7th Sense Movie Review

Solid combo of Suriya- AR Murgadoss- Harris Jairaj who delivered “Ghajini” is back with 7aum Arivu and the dubbed version in Telugu is called 7^th Sense. Sruthi Hassan pairs with Suriya. So going by the combination involved and the trailers, the movie released with decent expectations and thanks to the Deepavali festival that’s around!!

Story:  

Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk of Indian origin who lived in 5^th century travelled to china then. He treated diseased with medicines he invented and he possessed variety of skills like hypnotism and other warfare techniques.

In Present day, Subha (Sruthi Hassan), a young genetic scientist tries to bring back the power and wisdom of Bodhidharma by infusing his DNA into his successor Aravind (Suriya).  Will she succeed in accomplishing her task? What are various hindrances the couple needs to face comprises the flick.

Actors:

Surya plays two roles of Bodhidharma and Aravind. He is damn handsome as young prince Bodhidharma. His get up as old Bodhidharma looked natural and elegant. He’s seen with complete bald head depicting the actual pictures of Bodhidharma. While as Aravind, he looked cool and he showcased his six-pack physique in needed scenes. Suriya tries to please his mass fans and variety seekers with his two different characters and this brilliant and dedicating actor delivers that with ease.

Sruthi Hassan gets the substantial role and scores very good marks both for her looks and her acting skills that flow in her blood. While she looks stunningly cute in songs, she had a lot of dialogue to explain the essence of the happenings. So she is promising and more to look for in days to come.

Johnny Tri Nguyen, a Vietnamese American film and television actor is seen as powerful villain who hails from china. With his serious looks with the power of hypnotism, he adds spice to proceedings.

Sruthi friends and Suriya’s dwarf companion did decent job.

Gist of two halves…

Movie flows in regular straight pattern starting from Bodhidharma.First half is decently distributed among the Subha-Aravind’s romance track giving place to few songs and then Subha’s research and the Villain’s entry. So the flow is smooth and adequate though nothing great as expected.

Interval and very few minutes from then, things become very clear and there’s nothing left out that could go against audience guess. And the fact that is indigestible is that there’s nothing new that’s delivered by the genious director Murugudoss.

Murugudoss  disappoints….

  Movie depends on simple thread of bringing back some powers to life to fight back the evil.  And that is told in even simpler fashion but stretching it for 3 lengthy hours . While the villainy shown by the hypnotism trick seemed different, excessive use of it and its repetition becomes funny and loses its impact  when truly tried to attack Suriya-Sruthi in badly made graphical fight sequence. While that fight sequence is lengthier one, the climax which is supposed to be even bigger falls flat with just one on one fight ( while such a huge powers attained with such a filmy effort serves such an ordinary fight..Disappointed!!). And sub plot of a wide-spreading disease (like in recent film Contagion) is very poorly written. Shanker would have dealt that episode much better. The movie which already lacks heart leaves lot of space for improvement.

Goodies….

Harris Jayaraj’s back ground score is flawless and all the songs are very good on screen. All the songs are nicely pictured and are pleasant when seen on screen thanks to gorgeous Sruthi and her dazzling chemistry with Suriya. Ravi.K.Chandren's cinematography is adequate.

Finally….

First of all, the title itself has no sense. And overall 7^th Sense is almost a regular movie but differently packaged.  If only for Suriya and Sruthi, this serves fine as a regular time-pass flick. But if you are seeking a different kind in lines of Ghajini, this is not the one.It just serves little difference.

Rating…

2.75/5