Anniyan

As I am absolutely jobless this afternoon, I thought why not review Anniyan for the sake of millions who visit this page , before I take a nap.

Anniyan
The most awaited Tamil film of 2005

Director: Shankar

Cast: 'Chiyaan' Vikram, Sada, Vivek, Prakashraj, Nedumudi Venu, 'Cochin'
Haneefa, Naseer, Mohan Vaidya,...

Music: Harris Jeyraj

Dialogues: Sujatha

Cinematograghy: Ravi Varman
Manikandan

Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Brinda,...

Produced by : Oscar Films V Ravichandran


I watched the movie on the 4th day of its release along with a gang of 8 friends.
Shankar promised that Anniyan would be a roller-coaster ride. He is absolutely right. The film is astounding in some parts , disappointing in some.

A brief overview of the plot: 'Rules' Ramanujam Iyengar alias Ambi( Vikram) is a lawyer who hates disorder and is aghast when he realises that the world is filled with heartless people who flout rules and that he can do nothing about it. He has a crush on Sada , his neighbour and finally after 7 long years, finally proposes to her in the most idiotic manner and she rejects him outright. Add to his woes is a childhood flashback: He lost his younger sis due to carelessness of govt officials, and saw that, his father , a lawyer, could do nothing about it. His grandmother tells him stories of how the deceased are treated in hell according to the dictats of Garuda Puranam.

All this leaves a deep impression in his mind and inside him explodes 2 personalitites : Rampwalk Model Remo , a debonair who can make women fall at his feet and ANNIYAN, the avenger, who is out to kill all those who do not fit in his utopian world.

Prakashraj & Vivek are the investigating officers, who try to unravel the mystery murders & decipher the writings on the site of the murders.

All this boils down to a superb climax fight between Prakashraj and Vikram with Chiyaan changing colours like a chameleon and flummoxing Prakashraj.

Review:

The basic flaw of Anniyan is that it is inspired from many sources and has a storyline vaguely similar to the recently released Chandramukhi.

A list of films/books u would remember on watching this film:

1) Sidney Sheldon's "Tell Me Your Dreams"

2) Flora Rheta Schreiber's "Sybil"

3) Chandramukhi ( I hate to add that crap of a movie in this list- but it released first)

4) The Matrix series

5) Ten Commandments

6) The Passion of The Christ

7) Gentleman

8) Indian

9) Mudhalvan

10) KungFu Hustle

11) ManichitraThaazhu( A Malayam classic made into a potboiler 3rd grade horror flick by that primate P.Vasu )

12) I would wanna write more, but i think i have proved enough that i am jobless.
So i will stop this post now