Varna Movie review
Tamil director Selva Raghavan, who is known as Sri Raghava for Telugu audience has come up with a romantic fantasy film Varna. This is made in Tamil as Iraandam Ulagam. Anushka and Arya played the leads.
What is it about?
It is about two love stories in two different worlds. Madhu (Arya) and Ramya (Anushka) fall in love and when everything seems bright to the couple an unfortunate thing happens. Now Madhu is taken to another world by some super power. There he meets Mahendra (Arya) and Varna (Anushka). Is there some purpose for Madhu to come to that world?
Performances:
Arya is alright. He did okay as Madhu and his performance is over the top as Mahendra. Anushka got a meaty role but she didn’t have a clue about what to do. There is nothing much to write about the other star cast.
Technicalities:
Analysis:
It would be highly impossible to understand the feelings of the director while watching this film. At a point you will go clueless and can't understand what is happening on the screen. That is not because of director's great plot, which cannot be understood by common people. It is because of the stupidity involved in this film in every scene.
First half of the movie itself is enough to know that Varna is going to be a torturous movie till the end. There is no plot or story whatsoever. Director had a vague idea about true love and he simply experimented by making a movie with so many crores. It will not only leave holes in the pockets of investors, but also will out its audience through endless torture.
How do you feel when you open a colorful and inviting sweet packet and see fungus filled sweets in it? Varna is such a film, which will puke you with its 'creativity' and gives you a migraine and haunts you forever with its unbearable torture. Just stay away from this one or else you will regret it forever.
Cast: Arya , Anushka and others
Directed by : Sri Raghava
Produced by : Prasad V. Potluri
Banner :PVP Cinema
Music by : Harris Jairaj
Release Date : 2013-11-22
Tamil director Selva Raghavan, who is known as Sri Raghava for Telugu audience has come up with a romantic fantasy film Varna. This is made in Tamil as Iraandam Ulagam. Anushka and Arya played the leads.
What is it about?
It is about two love stories in two different worlds. Madhu (Arya) and Ramya (Anushka) fall in love and when everything seems bright to the couple an unfortunate thing happens. Now Madhu is taken to another world by some super power. There he meets Mahendra (Arya) and Varna (Anushka). Is there some purpose for Madhu to come to that world?
Performances:
Arya is alright. He did okay as Madhu and his performance is over the top as Mahendra. Anushka got a meaty role but she didn’t have a clue about what to do. There is nothing much to write about the other star cast.
Technicalities:
Varna was first announced in the year 2006 with Karthi and Sandhya in lead (titled IdhuMaalaiNerathuMayakkam), after starting its first schedule movie was dropped for unknown reasons. The movie took off again in 2008 with Dhanush and Andrea Jeremiah in lead roles. But was also shelved.
However, Selvaraghavan was compulsive to finish the movie this time with Arya – Anushka and completed shooting this film in 16 months. Varna is a mystic film which happens in two different worlds connected by a common thread love.
The only problem is the film didn’t need to spend more than two and a half hours explaining this when the concept became clear within the first half hour. Also two stories are so loosely connected that they ultimately feel like pointless padding.
The constant lurching between different plots also makes it difficult for any character development. There were some good set-ups early on, like Amma – Evil connection or a mysterious time worm. But these never mounted to anything. These could have easily been taken much further and tied the stories closer together.
The film boasts twists and turns but in the end you've probably seen them all before and they will not surprise too many people with where it goes. Selva script lacks much energy and strength to take you along on a memorable ride. What it manages eventually is to take you on a rather uncomfortable trip that lacks any purpose.
Cinematography by Ramji is very mediocre. Especially shots in another world were very blurry. Harris Jayaraj music is fine but the songs were situation less and shot with casual choreography.
Must say Anirudh Ravichander BGM is the major asset of the movie. Especially BGM in scene where Arya fights with mysterious animal and Interval sequence receives a special mention.
Graphics in the film are second grade and failed to elevate mythical second world scenes. Fights in the film are very ordinary. Lip sync is missing in the major scenes connected to Amma - Varna - Mahendra. Production Values of the movie is grand.
Analysis:
It would be highly impossible to understand the feelings of the director while watching this film. At a point you will go clueless and can't understand what is happening on the screen. That is not because of director's great plot, which cannot be understood by common people. It is because of the stupidity involved in this film in every scene.
First half of the movie itself is enough to know that Varna is going to be a torturous movie till the end. There is no plot or story whatsoever. Director had a vague idea about true love and he simply experimented by making a movie with so many crores. It will not only leave holes in the pockets of investors, but also will out its audience through endless torture.
How do you feel when you open a colorful and inviting sweet packet and see fungus filled sweets in it? Varna is such a film, which will puke you with its 'creativity' and gives you a migraine and haunts you forever with its unbearable torture. Just stay away from this one or else you will regret it forever.
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