Starring: Vishal Krishna,Arya,Janani Iyer,Madhu Shalini,Ambika,Jayaprabha
Director: Bala
Producer: Kalpathi S Aghoram
Banner: A G S Entertainmet
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Avan Ivan Story:
Movie begins with the trade mark scenes of Bala. Walter Vannangamudi (Vishal) and is the step brother of Kumbidaren Saamy (Arya). The brothers have a celebration time in their village living life in their own way but don’t maintain good relationship on each other as they have more ego rifts. Walter aspires to become and actor while his brother Samy wants to turn as a petty thief.
Both Walter and Saamy work near one Jameen (G M Kumar), who is a rich and influential landlord in the village. He sacrifices all his wealth for the villagers and commands their respect in return. One day Jameen gets snubbed by a forest ranger and he decides to take revenge on them. As Walter and Saamy are very close to him he takes the help. In order to take revenge on the forest ranger the brothers block the way of and attack him. In the meantime Police rush to the spot but both escape from the spot.
Kumbidaren falls in love with Themozhi (Madhu Shalini) while his brother Walter loves Constable Baby (Janani).
Meanwhile, Jameen comes across a man (RK) a cattle smuggler who smuggles aged cows (incapable of providing milk) and sells them to buyers in Kerala for the sake of consumption as beef. The cows are purchased in accordance to its weight and ensure that they get more money, the sellers force the aged cows to consume thick layers of mud mixed with water as it would look hefty.
On knowing this Jameen informs this to the Blue Cross and police and gets him arrested. But RK comes back and tries to revenge on Jameen. How he takes revenge on the Jammen? Will Vishal and Arya are able to save their Jammen?
Performances:
Vishal is back with a bounce with Avan Ivan. He is the hero of masses and has given an outstanding performance in the role Walter Vannangamudi. Vishal as squinted eye boy and also a transgender has delivered his best as one can watch his effort in each & every scene of the movie. The film will surely be a land mark film in Vishal’s career.
Arya has done his best with his dialogues and the humor part done by the film is an added flavour to the movie. All his hard work shows up in the film and has given a tough competition to Vishal in terms of performance but his character is on par with Vishal’s role.
Madhu Shalini as the love interest of Arya did her role well and she looked apt for the role. Janani Iyer the new comer did perfect justice to the role of innocent police constable and she paired for Vishal. Her performance can get her more offers in Tamil.
R.K excelled in the role of baddie and he is the perfect fit to the role. G. M. Kumar evoked outstanding humor and he is the big plus for comedy scenes. Ambika and Jaya Prabha as mothers to Vishal and Arya respectively have done a great job.
Suriya’s cameo is one of the highlight in the movie where he comes for a public meeting explains his Agoram foundation & its operations.
The best part of the film is Bala’s direction which is terrific and outstandingly brilliant. He should be appreciated for characterization and appropriate casting. But unlike Bala’s earlier outings Avan Ivan lacks in story. Though the characterizations and their establishment in the film are outstanding, the film falls short due to its thin story line. However Bala’s creative orientation in visualizing shots engages the audiences to the screens.
Background score and re-recording by Yuvan Shankar Raja is terrific. All the songs are excellent. His music is the USP of the movie. Especially Vishal's intro BGM is Yuvan's treat to the masses. The songs Avana Pathi Nan pada poren & Oru malayoram are one of the best from him and acts as a breather in between heavy sequences.
Screenplay is good most of the times. Dialogues by S. Ramakrishnan are good. Cinematography by Arthur A. Wilson is excellent while Editing by Suresh Urs's is slick and neat but should have been more compact. Screenplay is the main plus point of the film.
Action sequences are true to reality, believable, realistic and very effective as well.
First half of the film is outstanding while the second half has some dragging moments with very slow pace. However the director got back his pace in the pre climax. The last 30 mins of the film is very effective.
Avan Ivan doesn’t stand on par with Bala’s earlier films in terms of its story as the expectations too were on peaks, but over all the film is packed with humorous scenes. Avan Ivan can be enjoyed as it was a different experience watching a different film.
Quick Take: Sensible Tale with Award winning performances
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