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This movie is for, those who are always compare Indian movies with Hollywood cinema. Even Hollywood movie makers can not made movie like this in this budget.

Movie is well crafted from start to end. There is no lag in the movie. If you feel lagging then you are not watching movie with your full concentration. Some people claim, AO is the movie for genius movie watchers? definitely not. This movie tells story in a layman's language. If you are still confused then you are watching this movie for name sake. After 5 years I am writing this review in IMDb. Because this movie is worth to talk and write for another decade.

Some people says directors like S.S.Rajamouli and Sankar are the two directors who raised the Indian movies to Hollywood standard. But I would say that is utterly false statement. People admired about Naan E and Sankar's so called worthless expenses as Hollywood standard. But real fact is, why we are giving much important to Hollywood movies is, that is because of the concept and beyond level of thinking they have it in their BRAIN. AO is the answer to that THINK BEYOND concept in Indian cinema. If you watch this movie without any distraction you will feel what I felt. The reason I am dragging Sankar and S.S.Rajamouli into this context is, these two directors are worshiped as demi god of making Hollywood standard movie in Indian Cinema. But the truth is Selvaragavan done that without making much noise by giving Aayirathil Oruvan to Indian cinema. So please stop making Sankar and S.S.Rajamouli as big directors in Indian, they are giving masala movies with mix of some gimmick technology.

If someone ask me which movie you can select, if you compete with Hollywood movie, I would say without any second thought "Aayirathil Oruvan" is the movie which would challenge the Hollywood film makers.

Atlast the bitter truth is, this movie is the one real unsung movie in Indian cinema history. My heartiest thanks to real Hollywood thinker and director Selvaraghavan.

This Movie was released during a Pongal. Had to over power crowd to get the tickets and was dumb struck by visuals, screenplay and non stereotypical variety. Not only that, it pushed me to learn more about these two rival kingdoms. But very unfortunate that many don't know their own history and viewers expect the director to "TELL everything instead of SHOW" The end result- movie which is supposed to be celebrated as the movie of the decade ended up as an average Venture. Feel sorry for the poor taste of the viewers at that time for this movie being ended up as Glorious Flops and celebrated now. But Its too Late.

Selvaraghavan one of the most versatile directors in Indian cinema has attempted a new genre and has succeeded. His imagination has no limits and has reflected on the screen very well. This movie shows the vast history of South India (something not seen before).

The backbone of this film is around the cast consisting of Karthi, Reema sen and Andrea. All of them have given great performances especially Reema sen who has grown as an actor.

The first half of the film is an adventure on tone with Indiana Jones but the obstacles and concept is purely Indian which makes this film unique. The comedy timing of karthi is exceptional which keeps the first half fast paced with some great visuals. The pre-interval scene sets the pace for a great second half.

The second half of the movie is a little slower than the first half because the more detailed characterization. Parthiban plays the chola king to perfection and his dialogue delivery is flawless. Reema sen dominates the second half with less role for Karthi and Andrea.

The battle scenes towards the end might not be the best we have seen but are great keeping in mind the budget constraint.

The visual effects of the film are exceptional again keeping in mind the budget available.

The cinematography by ramji is one of the best i have ever seen. His visualization of the battle scenes, kingdom , seas, deserts were so close to reality.

G.V.Prakash's BGM score was good but not great which could be the only negative point i see in this movie.

Finally the director of this venture Selvaraghavan needs a pat on the back for this great attempt. It might not be as great as his career best Pudupettai but is still one of his best Go and book your tickets as soon as possible !!!! Rating 8/10

Here is a movie that wants to have fun, the cast wants to have fun. The audience ends up having fun in first half. karthik is hilarious. Andrea handles the limited demands of his role quite well. Reema Sen brings her ever-present charm and beauty to a role which is notable for being one of the few action-adventure roles written for a female that is not obnoxious in recent memory. It takes a big U Turn in Second half,where parthiban rules the remaining part.You can't take your eyes off parthiban.

It's kind of a Indiana Jones meets Apocolypto Movie .This is the best Adventure I have ever seen in tamil. It depicts the horrors of the & the tragedy of Chola Civilization, and I know, I have not seen a film of such a powerful & Superbly directed by Selvaragahavan, magnificently photographed by Ramji, perfect performances by karthi and Reema Sen, and, especially, Parthiban. beautiful, brilliant score, brings the whole horror and tragedy, Action Adventure. This is Selva's Triumph. Congratulations!

