![]() * The villain, Dong Lee (Johnny Tri Nguyen), a real-life martial arts expert plays an unruffled nemesis - and it says a great deal for his characterization that the audience starts whistling whenever he appears on-screen. The slight twist in her romance track with Suriya adds some depth. If you can ignore her torturous Tamil accent, it does get better - even if she's reduced to a pretty doll in the song sequences. * Shruti Haasan does a competent job as Subha Srinivasan, and it's a credit to the director that she's portrayed as a geneticist, rather than an empty-headed heroine. He does flex his muscles a good deal, so much that you wonder if he's turning into the Tamil version of Salman Khan. It's supposed to be a Suriya film - but doesn't really revolve around him, and so, you don't get to see him go all out acting, either. He's playful, hopelessly in love, but is more an involuntary pawn in the high-profile international age than a hero. ![]() * The present-day avatar of Suriya as Aravind, a circus artist who travels with the Grand Bombay Circus, and who hails, incidentally, from Kanchipuram himself. It takes him three years to reach China - where a completely different life awaits him. His travel across the lands, and the way he slowly assimilates the life of an ascetic, casting away his princely robes is a revelation. It's here that you're introduced to Bhodhi Dharmar (Suriya), a Pallava Prince who leaves his family behind and journeys to China. ![]() It might be slightly in the style of a documentary but the camera-work, the SFX and the maker's obvious love of history transport you back 1600 years into the past, to the reigning Pallava dynasty, and to the surroundings of Kanchi, to a land that is at the height of both martial and medical prowess. ![]() It would be impossible to give a linear review for a film that traverses several plot-lines - so here are the plusses and minuses of this Suriya-Shruthi Haasan starrer. Considering the hype that's surrounded the movie, it's almost a given that you're going to end up with mixed feelings about it. ![]()
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