ஐ - Shankar + Vikram + Amy Jackson + ARR

[Freedom]

Watched it Friday Theatre was 90% full (it was big screen in Century theatres, Fremont)

Plus:
Vikram - excellent portrayal of the character and the enormous effort in doing that role with heavy makeup
Songs + BGM - ARR completely rocks in this department
Cinematography - PC shows he is the king in cinematography
Simple revenge story and very well presented on Big canvas
Amy - She just was stunning. Not sure if it was because of PC. But the way she carried the tamil lip sync was not bad either!

OK's:
Linear story line, nothing much to rave about, but was not boring either.

Disappointments:
Lengthy First fight which has no impact on overall Story. It does not help apart from showing Vikram's Physique
End Train Fight where Upen Patel beats up Vikram to No extent. I was looking forward to something different to happen to him, but it was just a regular tamil cinema thingy.

Mehs:
Shankar should have clearly avoided the Transgender 'oororam puliyamaram' scene. I somewhat thought he was hurting sentiments of section of people. Simple things to look and avoid. For some it may not be funny
The unwanted romance by Osma in China (it kind of may be squirm on my seat while watching), but it kind of gives a motive for revenge in overall narration

Enjoyable laughs:
Santhanam's 'A' jokes which evoke instant Laughs. I personally liked it.


Overall thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Well it is a linear story and I have no qualms with it. Shankar is no Christopher Nolan nor are tamil audiences intelligent enough to understand non-linear presentations. So I'm perfectly fine with the way it was done. Shankar clearly delivered a simple story with gun presentation.

Dropped of my mom and Dad on Saturday evening show and it was completely sold out as well. They enjoyed the movie too. This movie will be a sure shot hit. Will it collect enough to justify the enormous budget is a different story.