NANBAN MOVIE REVIEW

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Nanban - Tamil Movie Review

Nanban - a must watch family entertainer

Directon: S. Shankar

Star Cast: Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyaraj, Sathyan S. J. Surya, Anuya

Story: Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani

Music: Harris Jayaraj

Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa

Banner: Gemini Film Circuit

Release Date: January 12, 2012

Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Nanban is the remake of Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots' by Rajkumar Hirani. Jeeva and Srikanth play the other pivotal roles.

In the original, the male lead characters was done by Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi while the female lead was played by Karina Kapoor.

Performance:

‘Nanban’ tells the story of three Engineering students who come from different backgrounds with different goal in their lives. Pari (Vijay), Senthil (Jiiva) and Venkatramakrishnan are the three friends who are very close friends in the class. Pari wants to see studies that should be useful to our lives and doesn’t believe in memorizing subjects like what Srivatsan (Satyan), who is the darling of professor Santhanam (Sathyaraj). The three boys incur the wrath of the professor, but as the story goes on the professor slowly realizes the real personalities of the three friends. Pari loves professor’s daughter Riya (Ileana), a medical college student. After their course completion what the boys become in their lives is told later that should be watched on the silver screen.

We see a different Vijay, doing the role Pari. What a performance! It’s really a treat to allVijay fans. The performance of Jiiva and Srikanth are also extraordinary. The chemistry between these three stars could be seen in every scene they are together.

Another big performance is from veteran actor Satyaraj. He, as Professor Virumandi Santhanam, has lived the role. And, for Satyan, this is the best film that he can boast in his career.

Ileana as the love interest of Vijay is cute and attractive. Her acting and dance movements in the film will definitely bring big offers and she would do a big round in Kollywood! S J Suryah and Anuya Bhagawat have done cameo appearances.

Shankar does not have any introduction to the hard work he puts in his films. He has proved it in many of his films. And, ‘Nanban’ is another milestone movie in his list of big films but differently, for ‘Nanban’ being totally an emotional drama with visuals that is a whole riot of colours! Every frame of the film speaks Shankar’s hard work and creative brain. Hats off, Shankar!

It is all show of Vijay, the actor has worked hard to fit into the main role as Pari. He has given a matured and natural performance, but Jeeva and Srikanth are the two pillars which lifts up the role of Pari played by Vijay. After Kaavalan this will be Vijay's character oriented role and even at certain scenes brings out your emotions.

Adding glamour to Vijay's role is Ileana, the actress who got introduced with Tamil film Kedi was missing because of her rise in Tollywood. But now this will mark her presence in Kollywood too with her charming and sexy perfromance. Also Anuya comes as the elder sister of Ileana.

Sathyaraj as the principal goes in topgear with his acting skills and suits the role to utmost perfection. Whereas Sathyan who also comes from the family of Sathyaraj proves that he is not less than him with his witty plans and modulation he scores well as the irritating Silencer.

Analysis

Director Shankar has put his whole effort in Nanban to give credits to the original version '3 idiots' and the director succeeds in that once again. Even though his 10th film is a remake, he has narrated with his own style of film-making which gives a fresh feel to the movie. Music byHarris Jayaraj needs special mention, all the songs are exotically visualised and Harris has given a pleasant Background Score too.

Cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and Art by T Muthuraj are added advantages to the film's narration. Technically the film is brilliant. The only thing is the slow pace in screenplay but it gives you that feel only for a few moments. Wholly Nanban is an out and out family entertainer with a clean U certificate.

Verdict

If you want to Celebrate this pongal in a pleasant manner with friends and family then Nanban is the perfect choice. It has all the ingredients of a Shankar's film, with a huge star cast like Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana, Sathyaraj, Sathyan. Nanban is sure to entertain your family and friends.

Rating : 4.5/5
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