Indian Express review gives RAVANAN ( Tamil version ) 3 stars compared to 2 stars for Hindi version. That probably speaks a lot about the lead actor VIKRAM.
Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy <gomtesh.upad...@...> wrote: > > all okay, but is the movie good? > > On 6/18/10, Gnanavel Nandagopal <gn_love_vel_...@...> wrote: > > 1. For Mani Ratnam fans, this one is reason enough, but for you > > sceptics out there, here are nine more! > > 2. If you thought Iruvar, Roja and Bombay were Mani Ratnam's best, > > Raavan/ Raavanan is going to stun you! Says who? Just about everybody > > who has worked for the project! "Mani Ratnam has made this film like a > > penance. Mani Ratnam, Vikram and Aishwarya Rai will definitely get > > National Awards," said lyricist Vairamuthu. > > 3. Mani Ratnam's Raavanan is also special for its huge star cast: > > Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Karthik, Prabhu, Priyamani, Munna, > > John Vijay in Tamil and Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, > > Govinda, Ravikissen, Priyamani, Nikhil Dwivedi in Hindi (Raavan). > > 4. Most parts of the movie were shot in deep interiors of dense > > forests. Our hero plays a tribal chief! > > 5. Shyam Kaushal has choreographed the thrilling climax fight. "The > > shooting for Raavan began in January 2009 in Kolkata, then Ooty, and the > > climax was shot on Malsej Ghat, where there's a scene on bridges 2,000 > > feet above mountains. Mani loves challenges and likes challenging his > > actors and technicians too. His quest for perfection puts them through a > > grueling routine," he said. > > 6. For the first time, Vikram simultaneously plays two diametrically > > different roles in two languages of the same film. Vikram play the role > > of Dev (Ram) in Hindi and Beera (Raavan) in Tamil. > > 7. Aishwarya plays the role of Ragini, a spunky classical dance > > teacher. The first look of the movie shows her dancing gracefully in a > > song. > > 8. Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai will dub in her own voice for the > > Tamil version while Vikram is all set to speak Hindi in Raavan. > > 9. Another highlight is Prabhu and Karthi, co-stars in the > > blockbuster Mani Ratnam movie Agni Natchathiram, they team up again for > > the same director after a long gap. > > 10. A.R. Rahman's chart-busters, Vairamuthu's adorable lyrics, > > Santhosh Sivan's marvellous camera work and to top of all, 'The Mani > > Ratnam factor'. Well Raavanan is definitely one of the most-anticipated > > films of the year. So get ready for some action this Friday (June 18, > > 2010). > > > > source: > > http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/91275/Ten-reasons-watch-Raavanan.html > > > > > > > > > -- > www.gomzyphotography.com >