Maattrraan (Maatran) Movie Review – 7aum Arivu's second part?
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oi-Prakash
By Prakash Upadhyaya
'Sometimes
the
ending
will
be
the
beginning,'
says
the
caption
of
Maattrraan
but
it
has
an
ending
in
the
beginning!
KV
Anand's
film
has
rare
characters
of
conjoined
twins
but
has
a
predictable
story
and
appears
like
a
second
part
of
Surya's
last
movie
7aum
Arivu
directed
by
AR
Murugadoss.
Genetic
scientist
(Sachin
Khedekar)
does
not
get
due
credit
for
his
research
works
in
India
but
he
never
loses
his
heart.
With
his
sustained
efforts,
he
becomes
successful
in
life
by
becoming
a
proud
owner
of
an
energy
drink
product.
As
the
company
grows,
there
is
a
lot
of
competition
and
his
rivals
have
set
their
eyes
on
the
formula
of
the
drink,
which
could
make
an
ordinary
man
extraordinary.
His
wife
played
by
Tara
gives
birth
to
conjoined
twins
-
Vimalan
and
Akhilan
played
by
Surya.
Akhilan
and
Vimalan
are
as
different
as
chalk
and
cheese.
While
the
former
is
good
at
studies
and
decent
in
nature,
the
latter
is
care-free
man
and
when
it
comes
to
studies,
he
is
very
poor.
Vimalan
realises
that
there
is
something
fishy
about
his
father-owned
company
and
smells
a
rat.
This
costs
his
life
and
he
is
killed.
Anjali
(Kajal
Aggarwal),
who
was
in
love
with
Vimalan,
falls
for
Akhilan
and
they
set
to
solve
the
mystery.
The
first
half
of
Maattrraan
is
good
and
entertaining.
Director
KV
Anand
has
amazingly
shot
the
conjoined
twins
portion.
In
the
movie
Charulatha,
which
also
had
the
subject
of
conjoined
twins,
Priyamani's
twins
portion
was
limited
to
merely
30
minutes.
But
in
this
movie,
audience
will
get
to
see
more
than
90
minutes
of
Surya's
twins
portions.
The
director
has
to
be
appreciated
for
showing
the
rarity
in
detail.
Having
said
that,
the
second
half
is
predictable.
Though
it
is
okay,
audience
will
start
realising
that
the
film
has
similar
subject
to
7aum
Arivu,
which
was
Surya's
2011
release.
However,
performance
wise,
Maattrraan
has
brought
out
the
best
in
Surya.
It
requires
a
strong
will
to
take
up
conjoined
twins
role
considering
that
a
slight
error
could
have
made
him
a
laughing
stock.
The
actor
has
worked
hard
which
is
visible
on-screen.
The
kind
of
energy
that
he
has
given
to
the
characters
are
remarkable.
Kajal
Aggarwal
is
not
merely
limited
to
arm
candy
role
and
she
has
good
number
of
scenes
in
the
movie.
Sachin
Khedekar
and
Tara
are
okay.
Technically,
S
Sounder
Rajan's
cinematography
is
amazingly
brilliant.
He
has
wonderfully
captured
the
best
locales
of
Russia
in
his
camera
and
his
work
in
stunt
sequences
is
appreciable.
Harris
Jayaraj's
music
is
good
but
not
best,
as
his
tunes
are
not
fresh.
But
the
background
score
is
good.
'Rettai
kathirae...'
and
'Kaal
Mulaitha
Poovae'
are
our
picks.
Verdict:
Surya's
Maattrraan
is
good,
not
brilliant.