Raama Ravanan - ‘Raamaravanan’ leaves no big impact

Banner: Thushar International

Cast: Suresh Gopi, Mithra Kurian, Nedumudi Venu, Lena, Sudheesh, Biju Menon, Vijayakumar, Jagathy, Suraj, Baburaj, Krishna

Direction: Biju Raveendran

Music: Kaithapram

The movie is all about a poet turned LTTE terrorist fugitive and his attempt to capture his lost love from the opposite front; a theme handled umpteenth times in Bollywood flicks. Here Sureshgopi appears as Thiruchelvam, a fugitive on the run finding refuge in a deserted bungalow somewhere in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The mansion is not afresh to Thriruchelvam as he had been there almost a decade ago. It was there that he found a Singhalese girl Manomi, who took care of his wounds and helped him to come back to normal life. Though she was aware that he was a member of an outfit that killed her father in Sri Lanka, she falls in love with him. Though she had expressed her intentions of marrying Thiruchelvam to her caretaker uncle Annadurai, the terrorist leader couldn’t take care of her because of his dedication to his ideology and his mission.

In his comeback to the same house narrowly escaping from the Sri Lankan Army, Thriuchelvam has got some mission before the cops arrive to nab him. He had to find his mother whom he hasn't met for years and also wants to meet Manomi whose love he had turned down years go. Meanwhile, the state police lead by Sooryanarayanan (Bijumenon) who has got reliable information about the fugitive and his hideout is all set to grab him, which leads into the settings of a thriller.

Bottom Line

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Raama Ravanan - ‘Raamaravanan’ leaves no big impact

The movie with a genuinely good storyline could have worked well, if the screen writer and the director has shown little more sincerity and sensitivity in etching out a more believable, engaging product. The movie appears melodramatic most of the times, with very limited number of characters on the frames. The debut director fails to bring in the grand ambiance necessary for a film that needed more splendors on the screen. The technical side of the movie with Jibu Jacob’s cinematography and Samjith’s editing is just up to mark, while the music by Kaithapram is mediocre.