Yaan

My review: Yaan

"Yaan" has one of the finest visuals of action sequence this year. It has high production values and technically it is on par with any international movie. The conception and execution of the slow-mo action sequence right at the start as well as the chase sequence in the streets of Morocco are all very well done. Manush Nandan is the cinematographer who has shot the movie stylishly. It is expected when the movie is helmed by one of the biggest cinematographer in the country, Ravi K Chandran. 

Movie's album is yet another reason why many people would have harbored the thought of going to the cinema hall running this movie. Harris Jayaraj has come up with quiet a few foot-tapping numbers which though gives you a "heard-before" feel are hummable nonetheless. "Aathangara Orathil" and "Latcham Calorie" are two of the most in-demand songs in the FM stations over the past few months. 

These can be the only reason why one can even think of going anywhere near something remotely related to "Yaan", the movie. Even then if you enter the theater, there is no guarantee that you could come out with your health and peace of mind intact. The story is contrived, screenplay banal and direction non-existent. Even a light-man with an average knowledge about cinema and its making could have made a movie more engaging with more conviction than this "Yawn". It is shocking that such a terrible effort could come from one of the most acclaimed cinematographer of the country. 

Jiiva is in a terrible form and this movie further accentuates it. Thulasi Nair is okay with her histrionics but fills up the entire frame whenever she is on screen and whoever she is with. Even the most experienced actors  like Nasser, Thambi Ramaiah and Jayaprakash just go through their motions.

If you thought "Anjaan" was the worst film of the year, then think again. "Yaan" beats it by quiet a long distance and it could take a lot of hard-work to beat it. Movie is so terribly staged that what can you say about a movie in which there is a shot when they show a board written "Border" on a border fence between two countries, childish, juvenile or infantile..?!

Bottomline: Biggest "YAWN" of the year.

1/5