Monday,
November
26,
2007
Arun
Pandyan
is
known
as
the
hero
of
action
thrillers.
He
is
basically
a
good
fighter.
This
time,
he
chose
to
play
a
key
role
in
a
film
as
a
character
artist
and
promoted
five
new
faces
as
heroes.
Though
they
can't
be
called
as
heroes,
the
long
footage
on
the
screen
makes
them
call
heroes.
Ayesha
played
a
little
bigger
role
than
Swetha
and
Sairabanu,
who
appeared
as
heroines.
Fight
master
Vicky
Varma
turned
a
director
and
wielded
the
megaphone
for
'Ashoka
Chakram'
produced
by
Yohanan
Alex,
which
is
basically
made
as
an
action
thriller
with
forest
backdrop.
But
for
the
movement
of
the
five
boys
in
the
forest
and
a
girl,
there
is
nothing
to
thrill
at
all.
DIG
Ranjith
Kumar
(Arun
Pandyan)
is
a
sincere
police
officer.
When
he
was
an
ACP,
he
teaches
a
lesson
to
a
goon
Devender
(Ponnambalam),
who
has
good
influence
among
politicians,
police,
doctors
and
lawyers.
Despite
several
crimes,
he
goes
scot-free
with
the
help
of
all
these
forces.
Once
Ranjith
arrests
Devender
with
the
help
of
a
person,
who
complains
against
him
that
he
raped
his
wife.
Ranjith
proves
Devender
guilty
and
the
court
awards
death
sentence.
However,
he
escapes
from
the
police
and
makes
everyone
believe
that
he
died
in
an
accident.
Later,
he
calls
up
Ranjith
and
kidnaps
Ranjit's
wife
Shanti
(Surekhavani),
who
was
pregnant.
He
again
makes
Ranjith
believe
that
he
had
killed
Shanti.
Though
Ranjith
pleads
with
the
higher
officials
that
Devender
is
alive,
nobody
agrees
with
him.
So,
Ranjith
prepares
five
commandos
and
sends
them
to
a
destination,
where
Devender
is
and
catch
him
dead
or
alive.
They
are
Surya,
Sridhar,
Vijay,
Saleem
and
Arun.
A
girl
Sandhya
joins
them
in
the
middle.
Sandhya's
brother
and
sister-in-law
get
killed
by
one
goon
called
Narasappa.
The
five
commandos
help
Sandhya
take
revenge
and
she
accompanies
them
as
their
sister.
In
fact,
Devender
kidnaps
former
chief
minister
(Hemasundar),
who
ordered
Ranjith
to
arrest
him.
The
commandos'
job
is
to
save
the
ex-CM
and
at
the
same
time
catch
Devender
dead
or
alive.
When
the
pressure
builds
up
from
higher
officials,
Ranjith,
who
was
investigating
the
case,
zeroes
in
on
an
opposition
leader
(Narra
Venkateswara
Rao)
and
with
his
help
finds,
where
Devender
and
the
ex-CM
were
there.
Was
Ranjith
able
to
save
ex-CM?
Were
all
the
commandos
able
to
reach
the
destination?
Was
Ranjith's
wife
really
killed
by
Devender
or
alive?
Answers
to
all
these
questions
form
part
of
the
climax.
PLUS:
There
are
very
few
plus
points
to
be
noted
in
the
film.
The
cinematography
in
some
scenes
is
worth
watching.
The
director,
being
a
fight
master
by
profession,
gave
importance
to
action
scenes.
There
are
nine
fights
composed
by
six
different
fight
masters.
Heroine
Ayesha
did
a
good
job
in
action
scenes
and
showed
good
ease
in
fights.
But
for
those
45
minutes
(nine
fights
each
lasting
five
minutes
or
so),
the
film
has
nothing
to
talk
about.
MINUS:
Though
this
is
the
120th
film
for
Arun
Pandyan,
he
failed
to
match
the
expectations
of
the
audiences.
There
are
only
two
songs
in
the
film
and
they
too
are
unimpressive.
Just
because
of
the
presence
of
artists
like
Narra,
Ali,
Hemasundar,
Raghunatha
Reddy,
the
audiences
could
realize
that
the
film
is
a
straight
Telugu
film.
Otherwise,
one
could
come
to
a
conclusion
that
it
is
a
dubbed
movie.
Another
major
drawback
in
the
film
is
the
absence
of
comedy.
There
is
no
comic
relief
and
the
comedy
track
between
Narra
and
Ali
failed
to
show
any
magic.
REMARKS:
Though
it
was
boasted
that
the
film
is
an
action
thriller
with
the
efficiency
of
police
department
in
its
backdrop,
the
director's
inability
to
present
the
subject
on
the
screen
killed
the
tempo
of
the
film.
Neither
the
screenplay,
nor
the
direction
was
impressive
and
there
was
big
mismatch
in
different
scenes.
The
screenplay
was
so
bad
that
why
and
how
a
fresh
villain
comes.
Moreover,
killing
four
innocent
youths,
who
were
in
search
of
kidnapped
ex-CM
is
also
pathetic.
The
director
tried
his
best
to
say
that
a
policeman
should
get
ready
to
die
in
the
hands
of
goons
and
ultras
for
the
sake
of
the
country.
But,
he
failed
go
send
the
message
across
to
the
audiences
in
a
perfect
and
positive
way.
Cast:
Arun
Pandyan,
Ramkiran,
Vinod,
Prabhakar,
Sanjay,
Pramod
Sanghi,
Ali,
Narra
Venkateswara
Rao,
Ponnambalam,
Vallabhaneni
Janardhan,
Raghunatha
Reddy,
Hemasundar,
Surekhavani,
Sairabanu,
Ayesha
and
Swetha.
Credits:
Music
–
Nani
and
Rajesh,
Cinematography
–
Mohan
Chand,
Producer
–
Yohanan
Alex,
Story,
screenplay,
action
and
direction
–
Vicky
Varma.
Banner:
Ansi
Art
Creations
Released
on:
October
19,
2007