Pay attention to the disclaimer and the initial introduction before the actual movie starts, besides checking who is sitting next to you in theatre.

If you got difficulties in understanding the Sangam Tamil, listen to the song which Parthiban sings about their life and pay attention to the paintings shown by Parthiban. If not watch for the second time and it will answer your doubts.

Stop comparing the scenes and stunts with other Hollywood movies and concentrate on the movie till it ends.

Do not expect a ‘kuthu’ song or an opening song.

This film is certified as A and whoever complained that this film is not suitable for family audience has to be ashamed of himself for not knowing the difference between U, A and U/A

Let me list out the notable elements in the movie which deserves appreciation and a big WOW:

The script: never seen and never heard in Indian Cinema
The narration and screen play: have you any clue how to make a fantasy movie? If not, please watch Aayirathil Oruvan
The cinematography: unlike regular Tamil movies, there is no shaky close ups of the hero and villain. You could see both the art and casting in the single frame with an apt lighting and vivid details.
The Art direction: when creativity and originality meets, the byproduct is seen in AO
Casting: we have only seen 100 different dancers dancing behind our hero and his lady love. But Aayirathil Oruvan has made that odd number of actors to be an inevitable part of the movie.
BGM: one of the best and first of its class in Indian Cinema.
Songs: First of its kind in Indian Cinema- fits in the right place and not alien to the movie.
Stunts: we do not want to see our hero jumping from skyscrapers and doing aerobics. Yet visually splendid stunts are in place and who said sword fight is extinct? You can see a master class of the art in this movie
Production: no hero value, no Harris Jayaraj or Rahman, never heard and tested genre, are you game for it?- The answer is Raveendran- The brave heart of Indian Cinema- Hats off to you for taking the honor and producing a visual classic.
Direction: with this movie, Selva leaves an open statement to all magnum opus directors: “can you make bigger than this?”

Our audiences are always obsessed with Hollywood movies and they do not fail to watch and appreciate the movie even though they do not understand the movie fully or the dialogues in the movie or the script of the movie. We just accept it whole heartedly because it is from Hollywood-the mother of World Cinema. Should we call it ‘ignorance’ from our part?

Let’s compare our Aayirathil Oruvan with the latest Hollywood sensation, Avatar:

We all enjoyed Avatar, for it is a 3D movie and from the director of Titanic, the all time big hit. Assuming that you watched the English version of Avatar: Did you (general Tamil audience) really understand the script of the movie? Did you understand all the words/dialogues spoken in the movie? Did you really understand the narration? But what made us like the movie are its rich visuals and animated flora and fauna presented in a 3D environment besides the war scenes. We watched it multiple times with our family and friends and made it a big hit and proclaimed “Hail Hollywood!!” Did we really see the flaws in the movie? Did we question anything which we found fishy in the movie? The answer is NO-because it is Hollywood and we like it.

Now let’s see Aayirathil Oruvan: we did understand the script of the movie, we did understand the narration, we did understand the dialogues except for the Sangam Tamil (not much), we did enjoy the visual effects, and so what is stopping us from liking this movie? Do we expect our directors to present a 3D glass to watch Tamil movies? If you liked and loved Avatar, you got to like Aayirathil Oruvan. It’s our ignorance and non appreciative attitude which makes us downtrodden and under developed in World Cinema. If we continue to have the same attitude of not supporting movies like Aayirathil Oruvan, Pokkisham, Naan Kadavul, Anbe Sivam, etc., we will never see ourselves as one of the pillars of world cinema.

I (an ardent Tamil movie fan) like to congratulate Selvaraghavan and the entire crew for their hard work and efforts to present THE BEST movie in Indian Cinema. Despite the bad reviews and controversies on the movie, I request our audience to take a look at the movie (in theatres) and appreciate the effort. I request Selvaraghavan, Cheran, and Bala, Kamal Haasan, not to back off from their originality and creativity and continue delivering better results and escalate the status of Tamil Cinema. Hail Tamil/Indian Cinema!!! Be Indian!! Like Indian!! Happy Republic Day!

Regards,
Paul C
plcinapn@yahoo-inc.com