Thankfully, this Selvaraghavan movie doesn’t have the typical
hero suffering from Schizophrenia or any other mental disorder. In this movie, he
has experimented with concepts of metaphysics and the existence of a parallel
universe/world. In fact, the movie opens with a couple of quotes of Albert
Einstein which talks about the existence of other life forms and the existence of
the same “us” in other planets/galaxies! Come to think of it, haven’t we heard
our elders say that there will be 7 people resembling us in this world? May be,
the world they meant included this universe and other parallel universes also!
Coming back to Irandaam Ulagam now, the movie has two
parallel love stories, one taking place on earth and the other in a distant
planet, with Arya and Anushka playing the lead roles in both of them. The movie
lacks pace and the story doesn’t keep you interested either. But, towards the
intermission, there is an unexpected twist and you take the break anticipating
a very interesting second half. I earnestly hoped Selvaraghavan won’t disappoint
me. But, the second half doesn’t deliver either! The only thing that kept me
awake in the movie was the comments passed by a group of youngsters, who in all
probability were fresh-grad techies working in Gurgaon! They just didn’t stop
and had everyone in the auditorium in splits with their one-liners!
Arya definitely is a poor choice for the lead role, at least
for the love story that takes place on the earth. He just doesn’t enliven the
screen. Anushka though, has played her part well. Ramji’s camera has captured
scenic Georgia beautifully. But, the special effects (read graphics) showing
some weird creatures in the distant planet disappoint big time. They obviously
tried to mimic Avatar and haven’t succeeded. Since the movie had the theme of
two love stories taking place in two different planets, the director has tried
two music directors, Harris Jayaraj for the songs and Anirudh for the
background score, and they both disappoint.
At the end of the movie, there was a mock standing ovation by
the audience and that sums it up!!
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