Bogan Tamil Movie

Feature Film | 2017 | U | Action, Romantic
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Director Lakshmanan should certainly be congratulated for coming up with an almost engaging thriller that could have been better in certain ways and much better off without a traditional Tamil loosu ponnu heroine!
Feb 2, 2017 By Baranidharan S


The duo that rocked Tamil Cinema a couple of years back with Thani Oruvan has once again joined hands for Bogan, a fantasy thriller. Aravind Swamy and Jayam Ravi literally showcase a face/off (pun intended, as I am referring to the 1997 Hollywood thriller) between them.


The movie is based on a fantasy element, a superpower to be specific and the rest is about who gets to play God! Jayam Ravi, an upright cop whose life goes on smoothly until his father gets entangled in a bank robbery. All the evidence suggest that his father had emptied the bank locker all by himself in broad daylight. But there comes a twist - the man behind that and more such crimes in the city is revealed to be Aravind Swamy, who possesses special powers. How does Jayam Ravi go about cracking the whip on Aravind Swamy and what happens when their paths cross each other forms the rest of the story that has been punctuated with some engaging plot points.


As a plot point, the fantasy element is nothing new to Tamil cinema. This makes me recall Chinna Vaathiyaar, a 1995 Tamil movie which had Prabhu playing dual roles. The same plot points have been used here too, but the context and the treatment vary because of the varying timelines of both the movies. And the backdrop of the plot is entirely different and hence this one carries a more commercial appeal.


Jayam Ravi had nothing new in terms of his role. It was a replica of what he had done in Thani Oruvan, except that he has tried to improvise in certain portions where he had to showcase some dark shades. He just couldn't bring that sort of a wicked toughness out and is caught off guard many times.


Aravind Swamy, on the other hand, has got a negative role but he has shown those subtle variations between this character and the one he played in Thani Oruvan. Though both the roles had more than enough crisscrosses between them, the actor in him was able to play the nuance to perfection! Kudos for the effort!


For Hansika, it was another lame introduction and her voice over artist's efforts to dub her voice with a drunken stupor in her introduction sequence was awry! Others in the cast including Nassar, Naren and Ponvannan were merely used as fillers.


The movie has an engaging plot that goes for it, barring strictly average music and some screenplay elements that begs for believability.


However, director Lakshmanan should certainly be congratulated for coming up with an almost engaging thriller that could have been better in certain ways and much better off without a traditional Tamil loosu ponnu heroine!


Baranidharan S

   

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