i finally managed to watch this film about a couple of days ago & i liked it.๐ honestly speaking i've always liked things, people, movies & just about anything that are diiferent from the norm.
my lost respect for ravi was finally regained by this film. it's been a really LOOOONG time since i watched a ravi film & said "wow.. he did an amazing job!".๐๐ i think the only other film of ravi's i appreciated for his whole-hearted performance was Jeyam & that was what.. 6 years ago.๐
anyways i think Peranmai was indeed a brave attempt from the usual masala filled stories that are so common in cinema nowadays. i actually felt like i was watching a more mordern 'Jaihind'.
roland kickinger, the hollywood villian reminded me so much of arnold schwarznegger, his built & even his expressions were a dead ringer for Arnold's 'Terminator' character. when he refused to die even after ravi stabbed him countless times with the herb poison laced knives i was like ๐ฒ๐๐ "it's the new terminator!".. LOL! i half expected roland to say "I'll be back" when he finally fell to the ground.๐๐
the girls.. tsk tsk.. what do i say? except for Ajitha in some scenes, the rest of the girls annoyed me like crazy. walking around the hostel nude to frame dhruvan, making fun of his caste, laughing at his misfortune when he is wrongfully punished. the last straw was when those moronic girls nearly drove the jeep off the mountain.๐ก the five of them redeemed themselves in the end but i still couldn't like any of them. the susheela death scene was touching though, how her musical box with the Kanthasasthi Kavasam fell out when they were burying her.๐ญ
ponvannan was excellent in his role!๐ unlike those five girls his hidden caustic comments were more effective in making an impression on the audience.
however one thing remains a mystery to me. ponvannan chased dhruvan's entire village out of the forest area they were occupying right? didn't dhruvan do anything about that when he returned back to his camp? why was that left as a cliffhanger? it would have been nice to see dhruvan finally speaking up for his people instead of going back to his duty as if nothing ever happened. anyone agree with me?๐
Edited by jigglypuff726 - 15 years ago