“Muran ” is a thriller that lacks pace , screenplay is the culprit but enamours the viewers with some good acting , slick making & fine direction. Rajjan Madhav making his debut has fine visual sense & has directed the movie pretty well. As the bane with most of the young film-makers these days, he shows some slackness as far as screenplay is concerned. Hence what might have been an edge-of-the-seat thriller lacks that adrenaline which might have done wonders.
The movie starts at a very promising premise with the lead actors who are of diametrically opposite personality embarking on a journey from Bangalore to Chennai. 15 minutes into the narration, the first instance of cliché strikes you bad with a sales-girl (Haripriya) who sells “washing powder” comes into Cheran’s house & demonstrating how to remove stain from the white shirt.....!!! From here on movie nose-dives with its share of unbearable cliches.
Muran is the movie where women are either angelic or devilish with no scope for any greyness. Spoilt rich brat , angelic orphan girl , innocent poor musician who settles for a marriage of convenience , alcoholic – adulterous- techie wife , Anglo-Indian girl born of illicit relationship are the characterisation of the lead actors of the movie which one must have seen umpteen number of times.
First half is slow, poor with couple of irritating flash-backs. Movie becomes interesting in the second half with its share of twists & turns though most of them are predictable including the final one at the climax. Pace also picks up in the second half but revelation happening pretty earlier mars the impact. The ensuing cat & mouse game does sustain the interest to certain degree, the movie ends abruptly.
The two major plus points of the movie are the acting of the lead actors Prasanna & Cheran and the slick cinematography. Prasanna rocks in his role of a conniving stranger who after a point of time starts dictating term with a hapless Cheran. His role grows on the viewers as the narration progresses & in the end blooms into a hard-core villain. Cheran is again typecast as a hapless, innocent & goody-goody person torn between his conscience & the blackmail.
Among the ladies Haripriya has a substantial role & she has utilised her opportunity well. Nikitha comes in a very miniscule role while the new find Suma struggles in finding right expressions.
Padmesh is the cinematographer and boy he deserves accolade..! Movie is shot in a stylish manner befitting a thriller. The visuals are rich & glossy. Director Rajjan Madhav seems to have a good visual sense & he is amply supported by Padmesh in this regard in translating his vision onto the screen.
In Sajjan Madhav’s music couple of songs are humworthy & he supports the movie with his good background score though there is some jarring here & there.
Rajjan Madhav seems to have good potential in him to be a good movie maker. He need to brush up his script writing & must move away from all these clichés that he has used liberally in this movie.
On the whole, “Muran ” is a nice attempt but difficult for the viewers to sustain interest throughout.
Bottomline : iffy-iffy
3 / 5
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