Enakkul Oruvan - The black & white of confusion!
The problem with most directors & producers these days is that they involuntarily impose their intelligence on to the viewers in an effort to do something different and finally the end product turns to confuse the viewer much more and fails to entertain them. So in the end the film fails inspite of the novelty in the plot. 'Ennakkul Oruvan' is one such film but what surprised me most was that a remake of a very successful crowd funded Kannada film failed to enthuse me one bit. The premise is all about a 'magic' pill named Lucia which cures insomnia and the rather favourable side effect being that you get to dream of your choice. It's all about every man's hope to live his dream to the fullest. Well! so far so good! The plot is indeed new to 'Tamil' cinema though I could quote a couple of films like 'Julia and Julia' Starring Kathleen Turner & the singer Sting (1987) & 'The passion of the mind' (Demi Moore-2000) which probably served as an inspiration this film. Add the 'pill' factor from the film 'Limitless' and voila! 'Lucia' is born. The only major difference being that the 2 films I have mentioned are heroine centric films whereas EA revolves entirely around Siddharth the hero. Well so like our mindset! Only hero's can carry the film and make it big at the box office. Well! then let's not blame 'India's daughter". She is and will always be treated as a symbol of sex and nothing more as along as we continue in this vein. The problem with this film is multi fold. 1.The hero Siddharth is totally unacceptable in the two roles he plays especially as the 'dark' theatre usher. 2. Siddharth's acting simply failed to enthuse me one bit though his dancing prowess has improved a bit. 3. The pill factor - Why the hell was the pill not sent to the laboratory in the first place for testing? 4. The whole back and forth of Colour and black and white was so tiring, monotonous and laboured especially in the first half. 5. What was the heroine's role in the film; if it was to show the positive and negative side of a girl it simply fell flat. 6. The dialogues in this film are the biggest negative factor in this film 7. The so called villains looked like big time jokers running all over the place 8. The action scene in the parking lot so so amateurish. 9. The back and forth moving of visual's was so predictable. 10. The hospital scenes were so silly and idiotic especially the so called coma scenes! 11.Finally the repetition of the same faces in both halves adds to the monotony. I could go on and but neither do i have the patience or the desire to do so.
& the climax most ridiculous even for a fantasy film! It was supposedly mind boggling in the original Kannada version! What went wrong where; I wonder!
Siddharth as Vicky and Vignesh did not work with this backdrop. Siddharth is slowly but surely loosing his ground as a front line hero. Why? Because he chooses the wrong script which does not match with his demure and body language. Here the dark Vignesh reminds you so much of Kamal's Kalyanaraman minus the performance. Vicky looks like a common man replica of Thala Ajith! Need I say more. No!
Deepa Sannidhi the model and Pizza shop sales girl - the poor lass tries her best but gets very little support from Siddharth. In the sense; Siddharth appears more like a friend philosopher and guide than a passionate lover. Well! Deepa you will always get another chance.
Aadukalm Naren as Durai the actor's manager plays the dual role of the theatre owner. This actor plays his part well enough.
John Vijay the MD of a clandestine pharmaceutical company looks more like a loud mouthed broker. This actor is getting so stale and stereotyped. He should stop fooling around and start performing.
& the rest - What rest????
D.O.P - Adequate.
Music - Going with the present times;nonsensical lyrics and jarring music to go with it. Thank god Kannadasan is no longer around to hear these lyrics; he would have crawled into a hole.
Edit - As confused as the director.
Director - Must have been on ' AICUL' I am sorry! LUCIA!
Bottom line : Namellaam LOOSUYA!
Finally a Quote:'The so called new age filmmakers& producers go overboard to be different; but in the end the film they make goes over the viewer's head'.
My Rating - 2/5
Until Next Time,
Director Haricharan
7/3/2015
Chennai
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