This is the best Tamil movie I have ever seen!It is surely one of a kind.If you are an ardent movie fan,this is a MUST WATCH MOVIE. Hats off to Selvaragavan!India has got her own Christopher Nolan.

The first half makes you wonder if you are actually watching a tamil movie or not.My friends warned me that the second half was a bit confusing.But you have my word,the second half is even better than the first.The biggest plus is that the movie has an awesome script and a very good story.

But anyway it ain't a Hollywood movie with budget in billions.So there may be some technical flaws in animation,Graphics and the like.But this is compensated by the mind blowing music by G.V.Prakash.He is another plus to this movie.

To conclude Selvaragavan & Team have done a great job in taking Tamil Cinema to new standards.Am eagerly waiting for the sequel to this movie.

CHOLAN PAYANAM THODARATTUM!!

The movie which created high expectations for 2 years reaches silver screen with a bang! hats off to Selva and his crew who made this happen.

Plot: During 12th century,Cholas were defeated by the Pandians,causing the Chola king and his people to remain hidden with the enemy god's idol..Pandians are still in search of them..presently,the casts Karthi,Reema,Andrea go pass 7 traps set by Chola to reach the hidden Chozan world...the rest of the story reveals Reema's mystery and Karthi's destiny.

All credit goes to Selva who has made a successful magnum opus.The important aspect of the movie is its raw and sensible screenplay.

The cast of the movie are definite plus..Karthi has completely dominated the first half of the movie wit hilarious comedies,and innocent acting..Brave attempt of Reema in second half is sure for credit,Andrea plays a soft and sizzling role in the movie..Parthiban as the Chozan king is above grounds,his performance in this movie surely deserves an award....

Music is the soul heart of the movie scored by G.V.Prakash ..songs are tremendous incl Oh Eesa,Un Mela Aasadhan and Thai Thindra..the two instrumentals, King arrives and Celebration of life are best part of the movie holding audience nerves...

Cinematography and art direction adds beautiful ingredients to the movie..graphics could have been made still more perfectly..

Finally, Selvaraghavan has clean shaved all the routine commercial flicks and has given a new genre for Tamil cinema..the story of the movie speaks for itself...the scene of Nataraja shadow is purely brilliancy in world cinema..the characterization of the Chozan king is amazing..the research work of the director is excelled in all departments like music and mythology of Cholas..

the negative aspects are the character of the army officer and rape scenes in final minutes..

To conclude AO is the movie that carries Tamil history in world class style...new entry for cult movie.

(Desperately waiting for AO2)

Rating:10/10

Aayiratthil Oruvan is a new Genre to Indian Cinema. No one has ever tried or attempted this kind of a Plot. Selvaraghavan has excelled in his part of screenplay and direction. Its really a tough one to direct. Actors have given their best. Karthi Reema Sen and Andrea have done their jobs perfectly. The First half of the movie is enjoyable for all people whereas to enjoy the second half you need patience and good observing powers. Selva has his own directorial touches. This Scene should surely be mentioned where a women shows how hungry she is. Coming to Visual Effects,this is the only place where we're lacking behind Hollywood People.The art director Santhanam has done a neat job. G.V.Prakash comes up with his best Music and BGM so far. The Movie as a whole is absolutely awesome, but could've been presented in a much understandable manner.

Movie's Major Plus

1. Screenplay and Direction 2. Background Music 3. Casting 4. Plot 5.Locations where the film is shot

Movie's Major Minus

1. Visual Effects(not so realistic) 2. Less Usage of the So called Hero Karthi 3. Too Much of Vulgarity which wasn't needed for this script 4. Incomplete Climax 5.Unable to deliver the plot to all classes

No one has the right to rate a film except the makers of it. Because they are the one who has taken the effort and faced the problems in making it. So i am not supposed to rate this film. But this tremendous effort should be appreciated. Hats Off to Mr.Selvaraghavan and Thank You Sir for this wonderful movie!!!

