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Bogan movie review



Ever since the makers of Bogan unveiled the first look poster, there was a buzz in Kollywood saying that the film’s basic story is heavily inspired from John Woo’s stylish fantasy action thriller Face/Off.

Perhaps director Lakshman would have thought that Face Transplantation is a high concept for Kollywood audiences so he preferred the accessible ‘Koodu Vittu Koodu Paaiythal’ (Ancient Body Swapping technique) in Bogan. The director has also justified the title by introducing Saint Bogar and incorporated more such native elements to suit the taste of our commercial audiences…


The film begins with Aditya (Arvind Swamy), who leads a king like life and tells us that his parents should have named him ‘Bogan’. Without wasting time, we get to see Vikram (‘Jayam’ Ravi), an upright honest cop, who operates closely with his young team and nail baddies in Chennai city.
Unfortunately Vikram’s dad (Aadukalam Naren) gets accused for robbing truckload of money from his own bank. During his investigation, Vikram finds that somehow Aditya makes unknown people to work for him and they eventually fall unconscious.

To catch Aditya, Vikram sketches a deceptive plan but winning over a criminal of high standard is not that easy. Aditya cleverly swaps his mind/soul with Vikram’s body and from there, the cat and mouse game begins...


The first few minutes of Bogan actually appears as the extension of Thani Oruvan but slowly, director Lakshman’s screenplay tells us that things won’t be subtle here and starts playing it to the gallery.


Be it the typical loosu ponu heroine, action sequences and pre-interval confrontation scene between Ravi and Arvind Swamy, Bogan can be rightly termed as stylishly made routine commercial entertainer!! Yes, Bogan has rich production values, two talented actors to enthrall us but at heart, the film is a regular mass masala entertainer.


Performance wise, Arvind Swamy completely own the film with his riveting performance as the bad-to-the-bone Aditya and attracts us with his stylish swag and apt modulation. Once again ‘Jayam’ Ravi is earnest, more than first half, the actor gets more scope to score post intermission and he does that with so much ease. Hansika looks voluptuous in few scenes in the second half and apart from that, the actress has only repeated her usual set of expressions.


Technically Anthony’s sharp cuts is a major plus while Soundararajan’s grand visuals and Imman’s pulsating background score helped to maintain the tempo of the film.


Though Bogan worked to major extent, the climax was quite underwhelming with age old villain using hero’s loved ones to take revenge but otherwise, the director has got everything to satisfy mainstream audiences, who seek plain entertainment.


Verdict: Mass masala version of Face/Off

Director : Lakshman

Actors: ‘Jayam’ Ravi, Hansika, Arvind Swamy
Music: Imman
Producer: Prabhu Deva Studios

 

#BoganFirstHalf - @thearvindswami as badass Adithya aka Bogan steals the show. Preinterval confrontation seq with @actor_jayamravi

#Bogan - mass masala version of Face/Off, @dirlakshman certainly knows what will work with mainstream audiences. Liked it
#Bogan -once again the #ThaniOruvan combo scores well,this time more commercial @actor_jayamravi@thearvindswami. Will work with the masses

@actor_jayamravi is getting better with each film & #Bogan is no exception. One hero who completely believes script is the king

My Rating for #Bogan - 2.75/5, harmless watch. Mass masala version of Face/Off

 

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Bogan review: Entertaining and engaging



The story begins with Vikram (Jayam Ravi), a dare devil Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), taking on the goons with his colleagues, Sathya (Varun), Prasad (Nagendra Prasad) and Akshara (Akshara Gowda). Vikram’s family fixes his marriage with Mahalakshmi or Maha (Hansika), whom he meets on a road drunk, to avoid getting married to an unknown person. When she realizes how good Vikram is, she agrees for the marriage.
Their engagement takes place. At the same time, the film introduces Aditya (Arvind Swami), who is having a whale of a life with foreign girls and drinks for company. Aditya uses his special power and at first he mesmerizes a jewelry shop manager and loots the money from the shop and then mesmerizes Vikram’s father (‘Aadukalam’ Naren), who is working as a Bank Manager and loots the money from the bank, where he works.


Vikram’s father gets arrested and he is unable to do anything. To rescue his father, Vikram starts investigating the way the money was stolen from both the places and finds out they were all done by Aditya, who has become rich in the last six months through dubious means.
To find out the truth, Vikram develops friendship with Aditya and with the help of his colleagues, traces where Aditya has kept all the money and then arrests him. In the interrogation room, Aditya behaves in a peculiar manner, without giving any clue to Vikram on how he went about achieving these robberies. He predicts that Prasad will be killed in ten minutes. And within ten minutes, Sathya ends up killing Prasad before Vikram in the office canteen. Vikram could not understand how this was achieved by Aditya and rushes to the interrogation room to find out from Aditya using force.
At the same time, Chezhiyan (Nasser), an archeological professor comes to meet the Commissioner Rajkumar (Ponvannan) and tells him that Aditya was working as his assistant at Madurai and during an excavation, Aditya stumbled upon the writings of a Sidha (Yogi) on a leaf and then vanished. He informs the Commissioner that Aditya is dangerous with the powers acquired from ancient-leaf. Before the Commissioner could inform Vikram, things change in the interrogation room.
If A.R. Murugadoss’s Ezham Arivu had ‘Nokku Varmam’ (hypnotism), it is ‘soul exchanging places’ using Sidha Varmam. Aditya, who learnt this art of exchanging his soul through the ancient writing, ends up achieving all his plans but the noble soul of Vikram thwarts his plans at the end.
The film belongs to Arvind Swamy who dominates as Aditya from the beginning to end. His mannerisms, style and casual attitude gives credibility to the character and he seems to be enjoying his role every minute. After Thani Oruvan, Bogan is his career best. Even when Jayam Ravi acts with Arvind Swamy’s soul, the impact of Arvind Swamy can be felt in those scenes.
Jayam Ravi as Vikram and then with Aditya’s soul in him, delivers a fine performance. He matches the show stealer Arvind Swamy in many scenes. His romantic scenes with Hansika are refreshing and their comfort level can be felt in those scenes. Hansika has a strong role in the film. As a drunkard, she was convincing in the initial scenes. Once the ‘soul exchange takes place’ how she manages Aditya in Vikram’s body were entertaining.
Nasser, Ponvannan, Naren, Varun, Nagendra Prasad and Akshara Gowda are all convincing in their respective roles. The film’s highlight is cinematography by Soundararajan, who has presented rich visuals throughout the film. The locations, lighting and grandeur of the film stand out due to his excellent cinematography. Editing by Anthony is crisp in the first half. However, in the second half, the editing could have been sharper to make the film more impactful. D. Imman scores very well in the background music, which adds to the momentum of the film. Out of the five songs, ‘Damaalu Dumeelu…’ and ‘Senthoora…’ and ‘Vaarai nee vaarai…’ stand out. Imman is certainly a big plus to this film.
After Romeo Juliet, Director Laxman proves that he is a director with substance and can make good commercial entertainers. His grip over the screenplay and presentation is strongly established in this film. Bogan is his breakthrough film and he is here to stay as a filmmaker.
Overall, Bogan is worthy of a watch for its new theme, rich visuals and music, fantastic performances by Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swamy and fine making by Laxman. Go out and enjoy in theatres.
Bogan review: Entertaining and engaging