Avan Ivan - Tamil (2011)

Wit.. Wit.. Wittiness and Revenge             

The Trademark of the movie is characterization.

Avan Ivan, from one of the most acclaimed director from India, Bala, doesn’t let you down, he creates characters which is never even thought by others.

 With strange backdrops in Pithamagan and Nan Kadavul, he touches the chords which are never even seen by other film makers. Avan Evan is a film of multiple character oriented film. Each and every character has its own story and so the movie runs as the character goes and ends neither in closed climax nor an open climax. The maker didn’t try to tell a story, but just portrayed characters as they were. The protagonists Vishal and Araya are half-brothers. Let’s just review the charters,

Walter- Played by Vishal, with a squint eye and portrays himself as a stage-actor in the film has worked hard for the role. He sometimes plays as a female and once he tries to give the navarasa, nine emotions or abinaya with a quite bit of applause from the audience. Not sure sometimes the body language is stiff, let go Vishal, you can go places.

Kumbudreen Samy – Played by Araya, seems as if he got the knack of working with Bala, He performs his role as a small time thief at an ease. It’s definitely not a second fiddle to Vishal, but the way in which the character is portrayed is to underplay with the situation.

Parents- Played by Ananth, Ambika and Prabha. The mothers and father of the protagonists are depicted with full of foul languages and down to earth words which will make some uneasy, but that’s how people are now and nothing wrong in it.

Zamindar – G. M. Kumar, is an apt choice, a perfect cast who got the wit of emotional comedian kind of look. The film ends by his death, which is followed by the revenge of the protagonists.  G. M. Kumar has to be commended for his dedication to his work in making himself exposed to the kind of inhumane treatment given by the smuggler at the end.

The other characters like the inspector and the boy who is with Arya are worth to be mentioned in carrying the trademark of the movie, i.e. the characterization.