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Arrambam Review
- 11/1/2013 9:47:32 AM
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Ashok is carrying out dastardly acts in Mumbai — placing bombs, hacking into TV networks, and the like. What does he want, what is his past and will he be able to achieve his objective before the cops lay their hands on him?
Arrambam is a very familiar tale of corruption, betrayal and revenge, served up with a dash of style. It is also a pastiche of many other films that we have seen with these themes — a cop who wants to avenge his dead friend, a happy-go-lucky guy turning responsible, a greedy minister who sacrifices the safety of country for money, a top cop who is the minister's cohort, and a straight arrow cop who is after the hero. Ironically, the film it closely resembles, on a conceptual level, is Vijayakanth's Narasimha. As in that film, the lead character here commits dastardly acts that we have only seen a villain do in our films — he carries out multiple bomb blasts, threatens to press a steaming iron on a baby and shoots its father in cold blood. And, as in that film, he is captured by cops just around the half way mark, and when you learn the reasons behind his actions, you empathize with him and voila, he is a hero! The difference is that while the former is a one-of-a-kind film that is unintentionally funny from start to finish (with cult lines like "enna thotta currentukke shock adikum"), this one is commercial cinema done just about right.
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