Prashanth Sekar

"Aayirathil Oruvan is very good Adventure movie i never ever seen before in Tamil movie. Hats off to Selvaraghavan" by prakash. B W some :With Aayirathil Oruvan, Selvaraghavan has inadvertently opened the Pandora box of a new genre as yet unknown to Tamil movies – Zombies. It is the case of Pirates of the Caribbean meets Dawn of the Death where the ancient Cholas, albeit with whatsoever no connection to the real Cholas as the disclaimer maintains, are reduced to dark-as-charcoal skinned tribesmen living in an unknown island in Vietnam, who are ready to gorge at raw flesh at the mere sight of it since they are starved.

So the dark-skinned subjects largely set the tone of the movie and the darkness remains dominant throughout. There is blood and gore, but of a different kind: not the one that makes you squirm, but something that makes you gawk at.

Thousands of years ago, when the Cholas were ousted from their homeland by the Pandias, their throne Prince was sent into exile to a secret location by the last Chola King. The Prince also carried with him a priceless statue of the Pandias. No efforts were fruitful at tracing the location and archeologists attempting the same simply disappear without a trace.

Aayirathil Oruvan

Andrea's dad and archaeologist Prathap Pothen vanishes into thin air in his attempt to unravel the mystery. In comes the archaeologist-cum-gun-wielding-designer-sunglasses-sporting ultra modern chick Reema, employed by the Indian government to trace Pothen. Andrea, his daughter, obviously joins in and they employ Karthi and a gang of burly men as helps. Karthi looks as if he's stepped out of his Paruthiveeran sets to join Reema and Andrea in their quest.

Their expedition unfurls nasty surprises after surprises - body-painted weirdos with strange weapons, quicksand, snakes. Lest we forget, there is also a cat fight between Reema and Andrea on the topic 'Karthi'. They finally reach the zombie land where Parthiban is the ruler whose raw-flesh-eating subjects take them into custody. Reema reveals her real self and exposes the self-centric purpose of her quest.

Karthi has very little to spare for Aayirathil Oruvan. He plays the rustic help, who instantly falls for Reema and Andrea, who cracks witty one-liners much to our delight in the otherwise serious state of affairs. Being his forte, it comes much easier for him without even having to try.

Despite having to mouth profound verses in ancient Tamil, Reema manages to only mime them with improper synchronization and it makes her appear as if she's in a Chinese movie. Andrea is multi-talented, but acting, sadly, is not one of those. But her meager dialogues in Madras Tamil are bang on otherwise.

G V Prakash's music stands out in the 'Ommele Aasathaan' song and a word about the background score: it's a battle between the background score and the blood thirsty human screeches. We would've loved to write about Eerum Ali's costume designing if only Reema and Andrea were not strutting around in just one pair of satin-shirt-shorts-overalls and sleeveless top and baggies respectively. Karthi leaves no scope for Eerum squarely.

Selva's frenziedly unleashed creativity makes you hallucinate towards the end of the movie and delirium sets in soon. It's not enough that a solid disclaimer is in place, a little bit of research about the subject would've helped things in the process. The underdeveloped script lacks everything - starting from strong plot twists to captive locations to graphics to credibility, above all.

Aayirathil Oruvan also ends on a very scary end note: about the journey of the Chola prince continuing as Karthi takes up the mantle

hey Selva,.. I expected certain things in this movie, before going to the theater to watch the film.. My expectations were totally fulfilled, even I can say they were exceeded..

This movie will definitely good 4 u in several aspects. Especially, u had broken the shackles of touching only teenage feelings(even in Pudupettai).. This will widen ur scope..

I liked both the halves of the movie.. But the background score is not effective in second half, it fails to control the audience's interest.. even camera work is not so good..

but i ll give a 9/10 for d try// all d best/.

i am surprised to see such a fantastic movie in Indian cinema. although the graphics have not been that good at least they tried to be realistic. The plot is wonderful and have dealt with a very good screenplay. The songs in the movie are also good.

Reemasen is gorgeous in the movie and andrea too. They looked hot in the song before the intervel.

All the action sequences are not bad .

The scene with the snakes is OK.

But the thing i have not liked in this movie is the ending.everybody in the theatre comes out unsatisfied as the villains are the winners in the movie. If karthi had done something in the climax instead of fighting as he acquires some supernatural powers then i would have been more satisfied. i hope there will be a sequel to this movie which explains this. finally a good movie to watch.

