Raavan- visuals are amazing but the story isn't engaging enough

Cast:Abhishek Bachchan - Beera Munda Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Ragini Sharma Vikram - Dev Pratap Sharma Govinda - Sanjeevani Nikhil Dwivedi Ravi Kishan Priyamani
Credits :AcharyaCostume Design - SabyasachiChoreography - Ganesh Acharya, Brinda, Shobana, Astad DebooAction - Sham Kaushal, Peter HeinAudiography - Tapas
Excutive Producer - B. Chintu MohapatraCreative Producer - Shaad AliProduction Design - Samir ChandaFilm Editor - Sreekar PrasadDialogues - Vijay Krishna
Music Director - A R Rahman Cinematography - Santosh Sivan, V. ManikandanLyrics - Gulzar
Written by - Renzil D'Silva

Banner :Madras Talkies, Reliance Big

Producer : Mani Ratnam, Sharada Trilok

Screenplay & Direction - Mani Ratnam

Was Raavan just a myth… the line that divides Good from Evil...?Dev Pratap Sharma (Vikram) is a DSP who falls in love with Ragini (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a spunky classical dancer. The cop and the dancer girl get married and the DSP is posted in a small town Lal Maati in northern India.Beera (Abhishekh Bachchan), is the law in this a tribal town, who is feared somewhat yet respected and loved by most of the tribals. It is only when the DSP Dev who tries to bring order in this area, and when he metes out inhuman treatment to Beera, it sets a chain of unexpected events which claim lives.

The lines dividing good and evil are blurring fast. What seemed like the hated one turns to love and the good character begins to appear evil.Abhishek Bachchan himself seems confused here, as was the director. Would you expect the audience get convinced of dark sides of an evil character, merely by smearing black make up all over the actor’s face and body. Not only black colour, its ash and muck in several moments. The best performances come from Aishwariya Rai Bachchan and Vikram. Talented actors like Govinda and Ravi Kishan are simply wasted in this story. Is it the same award winning master director who has given us Guru, Bombay, Yuva and Roza? It seems the director was confused himself, since the story is supposed to be about Beera and his tribal community, located in deep forests, who are meted some ruthless killings by the police.

Hurt and enraged, Beera, hits back at the Police force, which results in classes which draw Beera, Ragini and Dev which takes them into the deep, dense jungles. The tension between opposites often seems so electric, that it isolates them from the rest of the world, leaving just the two - all alone...It is during this journey which will test their beliefs and convictions. Dev and Beera must confront their own truth. These dense forests turn into a battleground for the battle between good and the evil, depicting the Ramayana battle.

Most of the times, its just raining and if its not, then the situations are at a waterfall. Also, these tribals of deep jungles, sometimes shown in tattered clothing and but suddenly, for song sequences they appear in ghagras and designer backless cholis with streaked hair! Confusing.

Rating : ***

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