Thursday, May 1, 2008

Aramane - An under baked Cake

Aramane, Golden star Ganesh's latest release did not make much buzz before the release, but still turns out to be a decent family drama. Its not going to please everyone though. Loose editing and dragged story lets it down.

Story Plot:

Arun(played by Ganesh) photographer by profession takes up the herculean task of uniting Anant Nag's broken family. Initially he does well but gets caught in chicanery position when he falls in love with Anant Nag's grand-daughter.

Narration of the movie is pretty average. It starts of in fourth gear as film moves very fast in first 30- 40 mins but as soon as our hero falls in love, it starts to loose the plot and viewer feels its getting dragged.

Music of the movie is also average and some songs look like they are forced in the movie.

Ganesh, as usual stands out with his apt timing, hilarious one-liners and takes up the movie from an average movie to one-time-watch movie.

Towards the end, movie refuses to create enough graph with some twists having no meaning to the movie. The integration of the two story plots and the evidences to some of the scenes is not reasonable...looks like script writer did not do much home work and delivers an under baked cake.

Strength:
1. Ganesh, proves again why he has come such a long way in the industry.
2. Story : Though not great, but makes an attempt to link with family values and morals.
3. Cinematography is commendable.
Weakness:
1. Again like Ganesh's previous movie, an over-weighted female lead cast looks like cost cutting option by the producer.
2. Loose editing, slow narration and failure to create enough graph doesn’t help the movie either.

So if you want to watch this movie, suggest you to go with family than friends. Even with a big heart and non-critical mood I can give away maximum of 5.5/10 to this movie.