“Aadhavan ” from the combo of K.S.Ravikumar & Suriya , both riding on a successful upward tide has raised expectations right from its beginning. Whether the movie lives up to the expectations is partially in the affirmative. The movie is a routine K.S. Ravikumar formula of a family entertainer with heavy doses of action. What keeps the movie interested is Vadivelu & only him.
First half is racy with rib tickling comedy thanks mainly to Vadivelu & Suriya to some extent & gets over even before you realize . Sadly the second half peters out into a mundane affair without any ingenuity where the director has borrowed heavily from the movies of yesteryears .
Suriya is good in his role of an assassin with a past . But when each & every one time & again compares him with M.G.R., Shivaji , Rajini & Kamalhassan it becomes irritating.
Nayanthara don’t have much to do in a shake- a – leg –wet-the-eyes role.
Vadivelu is the real hero of the movie without whom the movie would have become very much boring. He revels in the role of Banner’ji & he is there onscreen almost throughout the movie. The manner in which he gets caught on camera time & again plotting to kill his boss is a scream.
SarojaDevi is more of a caricature than anything else. Sad to see a legend as she is reduced to such an insipid role.
Movie has a whole loads of supporting actors who do their jobs without any fuss.
In Harris Jayaraj’s music couple of songs are good.
Ra.Ganesh’s Cinematography is stylish.
Movie has K.S.Ravikumar stamp all over it but it gets redundant after a point. His dialogues are funny & lively which keeps the movie going.
On the whole , first half is good but second is tiring.
Bottomline: Vadivelu the saviour.
3/5
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