# Arrambam Review Arrambam Rating : ( 4.00 / 5.00 )Tamilcinema This is only the second venture Ajith and Vishnuvardhan joined forces but anticipation levels of Arrambam went through the roof - even bigger and better than it was for Billa. There is a feeble hangover of Billa evident in Arrambam too but this one has a story in tune with the times of today, steeped in the latest technical trends aiding to performing heroism. Written and directed by Vishnuvardhan (with Subha’s contribution in writing), Arrambam is your typical Ajith film but only different in its way of execution. Thanks to Vishnuvardhan, the execution renders credibility to the movie leaving you to reserve your questions about logic and other concerns for later. At the heart of it, Arrambam is a revenge tale. Throw into it a lot of kidnap drama, hacking essentials and toss it with some political scams – you get the fair idea. All this is told with a tightly written screenplay, electrifying onscreen presence of actors and good music (score and rerecording). The movie opens with Ajith planting a bomb in a building that is later diffused and people evacuated to safety. The other characters are introduced slowly and the first half moves at a leisurely pace of romance and comedy set in a lighthearted milieu. Effectively, you are in the state of ‘Nee Nallavana? Kettavana?’ about Ajith’s characterization till the movie breaks for interval. After which things start to get serious. The movie takes a leaf out of a few horrifying blasts that rocked the country and the alleged scams about the bulletproof jackets supplied to the bomb disposal squad. Ajith plays a bomb disposal squad officer who loses his colleague and friend, played by Rana, to a gunshot in an operation despite him protected by the bulletproof jacket. Ajith decides to dig deep into the matter and skeletons begin to tumble out of the closet one by one. He seeks out the help of Nayan - his friend’s sister - hacker and the brainy (yet brawny) computer genius Arya and his girlfriend Tapsee who is a television anchor. Together, they hack bank accounts of politicians and their daughters, servers of television channels and so on and so forth and achieve their target. In every aspect, Arrambam belongs to Ajith and his persona. Vishnuvardhan is not unbeknown of this factor and he raises the bar of Ajith-entertain ment, taking his heroism to a totally different level. The dialogues yet not self-laudatory are witty and are enough to entertain the audience invoking laughter and amusement. Particularly, the combination scenes of Ajith and Arya are a treat to watch. They both revel in the procedures and the dialogues make the audience scream for more. The kind of relationship shared by Ajith and Nayan are subtly left to your imagination. They are neither lovers, nor partners but they are definitely more than friends. And they don’t share a duet. Talking of which, Arya and Tapsee make a charming pair. Arya’s rustic charm and his amenable personality complement with Ajith’s role. Arya is the second best entertainer of the film. Rana, though his role is cut short, has a good screen presence. While the first half of the movie is designed to set stage for the serious plot deviation of the second, it proves to be the perfect mélange of entertaining factors. The taut writing renders the movie and its proceedings a stimulating pace that is further aided by the background score. Though there are only four songs, three of them are hummable and they don’t hinder the movie’s narrative fortunately. Rerecording is another addicting factor of Arrambam. Om Prakash’s cinematography ensures that the tone of the movie is never lost for even one moment while Sreekar Prasad’s editing guarantees smooth flow of the narrative without tedium setting in. While the thought that Ajith and Arya can do anything – from randomly walking into a bank in Dubai and hacking an account to their overreaching power in kidnapping at their will – is overpowering, every such scene is supplanted with Ajtih’s signature style entry and exit making it any fan boy’s delight. And then there are willful planting of such props as a Ducati bike, exclusively for the Thala to slide through after a heroic task is done. Watch Arrambam if you are an Ajith fan – not that you needed reassurance. If you are not, you might still want to catch it for his omnipresent screen charisma and the interesting screenplay.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:46:24 +0000
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