I review this movie so late because, I really didn't like it when I watched it for the first time.The second time I saw it,I felt that this movie has to be reviewed here.Its true that there were huge expectations and the movie was a bit disappointment.I feel the same even now.But there are more good things to talk about than the cons.

My first acknowledgment to the story writer(Selva).This is really a unique movie, so original in its script and content.I have never seen a fictional Indian movie so original and so thoroughly researched,as it deals with ancient Tamil culture.I couldn't believe that such an idea has splashed up for Tamil movie makers.The way he takes us to ancient Tamil culture and links it up fictionally to present culture is really breath taking.I bet that the story as a whole is just so fresh and new to Tamil or even Indian cinema.Kudos to you Selva.

My second acknowledgment to the director(Selva).Except for the graphics,the way the director has extracted work from all the departments is breath-taking(since this genre is so new to Tamil).Music,art,action,photography,editing,actors everything fits in well with the script and kudos to the crew for such an effort.

Now comes the screenplay(Also Selva!!!).I feel that this is where the movie is a big let down.The first half was really terrific and was in going with correct pace.The second part acted as the spoiler.There were tooooo many things to be shown and explained,so the director had to just rush with the script,which made the viewer baffled of what was happening around.

Having penned such a wonderful script, the movie could have been divided into two or more parts.Say, the first part can deal with the adventurous trip to the ancient Chola Kingdom.The second part could show what happens there, all the twists and turns and the third part could show what happens at the end.

This is where I feel that Tamil movies are a notch well behind the films from other parts of the world.Taking risk and being bold enough to split the movie into parts.So that everything could be explained in detail and in the manner the director wanted,especially in such scripts.

Having said this, I still feel that if the movie is watched once again,it will surely be loved.

Its a movie worth the word Magnum Opus. A movie with so much detailing. Technically strong movie. Every aspiring film maker should watch this movie. The music keeps lingering inside you for years, one of the finest albums. Its a visual treat, the camera works were amazing. No one would have pitched such a story line in Indian cinema. It is one of those close to reality adventure thriller movies. The colour tones in the movie were amazing especially for a movie shot using film. A unique story line none have explored. Keeps making u think throughout the 180 minutes time. Most unique feature is there are only a few dialogues post interval, none of the characters have long dialogues, just the emotions, the music the premise and art work do the talking. One of the best climax scenes ever in cinematic history. This film is the pride of Indian cinema which people forgot to celebrate and after a decade it is now hailed as a matchless Masterpiece. Definitely needs a sequel as it ended on a very promising and high note. Unlike 2010, now people are ready for it and will celebrate the sequel this time.

So we have one of the most expected movies which were in the making for nearly 2 years has finally arrived. This time Selvaraghavan has chosen fantasy genre with a traveling adventure. Not just Selva, we have Karthi, Andrea and Reema adding to our expectations.

It's an adventure fantasy to discover the Chola dynasty. Isn't it quite a simple plot? But Selva doesn't leave it there; he has utilized the genre very well to give a good gripping adventure throughout the first half. The basic adventure which always starts with a big gang and gradually gets reduce because of various obstacles on their journey is well scripted. Of course, any adventure movie will certainly get a share from the ace Indiana Jones and traces of National Treasure when the script deals with history treasure hunt. Aayirathil Oruvan is no exception. But the CG isn't satisfactory for this adventure fantasy. Did Selva by any chance thought whether he could at least get to this extent? The adventure goes through forest, sea, dessert, etc., and most of them where computer generated and it's quite evident from the poor graphics or at least not a satisfactory visuals. And when they finally discovers the dynasty where Chola live(d), we have a big surprise and then the story shifts from fantasy to a period movie. Selva, unveils too many things in the Chola episode that it makes the audience to squeeze their brains to know what is what and who is who? Of course, there are a few loop holes or rather illogical or how is it possible scenes in the movie, but let's not dig them hard in a fantasy movie as everything is left to our imagination. There are quite interesting scenes in the movie like the movie starts and ends with the same situation, where there will be a scene of elope of Cholo dynasty with different time intervals but with same intention by the same enemies. It was just beautifully designed by the director. It was a destiny for Karthi to be the 'Thoodhuvan'. Moving towards the Climax, there will be literally no dialogue and it's the scenes that speak for themselves.

