Jul 11, 2009 08:46 AM
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Vamanan – Polished Remake of ‘Following’
Banner: Dream Valley Corporation
Production:Ravendran
Direction:Ahmed
Star-casts: Jai, Priya, Lakshmi Rai, Raghuman, Sampath, Santhanam, Oorvasi and many others.
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Well much ahead for the first 15mins of this film, I felt so fascinatedwith the gripping start of tale. A Political murder and a new-fangledcamera attached to mini-chopper capturing those shots.
Indeed, I was so enthralled with the very stylish making. But sooner, on the very next moments I had to regret for feeling so-high aboutAhmed. Know what? He has so cleverly copycatted the not-so famousHollywood film ‘Following’ directed by Christopher Nolan. Of course, Christopher Nolan has been a great inspirer for many filmmakers in ourKollywood. Even Murugadoss had polished his ‘Mementoes’ and turned itinto Ghajini.
Anand(Jai) with the dreams of becoming a great actor comes to Chennaiand dwells in his friend’s place(Santhanam). He falls in love withDivya as he meets her over the railway station and with his friend’sadvice of imitating the natural mannerisms of strangers; Anand keepsfollowing a stylish man(Raghuman). Cut to a different track, Vinod anad filmmaker uses a new-modeled mini-helicopter that works on remotecontrol that has camera attached. Accidentally, the control is lost andcamera flies over to a altitude capturing the murder of well-renownedpolitician(Delhi Ganesh) by Anbu(Sampath).
Vinod is murdered by Anbu’s henchmen and Actress Pooja(Lakshmi Rai)tends to be the next victim. Anand becomes so friendly with Raghumanand he’s none other than an unique burglar who loves breaking into thepeople’s house and get to know about their privacy. But things turn tobe topsy-turvy for Anand when he’s accused of murdering Pooja.
Jai has matured a lot on his performance and has gone ahead in placeswith the instructions of Ahmad. Priya Anand doesn’t get much scope toshowcase her potentials while Lakshmi Rai has done a good job. Raghumanagain as a baddie steals the show and Santhanam adds to the humorquotients. His encounters with Oorvasi are mind-boggling andsense-of-timing is unbeatable. Sampath and Thalaivasal Vijay as usualhave done justice to their roles.
Ahmad as mentioned earlier has carefully inherited the narration of‘Following’ and tried to implement some smart moves during thepenultimate sequences.
Musical score by Yuvan is middling and background score offers more tothe pace of screenplay. Aravind Krishna’s glossy shots are quiteimpressive.
‘Vamanan’ is a film you can watch if you aren’t aware about ‘Following’ and it’s a good start by Ahmed.
