One-in-a-Thousand Movie

Chozhas and Pandyas still alive - vibrant with all their beliefs, ancient magic, warring to prove their supremacy?.. Chozhas waiting in Vietnam for 800 years for a messenger to take them to their own Kingdom?....I bow low to Selvaraghavan's imagination and his decent attempt to convince us of the same. I didn't expect the man to come up with such stuff after his previous realistic movies. Who would have thought he had 'No messages, only imagination' up his sleeve after the 'No messages, only realism' theme in 7G, Pudhupettai ? I'm both impressed by R.Ravindran's guts and also fervently hope that he doesn't go bankrupt.... I just had a vision of how he would have felt after watching the film for the first time and felt sorry for him.... (R.Ravindran is the producer of the movie!)

The actors - they must love Selvaraghavan to have put in 2 years of their career in this movie. I strongly doubt that the 2 years must be due to the number of retakes they had to film cos of the actors laughing helplessly in the middle of the scenes - Especially Parthiban - I had another fleeting vision of how Kamal Hassan would have reacted had Selvaraghavan offered the same role to him and made him do the dance moves, the scenes with Reema Sen... LOL...and the best scene in the whole movie - Parthiban's scene with Andrea - flawless timing!

Karthi is so adorable in the first half... Andrea makes an impact with solid, no-pretense acting.... Reema Sen - is so comfortable and brave in acting some scenes that leaves you uncomfortable..... The visual effects are bad.... Esp in the beginning when they near the island. Why did the soldiers with automatic weapons have to 'hold the line' against warriors with spears? Andrea knows to speak a tribal language but cannot understand or talk ancient Tamil? Then how did she read the scriptures in the previous scenes? When Chozhas know so much magic, why couldn't they use it in war against the guns? Parthiban held the enemy up in the air by holding her shadow; ppl disappear into sand when confronted by enemies-- why couldn't they win the war? The gladiator scene failed to impress-- it turned into a joke!

Had the movie ended in the first half, it'd have been a commercial hit, which it sadly is not meant to be... The second half would not have been so bad had it been made racier, giving us no time to muse over the glaring loopholes....

Where is 'Maalai neram'??? :( I'm sorely disappointed... BG score - I hated the unnecessarily soft,romantic notes during the fight between Parthiban and Reema..... 'On mela aasadhan'-- the video rocks!.. But the tune is similar to the Sarvam song 'adada vaa asathalam'-- Same source of inspiration for both Yuvan and G.V.? 'Thaai thindra mannae' was good... Hats off to the lyricist...

A period movie definitely needs more research, a stronger storyline... It should take the breath away from the audience - out of awe, not out of endless laughter.... But still, I LIKED IT! It's a brave attempt and I'm wondering - how did Selvaraghavan manage to make this when Kamal lacks producers' interests for 'Marudhanayagan' and 'Marmayogi'??? THAT itself is Selvaraghavan's victory-- he convinced a producer to make his random dream with haphazard scenes, come to life on the silver screen....!