Vijay Acharya’s dialogues don’t go well with the film.He has limited screen time and absolutely no scope for histrionics. The whole sequence which was supposedly meant to be a twist – when Ragini actually starts getting emotionally attached to Beera – is poorly written and executed. There are no twists nor any turns and if you know the story of Ramayana, this film is way too predictable. Also the film makes no sense, the writing is incredibly flawed.Its stretched way too long, the pace is unbelievably slow and the Agnipariksha scene – where Ragini is asked to undergo a Polygraph test (Sach Ka Samna style) would have unanimously won the ‘worst scene of the year’ award, if there was one. And since the focus is entirely on Beera, you never really connect with the film. His makeup makes him look more like a buffoon and Abhishek just doesn’t get his dialogue delivery right. He neither looks menacing, nor does evoke fear. The biggest problem with Raavan is the poorly written lead character of Beera. Seriously, its hard to believe this is a Mani Ratnam film. What starts off as a promising film soon turns into a damp squid.
On his way to rescue his wife, Dev Pratap is helped in the forest by Laksman (Nikhil Diwedi – Laksmana) and officer Sanjeevani Kumar (Govinda – Hanuman).įirst the negatives, since there are so many! Raavan abducts Ram’s wife Sita in Ramayan, here it is Beera (Abhishek Bachchan) who has kidnapped top-cop Dev Pratap Sharma’s (Vikram) wife Ragini (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan).
But the film is most important for Reliance Big Pictures, who have invested truck loads of money into this Mani Ratnam film and are yet to recover from the Kites debacle. Raavan is an important film for Abhishek, who hasn’t tasted commercial success in a long time (Dostana was a multistarrer). The film adapted from one of India’s greatest epics, the Ramayana, also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Tamil superstar Vikram, Govinda, Ravi Kissen, Nikhil Diwedi amongst others. So quite obviously, Raavan starring Ratnam’s favorite actor Abhishek Bachchan carries huge expectations. In Hindi, some of his films like Dil Se and Guru are watched and loved even today. Mani Ratnam is a director who revolutionized Tamil cinema with films like Nayagan, Roja, Bombay and many more.
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