Aadhavan Movie Critic Review - A Comical Action Thriller

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PLOT : Aadhavan deals with a hired killer Suriya, the adopted son of Shinde and brother Anand Babu, ties a good bit of commitment with Rahul Dev, where, Suriya gets fixed to kill a magistrate (Late Malayalam Actor Murali). Despite several successful experiences of targeted gun-firing, Suriya misses his shot in this occasion and the magistrate survives. The protagonist, Suriya, hooks up to another murder plan, where he tries to disguise as Vadivelu's closest relatives and gets into the magistrate's house. Vadivelu, who has been a domestic servant of the magistrate's house, and a witness of the minutely fights between the grandmother and the granddaughter of the house(Nayanthara - Yesteryear Star Saroja Devi), gets blackmailed by Suriya, who seeks his support to give an entry to the house. Expectantly, he starts to cement every brick of the building, and gets well informed about the members of the family. While a few several futile attempts(actually, later understood to be deliberate) to kill the magistrate, he appears suspicious to Nayanthara in an occasion, where he reveals to her that he is the son of the magistrate, who ran away from the house, years back. However, having been informed about the lost son from the Grandma(Saroja Devi), he muddles up Vadivelu by saying that this would be the best answer to a girl(Nayanthara), who almost caught him red-handed. Nayanthara muses in romance with Suriya, while Suriya looks completely focused in his intentions. Later, it gets revealed in the conventional K.S.R flashback that the lost son was indeed Suriya, and that he actually wanted to save his father's(magistrate) life, by staying close to him. Meanwhile, the usual traitors at the end pay him off, and he fights back, ultimately to save his father, this time almost losing himself in the process.

THOUGHT : The humor laid throughout the film, came well-gelled with the content, perhaps similar to the ones of "Chandramukhi" and unlike the ones of "Winner". Simply, perhaps a "well-read" critic would say - The Towers Of Screenplay were Suriya and Vadivelu. No doubt, Saroja Devi played her part so well and it is hoped that no man reckons to question her importance in the film, nor would one talk about the very essence of "she" doing the role - Perhaps it's simple to say - "She was casted and that's it!" Suriya, might not have showed his greatest bit of acting, yet holds lovely shades in his character. Vadivelu does his part so well, for one cannot even go into examining the necessity of humor in the film. Nayanthara, underplays it beautifully well and hope none claims about her mere existence in the film. Music scored by Harris Jayaraj goes so beautifully kindling and again, hope no "exclaimed-critic" talks about the very purpose/placement of songs - If so, he should be new to Tamil Cinema. All characters inclusive of Fefsi Vijayan, Riyaz Khan, AnandhBabu(Yes, reminiscent of the Cheran - Pandian duo) get well-steered in the "Ravikumarean" way in his "typpppp...ical" screenplay, the usual way of narrating using flash-back, the Ramesh Khanna factor, his interest in songs and RR, and touch of a sentiment as ever that show people as humans on screen. Stunt sequences at the beginning(Sardarji chase) and at the climax - requires a certain mention! Not to forget the young and aspiring producer of the film, the son of Mr. Stallin, Udayanidhi Stallin for having financed a fine movie, from fine people. May the producer scale newer heights and pave way to powerful lights.