Original Tamil version of this film was a decent
success at Kollywood BO. With Nayanathara, Arya in lead roles, AR Murugadoss
produced and Atlee directed the flick. Let us see, how great is this?
John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanathara) are
betrothed traditionally in a church. Their family life starts on a negative
note with frequent quarrels. Unable to bear the mental torture, Regina falls
sick to epilepsy. Here on John repents for behavior and Regina narrates the
flashback where in she fell in love with an innocent Air Voice Mobile Customer
Care representative Surya (Jai). Why did their love story did not end up on a
happy note? On force of her dad (Sathyaraj), Regina agrees to marry John.
In to the flashback of John as narrated by his
friend (Santhanam), there is an orphan girl Keerthana (Nazriya Nazim) and John
in love. Call it their ill fate, Keerthana dies in an accident and John is also
forced to settle in life by marrying Regina.
Now that, John and Regina have tragic flashbacks…
they both think of beginning a new life with this marriage. Meanwhile, Regina
gets transferred to Australia and Surya was found as Immigration officer in the
airport. How did Regina and John react? Who will win Regina finally is the
climax.
The basic
strengths of this film are highly authentic performances from lead cast
supported with extra ordinary BGM of GV Prakash and never to mention the free
flowing screenplay of Atlee. Cinematography of Geroge C Williams is just top
notch. Though conventional camera angles are used yet he registered the scenes
with audience. Anthony L Ruben’s editing is also decent. Dialogues though
dubbed into Telugu, left the right impression. GV Prakash Kumar’s BGM is
mesmerizing and songs were also shot well. Production values of AR Murugadoss
are appreciative.
Coming to performances, Nayan is far high and
above gorgeous. After a long time, it is a treat to watch this eternal beauty
in a purposeful character. Arya as usual was handsome and well worked in
chemistry with Nayan. Coming to Jai, he was good looking and did the role to
perfection. Nazriya is again stunningly beautiful in a middle class girl role.
Sathyaraj was decent and Santhanam’s comedy worked to an extent. Of the rest,
none needs a special mention.
For any
plot to excel on screen, it’s the ability of director in projecting the
emotional thread does the magic. Luckily Atlee worked on such threads with lot
of maturity. After watching the climax, though it’s a regular one, the way he
gave the treatment and closing dialogues really made a lot of sense. Same do
applies for few scenes where screenplay ran on fresh lines. However, the kind
of entertainment as offered by Jai-Nayanathara pair in first half is missed in
Arya-Nazriya pairing in second half. Story goes no where to show the depth of
affection and love budded between Arya and Nazrim while the first pair looks
completely interesting with lot of conviction.
Anyways Atlee seems to be a wonderful film maker
with a class taste. Though missed on comedy quotient when it comes to Telugu
audience mindset yet ‘Raja Rani’ is a clean and neat film for all the sections
of audience with three decent romantic tracks. BO wise, definitely Telugu
version’s result cannot be seen on par with the Tamil version.
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