi. Esha deol is OK for her first movie and trisha is also OK.The movie is easily the best movie to come out so far this year ahead of autograph, virumaandi and gilli. I give it 9 out of ten taking one point off for a slightly loose and hurried second half. Spoiler -- One thing that most people did not understand after the movie was whether madhavan was given the death sentence or not. I'm not sure although i thought the policeman said he was lucky. Not one person that i asked after the movie seemed to know for sure.