Peraanmai (2009) - Movie
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"Peraanmai" tells the story of a forest officer (Jayam Ravi) who chooses five talented girls to train in the forest. Later on, the girls wished to stay back in the jungle for a night. But things take a turn upon witnessing some foreigners moving through the remotest part of the forest. The protagonist goes in search of the foreigners only to find out that they are 16 international terrorists with lethal weapons in hand. 'Peraanmai' boast five newcomers who are real sportswomen to play heroines namely Tanshika, Saranya, Vasundhara, Liyasri and Varsha.
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User's Review and Ratings |
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Messy Rambo Movie
What I loved most: nothing
What I really hated: very bad direction
Honestly , if someone tells you they liked this movie , most probably that person has not seen RAMBO or any other military movies. I appreciate that the director did something new in the Tamil movie industry. It was a risk , but if he wanted to do a rambo style movie, if not better , at least try to COPY PROPERLY the hollywood style action scenes.Oh by the way that was a real nice TOY missile they wanted to fire. The action sequence was hopeless. Just because there were white guys showing off their bodies doesn't make it a good movie. I would say Aaadhavan [Surya] the action scenes were well taken to Tamil movie standards. So I understand that Jeyam Ravi in this movie wanted to instill good values in the girls, but it was very poorly developed and directed.... I'm sorry it didn't quite pack the punch....I feel I wasted my money... My girlfriend slept off through the movie. She got tired as they were too many song sequence
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This is director S.P. Jananathan's third film after critical acclaimed efforts such as "E" and "Iyarkai". In "Peraanmai", we are given something quite different from regular Tamil cinema themes. This time the filmmaker presents us with the issues faced by the forest tribes in India.
Dhuruvan (Jayam Ravi) is a Forest Guard from a tribal family who is in charge of training National Cadet Corporation students. His superior Ganapathi Ram (Ponvannan) often insults him as he comes from a lower caste tribal group. Dhuruvan is assigned to take five arrogant college girls (Tanshika, Maha, Liyasri, Saranya and Vasundhara) on a jungle trekking trip as part of their assignment. At first the girls hate Dhuruvan and looks down on him but soon grow to respect him out of his experience and skill. While trekking, Dhuruvan and the girls come across 16 foreign terrorists lead by Anderson (Roland Kickenger), who plans to foil the Indian Space Research Organisation's bid to launch a satellite into orbit. The rest of the film deals with how Dhuruvan and his girls work to together to halt the terrorist mission.
Jayam Ravi looks impressive as a masculine, daredevil forest guard. His bold semi-nude appearances in the opening scenes are something to be appreciated. All five girls play their part equally well especially Vasundhara and Tanshika. Ponvannan as a greedy officer fits his role well while Hollywood actor Roland Kickenger doesn't give any facial expression besides showing his bare body. Vidyasagar's music is just below average and none of the songs are attractive. Some of the scenes have dialogues which are too sensitive and are muted by the censor board to avoid any racial issues. The camerawork on the combat scenes in the forest are done in a very stylish way.
On the downside, there are some illogical scenes, like how the girls dance and have a great time in the forest even though they are lost and in danger. There is also this part when a terrorist tries running away from these girls even though he is holding a machine gun.
However, credit should be given to the director for choosing the forest as a location, as it forms a central theme for the story and brings out a strong social message without resorting to the routine formula like romance and comedy. "Peraanmai" is brave attempt by S.P. Jananathan who combines patriotism with edge-of-your-seat narration.
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