Mani Ratnam might not have thought that he was indulging too much with his creation and unfortunately ‘Raavan’ just became an endless boring and tragic tail.

 

An Indian mythological concept is stretched to a very long extent in the movie Raavan. The much hyped and tremendously awaited movie has not been actually able to steal much spot light among the audiences.

 

Yet, there are things in the movie, which glues to the audiences mind, but at the same time, it is ill-conceived, fails to link to the classic Indian epic and poorly drafted.

 

The movie desperately tries to evoke empathy for ‘Raavan’ of the film and fails to decide the exact image of the hero in the movie. It just turns the hero into a bloodthirsty and unethical cop (Is it the image of Ram in the modern Kalyug?)

 

There is a desperate effort in the movie to just somehow link ‘Ragini’(Ash) and ‘Raavan (Abhishek)’, it unluckily slaughters the other dimensions of the movie, in this race. The plot of the movie is devoid of the exact image of the villain and on the top of that, it makes people doubt the power of the protagonist.

Surprisingly, the two least highlighted characters in the film have emerged out as one of the best things in the movie.

The story takes you to a rough jungle terrain, where ‘Ragini’ is isolated from the worldly charms and is abducted by fearless outlaw ‘Beera’ (Abhishek). Tough cop, Dev (Vikram) sets his expedition to save his wife from Beera’s wild territory.

Meanwhile, the nice villain of the movie decides not to hurt Ragini’s honor and just take revenge of her sister’s murder.

It’s tough to decide for the audience, that whether, they should support ‘Raavan’ or ‘Ram’ in the modern Kalyug. As some cops had brutally killed Beera’s sister and thus he kidnaps ‘Ragini’.

Dev is however potential enough to face Beera, but squanders in the next scene. The jungle scenes and the romantic effects might also lure the audience’s mind, but the plot has been driven away from actuality.

 

The last scene of the movie can be done million times better, when Dev asks her badly injured and worn-out bride ‘Ragini’, that if Beer has defamed her honor (typical replica of the Ramayana). The scene is dripping with awkwardness, misunderstanding and shyness. The cop ultimately and shamelessly asks her wife to take a Polygraph test, to settle his doubts.

Take it as funny or thoughtless, but it is a uncanny replica of the Indian epic.

 

Unluckily, the legendary director has really got a raw deal in the form of Raavan, as compared to his other creations.

Aishwarya’s looks all mudded and carries a great detail of eye makeup, she just somehow screeches her way throughout the movie. A bruised, tortured lady.

The first half of the film is tight, filmy and interesting, but the second part is unable to lead the movie to its its end. It is an endless tail, somewhat resembling Ramanand Sagar’s endless epic television tail.

It’s a wonder to know that Ratnam’s caliber is under ambiguity.