Beera(Abhishek Bachchan) is a local outlaw who kidnaps Cop Dev Pratap Sharma's beautiful wife Ragini(Aishwarya Rai Bachchan). Now Dev Pratap is out to capture Beera, who he has been chasing for some time, and in effect save his wife from his clutches as well. Beera on the other hand has a personal vendetta against Dev Pratap, but after managing to kidnap the most wonderful Ragini, he falls for the woman of his enemy. By the end of it Ragini is also in two minds about where her heart really belongs.
Raavan is a modern day adaptation of the Ramayana directed by the great Mani Ratnam. But the film turns out to be quite a dud. At time you wonder why was this film even made? It seems like a RGV version of Ramayana but sadly made by Ratnam. Its a disaster in almost every aspect.
Lets start with the acting. After a wonderful performance in Guru, Abhishek Bachchan has hugely disappointed with his role as Beera. Every now and then he will randomly have a fit and start saying something absurd and hits himself as if he was some escaped patient from a mental institute. Really pathetic mostly. Although at times you feel like its alright. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the other hand hasn't got much to do but look good and she does. She looks beautiful in almost every frame of the film in which she is there. But you can forget acting. As always. Vikram on the other hand is the biggest miscast of the film. If an actor cannot speak in Hindi comfortably why force him/her? Miserable at best. Govinda and Ravi Kishan on the other hand in their short roles are pretty cool.
A.R.Rehman has totally lost it, it seems. After the international success that he got with Slumdog Millionaire, which was one of his worse music creation, it looks like he is still riding on that and has forgotten the beautiful music he used to create back in the days. We want the old Rehman back.
The only good thing about this film is the cinematography. Mani Ratnam, along with his crew, has chosen some of the most beautiful locations in India to shoot his film. And probably he created some of them. At times they look like a set right out of the LOTR franchise, which is quite a compliment I feel. Its like every frame of this film has been worked on so that it looks beautiful throughout. But that alone cannot make a film good. But it sure is a visual masterpiece. Job well done!
But in a overall sense its a total no-no. Forgettable acting by all. Poor music. A torture really.
2/10
Sir Rachit Varma
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