For a rustic that takes pleasure in by no means invading or usurping overseas land after independence, our movies paradoxically, do take water our bodies with no consideration. After Duraisingam established that “Indians are the Kings of the Indian Ocean” on the finish of Singam 2, we’ve now obtained Agilan, who claims to be the one true king. Only if movie universes may collide and our common cop and smuggling king can have a face-off refereed by the king of Atlantis, Aquaman!
We’ve not often had movies with the ocean as its backdrop that aren’t primarily based on the trials and tribulations of fisherfolk. Throw in a port worker who needs to rule the maritime transport’s underworld, the one-liner appears to be a implausible concept. But Jayam Ravi’s Agilan, regardless of being set in a milieu that’s brimming with alternatives for one thing distinctive, finally ends up retelling the tried and examined ‘I’ll end the great deeds my father began’ trope. Watching Agilan is the equal of being thrown into the center of uneven waters — you’re making an attempt to maintain your self aware however wave after wave of randomness retains hitting you, tiring you to even hope for some respite. Agilan (Jayam Ravi) does the soiled job for Paranthaman (Hareesh Peradi), solely to later bypass him to get the eye of Kapoor (Tharun Arora), the unlawful operation’s kingpin.
Why the thirst to be on the fallacious aspect of the regulation? Agilan’s obtained a flashback that entails the loss of life of harmless lives as a result of, spoiler alert: his father will get conned. So what does he need? A ship! In this KGF-meets- Citizen movie, nothing actually is smart after some time. Before we are able to even ask how one thing unlawful can occur so blatantly — it’s an open secret for these working throughout the port — we’re launched to Agilan’s girlfriend Mathavi (Priya Bhavani Shankar) who’s the cop managing the port space. Isn’t there a single official who’s trustworthy? We’ve obtained Gokul (Chirag Jani), a Central intelligence officer, who, as anticipated, will get taken for a trip by our protagonist.
Agilan (Tamil)
Director: N. Kalyana Krishnan
Cast: Jayam Ravi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Tanya Ravichandran, Chirag Jani, Hareesh Peradi
Runtime: 135 minutes
Storyline: A smuggler moonlighting as a port employee does his crimes in broad daylight as a result of he has a virtuous flashback
Just a bit googling tells us that ships price fairly a couple of million even when it’s within the worst form attainable. But our Agilan should purchase one because of his smuggling endeavours. They even identify it Tamizhannai, in Tamil. As a lot as we love our Tamil, I extremely doubt it’s even allowed to have a ship’s identify written in a regional language. Imagine boarding the fallacious flight to a special nation as a result of the airline decides to call their service in their very own language. In one scene, Agilan goes to the center of the ocean with a small motorboat that miraculously adjustments into a ship with further props the very subsequent scene. Despite his enemy lurking close by in a special boat, given there’s no cowl to absorb the open ocean, Agilan nonetheless goes on along with his operation. Just wanting round would have proven him that he’s being adopted. But these logical points are the least of Agilan’s worries given how the movie leaves quite a lot of questions unanswered.
The movie, at common intervals, throws us curve balls within the type of nuggets of data or fascinating subplots. “Right from the price of onions to stock prices, everything is determined by sea traffic,” quips Agilan whereas declaring the affect of freight transport. Only after we assume this trivia would possibly result in one thing larger, it dissolves into nothing like salt thrown into the water. The movie additionally touches upon a number of crimes corresponding to human trafficking, medication, maritime piracy and arms smuggling. But these plots stay on the floor degree just like the ships they’re bootlegged by. Agilan additionally suffers from lipsync points. The background rating can be agonizingly loud.
A have a look at Jayam Ravi’s filmography factors out one thing fascinating. Whenever the movie’s title can be the identify of his character, it both finally ends up as a powerful hit or a colossal dud. For each M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi, Santhosh Subramaniyam and Ponniyin Selvan, he’s additionally obtained an Aadhi Bhagavan, Bhooloham and Bhoomi, and sadly, Agilan will be a part of the latter. Despite Ravi carrying the movie on his in a position shoulders all by himself, Agilan goes nowhere and is as futile as an anchored ship.
Agilan is at the moment operating in theatres
Source: www.thehindu.com