‘Ayalaan’ Review: Sivakarthikeyan's sci-fi film suffers because of rocky screenplay – India Today

Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Ayalaan’ is a movie marred by monetary constraints and was within the making for nearly six years. Actor-director Ravikumar struggled exhausting to get the movie launched, and it’s lastly right here, simply earlier than Pongal. ‘Ayalaan’ is coming from director Ravikumar, who gifted Tamil cinema with a candy sci-fi movie, ‘Indru Netru Naalai’. However has ‘Ayalaan’ managed to impress the viewers with this Pongal launch? Let’s discover out.

Tamizh (Sivakarthikeyan) is a naiive teenager, residing a easy life in Poombarai. He involves Chennai searching for better-paying jobs. In the meantime, there’s a scientist (Sharad Kelkar) and his subordinate (Isha Koppikar), who’re in possession of a crystal known as Spark. They plan to realize energy by plotting the tip of the world.

However at some point, an alien named Tattoo visits Earth searching for the crystal. Sivakarthikeyan groups up with the alien to save lots of the world and destroy the scientist.

Idea-wise, ‘Ayalaan’ is easy, similar to ‘Indru Netru Naalai’. If it was a time machine in ‘Indru Netru Naalai’, it’s crystal in ‘Ayalaan’. The Sivakarthikeyan-starrer, too, is a science fiction with comedy and social messages. In ‘Ayalaan’, we get social messages concerning the setting and animal conservation.

This is the trailer:

Director Ravikumar’s ‘Ayalaan’ is a enjoyable movie, however suffers due to an uneven screenplay. The preliminary sequences is a stark reminder of the truth that the movie has been on the back-burner for a number of years now. However, as quickly because the alien makes an entry, the story picks up steam.

Sivakarthikeyan’s chemistry with the alien is great. Add to it, a terrific Yogi Babu, an in-form Karunakaran and his aide. Most likely the explanation why, the primary half seems to be an pleasing journey.

Nonetheless, the movie takes a nosedive within the second half. Although it’s technically sound, it seems foolish and lacklustre in elements. The villain (Sharad Kelkar) and Isha Koppikar have uni-dimensional characters and seem picket all through the movie. The drama and the conflicts wanted extra meat and greater than a simplistic strategy.

Sivakarthikeyan’s earnest try must be appreciated. For a star of his stature, selecting off-beat movies has its personal execs and cons. And it’s heartening to see him personal up his alternative of movies. He lives as much as the position of Tamizh and his interplay with the alien is the spotlight of the movie.

Director Ravikumar’s strategy to simplifying sci-fi movies is much-needed to succeed in a wider viewers. Nonetheless, in ‘Ayalaan’, it has labored in elements and the uneven screenplay slowed down the movie. That being stated, the VFX in ‘Ayalaan’ is top-notch and units a brand new normal within the movie.

‘Ayalaan’ is a enjoyable movie for youths and will attraction to them extra due to its simplistic strategy.

2.5 out of 5 stars for ‘Ayalaan’.

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