Arasangam - Truly Unusual

After I don't know how many years, I got to watch Captain's movie in a cinema hall. When I walked out of the hall, I was amazed.

Captain has moved to the next level in his 150th movie. In a world where even Hollywood is predominantly trying to show machine power, Captain and his team have zeroed in on the importance of the intellect.

A series of killings in different cities of famous industrialists and entrepreneurs marks the beginning of this super thriller. Captain's friend is summoned to investigate this case. Friend is missing. So Captain, who is a criminology expert at the police training college takes over. When we hear Captain talking about encryption and decryption techniques, the excitement continues.

Captain's role is a bit mellowed down in this movie. No punch dialogs at all. But the unbelievable stunts are still there. The best one is the last scene where Captain and the villain jump from a crane / bridge (I don't remember), then do a quick hop (like those triple jumps that athletes do) on a container truck and then get onto a train. Captain also needs to work on his double chin, its getting bigger by every movie and in this movie its a big disturbance.

Operation Bulu Thunder (well, its Blue but that's the way Captain says) is aimed at breaking the pillars that hold the economy. There is international interest in not allowing India to become a super power. In order to create a brain drain, a network of people decide to kill the best minds in India which will hamper the progress by at least 20 years.

The makers of this movie have done their homework. They have done Root Cause Analysis. They have also understood the power of social networks. There is more technology than muscle power.

The movie also reminds us of a number of other movies from the past - Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Hannibal, Die Hard - Part Four.



Ceril Printo, Navneeth Kaur are the girls in Canada and India respectively. Kaur is the wife and Printo is an investigation associate and a part-time girlfriend as well.

Srikanth Deva's music is quite ok. Its not disturbing to the ear. Choreography is neat as well. No heavy steps for Captain.

In some ways, the movie looked like it was very producer friendly. In the first half, most parts of the movie has been done in natural settings. So no great setup cost. The second half in Canada isn't too extravagant as well.

The only message I got from this movie - Never spit out a bubble gum on the road. Always wrap it in a piece of paper and then throw it.