Talking about the performance, to be really honest, there isn't any big scope to unveil performance in the movie. But it doesn't mean that they have done a poor show either. They gave what the character needed. But it was certainly a big disappointment from Parthiban, as it was almost kept clueless about his get up in the movie and with minimum dialogue to the character, we couldn't see our usual non stop talking Parthiban. Reema Sen had a much more important role than Karthi and Andrea in the movie. She has done it neatly, though she still needs to improve on the accent and lip sync, but she had tried really hard to give that. Karthi had shades of Paruthiveeran with almost the same get up with the beard striking more Paruthiveeran. Andrea didn't have any big job for her role.

Fantasy? What about the visuals? Ramji has handled the camera and he has done a very good job shooting in the dessert and a few dark shots with gloomy environment. Oh Eesa song, though it was not needed at that situation, it was shot well with vampire effect. Also the red indians shot sequences were also shot brilliantly with proper color correction. Being a travel adventure, the day night, gloomy evening color corrections have been carefully done and had made the end product good. But as I said earlier, the CG was not up to the standards. But considering the budget of the movie, I would probably say they have done a fair job with the budget given to them.

It was a sheer disappointment from GVP when it comes to BGM. It was good in parts, only in certain scenes, but in most of the scenes, BGM sucked big time with poor instrumental. Being a fantasy film, it could have given some fantasy BGM for gripping adventure but it wasn't convincing for the audience to hear our typical stand alone BGM. I remember 3-4 songs being used from the album. Everyone disappointed with the exclusion of Maalai Neram song. Out of the 3-4 songs used, they aren't needed for the story. Though they were good, they stand as odd man out while watching the movie.

Kola Bhasker has done a smooth editing, but even when he does his job to the perfection, we have our master editor Censor board has edited a lot of scenes because of which we had several jumps in the movie.

GO FOR IT!!

Wow, What An Great Effort, I Must Appreciate The Film Makers

Its A New Beginning Of Kollywood Film Industry Towards International Standard.... Except Small Small CGI Errors, The Movie Is Fantastic And I Am Surprised With Lots Of New Technics And Concepts Used In It Some

It Is A Challenge To Take And Make This Kinda Script In India But Selvaragavan Did It After Several Emotional Romantic Movies Says Its A Mixture Of many Hollywood Flicks, Ignore It Guys! It Is An New Experiment Of Pure And Fresh Indian Script, Story Is About

Adventurous Journey To Discover Dravidian King Cholas Kingdom & His Civilization. 1st half An Hour Is Very Fast And Furious, Recommended To Everyone But 2nd Half Is For Some Who Know The Language Because They Used Ancient Tamil So Even I Did Not Understood Some Dialogues,

Of Course I Am Expecting Its 2nd Part If They Plan To Do ....

I Recommend To All To Take The Adventurous Journey

Where to start.... Its an amazing film from start to finish.. One of the best in tamil cinema.. It is first of its genre (fantasy/adventure) in tamil cineworld and the director should be appreciated for this bold attempt.. the story is simple and for this genre it should be like that... the cast is superb and their performance is adequate.. The first half is fastly paced... and in second half, the director put in lot of twists and try to justify it and in the process the pace drops down.. But the imagination is praise worthy and looks believable... There are lot of things to be appreciated in this film.. Screenplay, bgm, cast, twists, action scenes etc... Special effects are fairly done considering the budget... It is worth to mention that gore factor, sometimes, reaches beyond limit and thus will not be suitable for young children... On the whole, the film is a treat to watch and should be appreciated for the team's hard work...

Ayirathil Oruvan is a brilliant movie and each and every frame holds many meanings.

The performance from the crew is great and the backbone of the film is obviously the BGM.

This movie is really bad, and I don't mean that it's "so bad it's good". No, it's just a terrible movie.

You can see that the director has taken his inspiration from numerous English movies, but the tropes and plot devices have been lifted directly without any sort of context. The end result is that it looks completely foolish. At best, it looks like a C-grade or B-grade movie.

There is a basic thread that runs through the entire movie, but barely. Many scenes are simply incomprehensible. There are numerous plot holes and a lot of scenes simply defy logic.

