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Nishikant Kamat |
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Cast: Madhavan, Sangeetha, Seeman |
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Genre: Action |
How a common man with high principles who finds corruption
rampant around him and refuses to take it lying down and goes
berserk trying to fight the system is brought out impressively
in 'Evano Oruvan'.
The monotony of urban middle class life is realistically
depicted here. Vasu's routine day is spent taking his daily
local train to his bank and back, spending sometime with his
wife, and reading the papers. But Vasu, finding corruption and
human apathy around him, from the water carrier to the soft
drink seller in his street to the school principal and the
doctors, refuses to take it lying down. He takes the law into
his own hands and going berserk roams around the streets
righting the wrongs and leaving a trail of carnage. An
embarrassed police force assigns Vetrimaran to trace the
vigilante.
The narration may have its flaws. Like Vasu roaming the streets
scot-free and not getting caught. The issues he confronts too
are a bit too many, like the drug peddlers. But it's a film
where one can easily identify with the protagonist and his
frustrations and sympathise with his cause.
Mercifully there are no song-dance numbers to
mar the flow. The final scene where Vasu,
trapped by Vetrimaran in the train tells him 'All my life I have
tried to get a window seat. Now I've got one, let me sit here
for a while...," is touching. It's a brilliant
portrayal by Madhavan ,easily his best to date. With suitable
change of body language and the varied expressions, the actor
brings conviction to his portrayal of Vasu. Incidentally,
Madhavan has co-produced the film, and penned the dialogue too,
the caustic humour in the lines a plus-point.
Sangeetha plays his wife Vatsala with finesse.
An apt casting here. Impressive is (director) Seeman as the
sympathetic cop Vetrimaran, caught between a moral dilemma and
duty. 'Evano...' is a remake of the Marathi film
'Dombivli Fast' (which takes some inspiration from the Michael
Douglas-starrer 'Falling Down'). Directed by Nishikant Kamat,
who had helmed the earlier version, it's a film worth a watch.
Malini Mannath
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