Watched Raavanan. The Tamil version is much better than the
Hindi one which has the flop actor Abishek Bachan who cant act.
*sigh* just because he married Aishwarya Rai, he is getting all the
big movies..
I was one of the lucky few who got to watch it on the first day.
The story in its most basic senses, is a modern adaptation of the
Indian epic 'Ramayana'. But Mani Ratnam has brought to this movie a
magical touch that would indeed change the trend of movies to come
in Indian cinema.
What moved the movie along was the cinematography, have so
effectively captured the beauty of the southern forests in the most
mesmerizing manner and also the mood is dark and full of
tension.
here are some new things about this movie which makes it
unique
1) This movie was actually shot twice in different languages
with a different cast. One in Tamil , the other in Hindi.
Raavanan(Tamil), (Raavan) -Hindi
2) The movie premise is loosely based on and inspired by an episode
from an ancient epic called the Ramayana
3) Its a story based on multiple plots - Crime, action drama,
adultery, Revenge, and the story of primal rivalry happens far away
from civilization
4) Both the version have the same lead heroine Aishwarya Rai. and
two characters who previously have done lead roles in the
director's earlier movies come in supporting roles
5) The tamil version has a better presentation style and acting
compared to Hindi
6) This movie was actually shot completely in out door landscape
under natural light . No movie sets were used. A lush forest in
Kerala was used as a giant set The cameraman actually has to choose
his lens and technique carefully for ideal condition and the scenes
which makes shooting this more not an easy task but rather
tedious
5) Water is actually used as one of the characters to depict the
mood and atmosphere of a monsoon season.
7) The visuals in this movie is unlike any other indian movie and
is intentionally shot in a brilliant way so that people will go to
the theatres to watch it instead of home video. The director had
also commented that his intention is to curb piracy
8) One of the scenes of a photograph of Aishwarya Rai was actually
a still from her photoshoots from the mid 1990s
9) The last time the director had made a similar movie was in 1993
also revolving around an action adventure story like Raavanan and
shot completely in natural outdoors