I saw this movie a year ago and (thankfully) I have forgotten a bit of it. I'll recount some of the more terrible things that I do remember.

The basic plot is that some archaeologists are trying to find a lost city of the Cholas. During the Chola/Pandya war, the Cholas were driven out and apparently one man saved the Chola king's son and took the remaining surviving Cholas and the prince to a hidden city. An archaeological team is determined to find the city and to do this they make their way over to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The first part where things start getting absurd is when they run into a "Red Tribe". First of all, I have no idea how they can even get to the Andaman islands and meet these tribes, since they are protected and must not be contacted by outsiders. Any way, let's assume they did. These tribesmen start attacking. There are literally hundreds of them, swarming towards the camp. The "commander" of the group, ostensibly someone with military experience asks his machine gunners to "hold" as the tribesmen are swarming the camp. There are maybe two or three gunners and he keeps asking them to "hold". You can see that the director has lifted this from English movies like "Gladiator" where Maximus asks everyone to "hold the line". Except in this case it makes no sense from a strategic point of view. The tribesmen end up outflanking and attacking the camp, yet they don't attack the gunners or the commander. Eventually they open fire and somehow end up killing all the tribesmen.

Then you have scenes where one of the female cast starts shooting at snakes, with a gun. Yeah, OK. Finally the approach some sort of desert plain where they have to walk through the shadow of a pillar or risk getting sucked into the sand. That was kind of neat, except that the shadow moves way too fast to be believable.

Finally the hero and the two girls with him make their way to the lost city. At this point, they literally go insane. No explanation is provided as to why they go insane. Finally they scream and run around and run into some old dude with a stick. No idea why he's there. He examines each of them and lets them go. Some guys start turning a wheel which causes the entire city to collapse and get buried. How the hell does a wheel do that? No idea.

Things start getting ridiculously absurd after this point. You can tell that the director has thrown in scenes simply for "shock value" or to get the audience to go "ooh" but they basically have no substance and are at best irrelevant, or at worst contradictory to the plot. When the hero and his two female companions reach the "real" hidden city, they see the king of the Cholas who apparently has brought home some food for his people. His people start attacking him and he fights them off. This part doesn't make any sense because it is established later that his people love him so I have no idea why they decided to attack him. These people are also shown to be starving and emaciated although there is no explanation for why they are like that. There really isn't any explanation either as to why they are living in a desert in the middle of a TROPICAL ISLAND.

It is then shown that the King and one of the female companion (who is revealed to be a Pandya agent; apparently the Pandyas swore to find the Cholas even if it took generations and each generation trained the next to try and find the Cholas) have super powers. Like levitation and some other kind of crap. The hero turns out to be the messengers who ends up fulfilling some ridiculous and contrived prophecy in an equally ridiculous and contrived fashion.

At the end the army commander (who is also an Panda agent) attacks the Cholas and takes them all prisoner. Then there is a completely egregious bit before the end of the movie where the Cholas are massacred and the women are raped. It's ridiculous and serves absolutely no purpose. While the Chola king's people are being attacked he apparently forgets that he has super powers because he refuses to use them. The hero apparently has the power of invisibility but he fails to use that as well. Eventually the remaining Cholas all commit suicide while the hero saves the Chola King's son and escapes, presumably to start the cycle all over again.

I wanted to stop watching this movie about half-way through but I decided to persevere thinking that it might redeem itself. No such luck. This movie is terrible and it is a terrible waste of time. Please, do not under any circumstances, watch it.

Writing review after 12 years of movie release.

Hope I will get a part 2 of this in future

This movie is like a important book that we bind and keep in book shelf.

Neither bahubali nor RRR can beat it.

Out of box story and toughest movie to make with such a complex story.

Bgm is excellent .

All actors did great job one can see the efforts of crew.

Future generations cannot miss this masterpiece

May require 2 times watch to fully understand the movie but still worth watching.

Repeat*** Writing review after 12 years of movie release.

Hope I will get a part 2 of this in future

This movie is like a important book that we bind and keep in book shelf.

Neither bahubali nor RRR can beat it.

Out of box story and toughest movie to make with such a complex story.

Bgm is excellent .

All actors did great job one can see the efforts of crew.

Future generations cannot miss this masterpiece

May require 2 times watch to fully understand the movie but still worth watching.