Guys, please write down SPOILER ALERT if there is any. I don't wanna read anything about the story. That's why I don't check on wikipedia.
--- In [email protected], "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@...> wrote: > > Raavanan - The Real HeroIndiaGlitz [Wednesday, May 12, 2010] > > Perhaps this is the most anticipated film in recent times. Rightly so given > the cast and crew assembled. Produced and directed by Mani Ratnam, > `Raavanan' stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai and Prithviraj in the lead roles. The > other cast comprises Prabhu, Karthik, Priyamani, Ranjitha, Munna and others. > > `Raavanan' is inspired from the Asokavanam episode in Ramayanam. It is a > modern day version of the episode where Raavanan kidnaps Sita and keeps her > in Asokavanam. Later Raman ventures to save his wife and bring her back. > > The story of `Raavanan' is said to be this. Dev (Prithviraj) is a police > officer who falls in love with a classical dancer Ragini (Aishwarya Rai) and > marries her. Post marriage Dev is posted in a tribal town controlled by > Veera (Vikram) whose writs alone control the people of the town. Veera, the > warlord is seen as challenger and the law enforcers lead by Dev believe the > key to bringing order to the place is to crush Veera. > > In an attempt to vanquish Vikram, Prithviraj misses the target and kills > Priyamani who is the sister of Vikram. An infuriated, Vikram kidnaps > Aishwarya Rai and takes her into the forest. This draws Prithviraj into the > forest and the forest becomes their battle ground. The dense, confusing and > scary jungle sets in motion a string of events which test their beliefs and > change their fortunes. When Prithviraj finds Aishwarya in the jungle he > suspects her womanhood. A new battle then begins which becomes a battle > between good and evil; Raavanan and Raman and at the end they all confront > many truths. You can be sure of a startling climax typical of the creative > genius Mani Ratnam. > > So how are the characters in Ramanyam linked? Prithviraj plays a character > inspired by Raman, Vikram enacts the role of Raavanan and Aishwarya the role > of Sita. The supporting characters are also worked out something like this. > Karthik is the modern day Hanuman and Munna is the brother Lakshmanan. > Priyamani plays the role of Raavanan's sister Soorpanakai. The role played > by Prabhu and Ranjitha are not known yet. > > `Raavanan' brings together Prabhu and Karthik after more than a decade. The > have the same fire they had in `Agni Natchathram'. > > Vikram has said "Acting in `Raavanan' is like being part of three Mani > Ratnam projects, because, each and every scene was shot thrice" > > Aishwarya also has an equally powerful role. Probably this is the film which > would bring out the real talents of Aishwarya. > > The contemporary and modern Indian classical dancer Astad Deboo has > choreographed a climactic life and death dance sequence with a tandav of > passion, revenge and liberation for Ash. This is a fusion of kathak, ballet > and contemporary dance which will show Ash in a new light. The steps are > complex and new and Ash had danced bare feet on slippery ground. She also > did the steps twice over and in quick succession, first with Abhishek for > the Hindi and then with Vikram for the Tamil. > > Another surprise from Aishwarya is going to be her voice in Tamil. Ash has > painstaking dubbed her voice for Tamil and nobody will be able to say she is > not a Tamilian after hearing her speak. And making her more beautiful in the > film is the celebrated fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee who has > designed clothes for Ash in `Raavanan'. > > The film was extensively shot in numerous locations around India including > Pollachi, Ooty, Chalakudy, Athirapally of Kerala, Jhansi, Kolkata, > Mahabaleshwar and in the Malshej Ghats in Maharashtra. Picturesque locations > like the forest near the Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala is going to be > real treat to the eyes. Athirapally waterfalls seem to be Mani's favourite > location as had filmed `Uyire' song "Ennuyire", and the `Guru' song > "Venmegam" at the same location earlier. > > The cinematography is by Santosh Sivan, who replaced Manikandan as the > cameraman and he has given the film a never before seen look and feel. Mani > Ratnam Santosh Sivan duo has worked wonders before in blockbuster like > `Roja', `Thalapathi', `Iruvar' and `Uyire'. > > `Raavanan' has numerous action scenes of the Kerala martial art form > kalarippayattu. Kalatipattu exponents Sunil and his brothers who have > trained celebrities like SRK and Jackie Chan have composed the action > scenes. > > `Raavanan' is a tri-lingual also made simultaneously in Hindi as `Raavan' > and `Villain' in Telugu. With Abhiskek Bachchan playing the title role and > Vikram plays the role of Rama. Aishwarya Rai plays the role of Sita in all > three versions. > > Audience expects `Ravannan' to be the best of Mani till date. By raising > intriguing questions on the protagonist like did such a man ever exist? Is > `Raavanan' the line that divides Good from Evil? Is there a Ram inside > Raavan? And a Raavan inside each of us? Mani Ratnam has opened our minds to > question our conscience. > > Music of the movie is composed by Oscar winner A R Rahman with lyrics penned > by Vairamuthu. It features 6 songs and the music was soft launched on May 5 > by Sony Music. > > `Raavanan' is produced by Mani Ratnam under the banner of Madras Talkies at > a budget of Rs. 55 crores. Being his home production, Mani Ratnam has not > compromised anything for the quality. He has even brought specific dogs that > look like wolves from Australia for a whopping Rs.3 crores for a particular > scene. > > `Raavanan' is distributed by Madras Talkies and Big Cinemas and will hit the > screens on June 18, 2010. > > > http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/preview/10848.html > -- > - Regards > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ >
