Anjaan Review

It is okay when a film with an extraordinary storyline has some clichés. But, when the story is very ordinary with clichés, it is impossible to impress the audiences in a big way. The movie begins with Suriya starting out from Kanyakumari to Mumbai in search of his elder brother. 

Only when he starts to enquire about his brother, Suriya comes to know that he is one of the notorious dons of the city. While one part of the film is all about what happened between the most fearsome don Suriya and his close friend Vidyut Jamval, the other is about Krishna, which is also played by Suriya, trying to get into the details of it. Lingusamy has a style of his own as he turns around an average scene into something extraordinary. Of course, he has done that in this film as well. For example, the scene during which it is made known that the images on the CCTV are not recorded but live. 

Suriya is highly energetic and active. Samantha knows how to look and feel shy and looks pretty as usual. And in dance sequences she appears overtly glamorous. Though we are not disclosing the entire story here in order to keep the suspense factor, it is sad that it is missing the movie. The director should have put in some more efforts to keep up the guessing game as the audiences were able to presume almost immediately as to the guy (Suriya) who travels from Tamil Nadu to Mumbai and the person wearing the Burkah. 

Except the scene in which Suriya shoots the 3D model of the villain, there is nothing novel or different in this film. Right from Raju Bhai’s intro to Samantha and villain Manoj Bajpai’s kidnap, not one scene can be termed as unique. To add to the woes, the characterisation of the villain is not powerful either. And there are no strong reasons as to why the Mumbaikers fear at Suriya’s presence. The film is full of clichés. Generally, in all don flicks, the heroine is shown as an unintelligent girl and it is the same in Anjaan. In fact, the director has also adhered to the same old formula of having the heroine locked up in a old dilapidated building. All these are, no doubt, the biggest drawbacks of the film. Coming to the comedy scenes, we need to mention that it does not even evoke a smile. Similarly, in the love scenes, there are no emotions and feelings. 

 Songs are not a major use for Anjaan. Camera, editing, and stunts are superb. Complete lack of excitement in the film put off the audiences at the theatre