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AO can be taken as "South Indian"a Jones..... but I dont want to discriminate Selva by comparing to a Hollywood film...

Lets go by pros and cons, and before which Lemme tell i saw the 2.30 hrs version.

Pros:

* First of a Kind , so selva had no pre-writen protocol or template to follow, which itself a nice thing because if there is no template, the creativity horse runs better to create wonders. To me it is a wonder indeed.

* Karthi- though he resembles Paruthiveeran in his intro and Surya in his way of delivering comedy, he s d one who drives the first half and of course through skin show of the lead ladies accompanying him. Really a good use of 2 yrs of his life.

* Reema sen- A big WOW factor. Never expected to see such a performance from her. Through out the entire movie she makes us wonder by the way she has protrayed a strong and rigid modern woman, fighting for her pandiyan Dynasty

* Parthiban - even after 48 hrs still the image of parthiban and his acting hasn't gone out of my mind. Hats off to Selva for showcasing the Valour and dignity of a dravidian King thru a Dravidian.

* Thousands of Junior Artists - For those who had been to the Endhiran Shooting @ SSN know who junior artists are and their job( When director says YES then they have to clap and stop @ hearing STOP from director). This movie has used Junior artists more usefully and they also have given their max to the magnificence of the movie.

* Songs - The classical song "Thaai Thindra manne" such a beautiful composition or an intelligent lifting(which i dont know as of now) to the kuthu song "Un mela Aasai dhaan" Songs are great. They could have left "adho andha paravai pola vaazha vendum" as such and should not have remixed this way.

* Story - Screenplay, seems to be confusing for many but not for me. Many said 2nd half is not upto the mark, just because they dont understand TAMIL, such a shame. I dint find any single dialogue as difficult to understand. Anyone who had passed 10th std with TAMIL as 2nd language would have easily understood the movie.

Cons:

* BGM - There werent any scene in which the BGM given to it lifted the scene to gr8 heights. GV you have to learn a lot from ur Uncle in BGM section. Many a times in 2nd half i got irritated by BGM. None of the scenes even made the BGM felt its presence.

* Andrea - Better used in Music dept than in acting dept. Of course she gives company to the lead characters by her part in skin show.

* Azhagam Perumal - cOuld have been less annoying and furious

* production time - As Kamal Said take more time in ur pre-production Selva

* Graphics - The quality of graphics is scaled by the level to which it is not noticed. In AO most of the graphics was standing seperately and telling the viewers I'm here.

* All of a sudden climax

* Selva should rather focus on story more, than making sure he has a dance seq around fire ( which has become a must add scene in all of his films).

and try to reduce the amount of glamour and vulgarity, the ppl arent still grown to the level of Americans to take those glamour part easily.

If the movie had less glamour atleast it would have attracted more family audience.

* Total confusion prevails even after the movie ends, to zero upon who actually is the AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN ?

I LIKED THE MOVIE BESIDES ITS CONS; STILL MY PERSONAL FAV OF SELVA IS PUDHUPETTAI.

ஆயிரத்தில் ஒருவன் தமிழ் சினிமாவின் மகுடமாக இல்லை என்றாலும் ஒரு கைக்கவசமாக அதை வைத்துகொள்ளலாம்.

***1/2 / *****