Anegan Movie Review - Dhanush Hits the Bull's Eye Again!

Anegan

Cast: Dhanush,Karthik,Amyra Dastur,Ashish Vidyarthi.

Direction : K.V.Anand

Music: Harris Jayaraj.

Cinematography: Om Prakash.

Anegan comes from the fresh combo of Dhanush - K.V.Anand ,and has released with decent expectations after the former's 2014 blockbuster Velayilla Pattadhari, and the latter's dud Maatrraan. From the promos and the trailers, one could tell that Anegan is a fantasy love story that transcends time. Let's see what Anegan is all about.

Plot:

Madhu (Amyra) has consistent visions of her previous births, and gets to know the love story she had in her previous births. Justifying her visions, she also gets to meet Ashwin (Dhanush), her lover in her previous births. During her attempt to prove Ashwin about their bond that transcends across different timelines, she gets to know some shocking truths, and the evil surrounding her. Now it's up to Ashwin to realise who he was once, demolish the evil around Madhu, and unite with his love in this avatar. Whether he does so forms the rest of the plot.

Performances:

This is one movie where Dhanush's craze with the Gen Y audience is utilized more than his excellent acting abilities. Anegan is a cakewalk for Dhanush, and he excels in all the roles with consummate ease. Performance wise, he shines as the Vyasarpadi tough guy with a heart of gold, Kali, and the simple, innocent Burmese boy, Murugappa, lost in love. More than the techie Ashwin and the prince Ilamaran (the character appears only in Roja Kadale number and the climax), these two characters get a scope to emote, and are close to the audience. 

However, the scene stealer in this movie is Karthik, and this is his real comeback movie (he looked tired and underutilized in movies like Ravanan and Maanja Velu). As the suave and stylish techie boss Ravi Kiran - a mastermind with his own plans, and eyes set on a target for years - the navarasa nayagan is back!

The good looking Amyra Dastur, tries hard to emote, mouth Tamil lines, and though her lip sync is a matter of concern, the plot completely revolves around her, and she does a fair job.The rest of the artistes including Aishwarya Deven, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi,and Jagan do not get much scope in the racy screenplay.

Direction:

K.V.Anand, makes a perfect comeback, with this rebirth-love fantasy action movie, after the disastrous Maatrraan. He has made use of Dhanush's thirst to experiment with different genres, and complements that with a pacy screenplay, sans major drags. He completely keeps the viewer engaged throughout, and makes the viewer think "What next?". The movie would have easily gone the Maatrrran way, had Ashwin started to explore on the thought stimulating drug and its effects on employees of Tentacles corp. But the way Karthik's character is designed,Dhanush's Kali-Murugappa act, the twists, the pacy screenplay, and the way K.V.Anand - Subha combo untie the knots in the plot and unravel the mystery in the second half sustains the audience interest, and take Anegan to the winning post.

Technical Departments:

Of the songs by Harris Jayaraj, Dangamaari tops, followed by Roja kadale and Aathaadi which are humworthy.The rest of the songs do not deserve mention, and actually hamper the pace of the movie. Om Prakash's cinematography captures the exotic Burmese locales, as well as the high-tech tentacles office.The Burma sequences carry splendid visuals ,and the fights are shot perfectly.

What Works:

A reasonably taut script with a fresh narration, good performance from the lead actors and excellent dialogues.

What Doesn't:

A few songs (YOLO in particular) which hamper the pace of the movie, and a few logical loopholes (like Aishwarya Deven's character doesn't have any huge impact other than Burmese part, and her character's mysterious end goes unexplained).

Verdict: You won't regret the time-travel journey with this Dangamari !!

8/10