Ajith's ‘Aegan’ took a bumper opening across Tamilnadu. The movie released on Saturday with 150 prints across the State witnessed Ajith fans thronging in large numbers. ‘Aegan’, inspired by ‘Main Hoon Na’, is directed by Raju Sundaram. Nayantara plays Ajith's ladylove. The movie has reportedly been booked well in advance till Monday in Chennai. Releasing in nearly 15 theatres in Chennai, it seems to be a celebration time for Ajith fans.
Anyway the Tamil version is no patch on Farah Khan’s movie. Like the proverbial curate’s egg, the film is good in parts. The first half is a rip-roaring rocker, while the second half goes limp and the climax is a big let down.
The Story- Shiva (Ajit) is a dare devil cop, whose introduction scene is in Hong Kong, where he single handedly kills a mafia chief, and proves as his father the commissioner Karthik (Nassar) says- “He is a one-man army, who trusts only his gun”. Now he is on a different mission- he has to fob off the international criminal John Chinnapa (Suman), who is trying to kill his former aide Ram Prasad (Devan), who has turned police approver. Ram is in hiding somewhere in Ooty where his daughter Priya (Piaa) is studying in a college. Shiva’s new assignment is to go undercover as a student to the college to protect Priya and also a lead to her father’s whereabouts.
Shiva joins the college where you have a funny principal (Jayaram) and a peon (Sathyan) and host of students including Priya’s lover Narain (Navdeep), who turns out to be our hero’s foster brother! The best scene in the film is when Ajit meets Nayan for the first time and the way he bursts out into his favourite song Unne Paartha Pinpu Naan…(Kathal Mannan) ! It is a really a scream and a genuine gut-buster. There are few other outrageous over-the-top depiction of Tamil film stereotypes like Jayaram, Cochin Haneefa and Sriman’s comedy scenes. There is some kind of chemistry between Ajit and Nayan in some stupid moments, which make you chuckle. Raju Sundaram has concentrated only on these one-liners, the silver lining in the film.
In Main Hoon Na Farah Khan made Shah Rukh Khan lampoon conventional notions of macho heroism, but in Aegan, Raju strictly adheres to Ajit’s larger than life image. There are four long drawn out, well choreographed fight scenes where the hero fights a dozen baddies and comes out unscathed.
Nayanthara looks perfect as Mallika, a role that fits her like a glove. Her make-up and costumes, especially the chiffon sarees and halter-neck blouses, rock. Piaa is promising. Jayaram as Principal and Haneefa as Ajit’s side-kick are a riot. But the same cannot be said about Suman who looks like a caricature with a weird wig.
Yuvanshankar's music passes the muster. The song caught on Alps is eye-catchy. Cinematographer Arjun Jena captures the action moments in a neat way without straining the eyes.
Produced by Ayngaran, the maiden attempt by Raju Sundaram reminds one of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar dismissed when nearing his century, disappointing his fans. No film is perfect and Aegan is no exception. But it delivers entertainment in reasonable doses.
Anyway, i will recomment each and everyone to watch the film if you are willing to spend some time in a theatre. You can definitely watch the movie for once, it's worthy, but not more than that.
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