ARJUNIN JAIHIND 2 MOVIE REVIEW

After 'Madrasi' which got released in 2006, 'Action King' Arjun is back in action as a director and he has titled the film as 'Arjunin Jaihind 2', though this film has no whatsoever connection with his own 1994 super-hit film, 'Jai Hind'. As always it is, there's the patriotism element incorporated into the script and this time, Arjun has taken the issue of the Indian education system and the scenario surrounding it. Can Arjun make a grand comeback with his own production ?

Arjun as the protagonist carries the whole film on his strong shoulders and excels in the customary action sequences. The actor who is into his early 50's looks incredibly fit and defies his age, completely ! The action star has never aged all these years and looks exactly the same as he was in 'Jai Hind' ! The rest of the cast such as heroine Surveen Chawla, Charlotte Claire, Rahul Dev, Yuvina Parthavi, Athul Mathur, Manobala, Yogi Babu, Shafi, Gautham Sundarrajan, Vinayaga Prasad are just there for the sake of it and Brahmanandam is included in the cast, keeping in mind of the Telugu audience and he joins hands with Mayilsamy for the humor portions. Frankly speaking, the veteran was simply wasted and its a disgrace to portray him doing buffoonery acts!

Technically the film has nothing much to offer and everything was just very functional. Art direction by Sasidhar Adappa sufficed the needs of the script, but with a limited production budget, its fair to not expect much from him. Kay Kay's editing is very ordinary and his work reminisces the 90's style of cutting patterns. H.C Venugopal's cinematography was average and the only scenes worth checking out are the action sequences. As one expects good action portions, when it comes to an Arjun film, the action choreography was decent and it was handled by 'Powerfast' Babu and Kazu Patrick Tang, a member of C.A.S.C.A.D.E. Team (Thailand). The London portions, are the best of the lot. 

Musical score is very functionary and is handled by Kannada music director, Arjun Janya. "Mazhalai" is a song, shot on the child artiste Yuvina Parthavi and has montages of her attending a private school and her moments with her parents. "Ayya Padichavare" is a celebratory song and has Gana Bala making an cameo appearance. There's the typical dance colorful art work done by Sasidhar Adappa for the song. "Ivan Yaarivan" was shot in urban landscapes of London and was picturized on Arjun and Charlotte Claire. Background score was very average and Arjun Janya needs to buck up, if he wants to pursue more films in Tamizh cinema.

Though the script's theme of education is something pertinent and topical, the execution falls flat completely ! The film carries a heavy early 90's tone and is completely out of sync with today's style of film making and presentation. The film gets preachy at many places and looks more like a docu-drama, rather than an action film. Arjun's screenplay is a complete mess and has no cohesion nor any interesting drama in it. Dialogues by G.K Gopinath is tedious, verbose and follows the 90's style very much. The so-called "commercial" elements are simply thrust into the screenplay and those portions stick out like sore thumbs ! 'Jai Hind' worked thanks to Vidyasagar's chartbusting songs, good action portions and also due to the rip-roaring comedy track of Goundamani-Sentil. Besides that, the audience's understanding and expectations has improved and evolved by leaps and bounds and Arjun seems to have completely ignored the current youngster's tastes. To make matter worse, since its a trilingual, many portions looked like a dubbing film !

'Arjunin Jaihind 2' - Suddenly 'Jai Hind' seems to be a classic !


Ratings: 1.5/5 STARS

BY:TAMIL