Eeram - My movie day out....

Me along with 3 of my office colleagues (Praveen, Sankar and Prabhakar) decided to go to a film yesterday (16/09/2009). The pick of the day was Eeram. The new film from S Pictures.

We started from office at 6 for the 6.15pm show. Battling the Bangalore traffic we somehow reached the theatre at 6.20. Parked my bike and ran towards the hall. I was hearing the "Mazhaiye mazhaiye" song while parking from outside. I wanted to watch that song as I had heard it already and I liked it. Want a sample? Hear to my caller tune..

Oh.. I forgot to say the name of the theatre. It is Pushpanjali in K R Puram. This was the first time I am going to that theatre after its renovation. Which actually took roughly about 1-1/2 months. Should say it looked good. A mixture of an armature multiplex and a town single screen cinema theatre. But I don’t know how long will the maintenance last.

We got the balcony ticket which was 60 bucks each. It was good value for money for the Bangalore cost of living. So I managed to see the fag end of the song. That means I have missed abt 10 mins of the movie. But I managed to know what happened. Thanks to the internet.

Now coming to the movie. The first thing I noticed was that it had a good looking cast. Had an handsome hero (Aadhi from Mirugam fame) and a beautiful heroine (Sindhu Menon). The Director should be appreciated for it. Because I am feeling this after some time in Tamil movies. Then as the movie progressed around the murder or suicide of the heroine. The whole world said it was a suicide but our hero who is an ACP does not believe it and puts many calculations to prove it. But in vain. Nothing gets proved.

The interesting part which I noticed the director had put in logic and connected it very well. You will see a murder when ever the hero sees the colour Red and water together. For an example the first one was classic where the hero sees some one trying to catch the red fish from a fish tank. I was not connecting to this until I saw the next scene where red and water combined. Each time you are shown both there is a murder happening. Another is the heroine is shown as a left hander and later the director uses the same in a scene later. We are left to decipher what is happening and I am sure every one would find out. It is where the director shows his skills. In case you are seeing the movie watch out for these scenes. Because in a thriller some partial clues actually make the movie watching more interesting.

While myself and my friend Praveen where discussing silently who the murderer was and we were making wild guesses. But we knew that this director Arivazhagan Venkatachalam was not foolish enough to show the people who we guessed as the murderer.

The next thing I noticed was the cinematography. It was very good. And the way water is shown in the film really will make your heart feel light. It may be a drop or mist or rain. All are caught superbly by Manoj Paramahamsa’s camera. He surely deserves a Pat for his work. I am looking forward for his next film eagerly.

 

Now we are shown that the hero and the heroine part due the hero giving out some words in anger. So the relationship ends and the heroine is getting married to Nanda and move in to a flat… Nanda?? Yes.. The same person who said “Montly 20 thousand rupees salary” in Mounam pesiuthey. After a long time he looks the same as he did in his first film. Now the heroine starts to know the ugly side of neighbors in the flat. And neighbors start to protect themselves by putting in the blame on the heroine even without her knowledge. Nanda starts to believe the neighbors and also knows about her love life she had during her college days and begins to doubt her. Nanda uses the age old technique of “Pottu vangurathu”. This is practical and I am sure every one would have fallen for this technique.

The day when Nanda knows this, the worse days start for the heroine and it ends with the murder of the heroine. (This is the first scene in the movie) Now the murder of the heroine is solved but we are left to guess who did the other murders. And I am not going to say that. Find out that when you watch the movie.

The film does not have unwanted songs, fights and comedy. What the script needs is there in the film. I would say the second half was a bit lengthy. It could have been short by another 20 mins. Some dialogues where not clear and the BGM was not very good. the 2 songs in the film were good. But the “Tharai erangiya” song could have been shown longer. Suchitra’s voice is simply superb in that song. But given the small odds I would rate this film

4 out of 5 and it is a must watch for people who like soft thrillers, good cinematography and finally a good cast.

After the movie I left with Sankar we had our dinner at a restaurant in Hoodi and then reached home and started to listen to Eeram songs in my Ipod. Had a good end to the day.

Plan to keep you posted about Unnai Pol Orruvan..