"I" - A pshycic (dis)order

Shankar had been tactical in choosing his subject of the movie and executing it technically well. Largely he had altered between romance and violence(linked to some social cause) over last 20 years. Obviously these are the subjects that can attract the mass invariably. The last two of his ventures having been a bit away from both ( Enthiran being science fiction and Nanban - a remake of social comedy ).

"I" is combination of romance and violence. While the romance is as pleasant as it can be shown on the screen, the violence is so ugly to be even narrated in a review.

The screenplay ( should i say editing ) moves fluently between the present and the past without bringing the burden of "typical flash back". Kudos. Just to be clear, this leaves no suspense to the audience - and it only left to the scene by scene presentation ( is this called "screenplay" ) to keep the audience engaged. With the reputation Shankar has for his presentation, this should have been a cake-walk, albeit it was not so. Only screen presence of Vikram keeps the audience engaged.

At least one good take-away is that the message of love is still in tact. Though it is hero who is doing the lead role, the plot in my view is the heroine's to stick to take the struggle along with him. Vikram's character is full of positivity until the "first half" of the story ( not exactly before intermission ). In general the screen play in the first half is simple and positive and hence nice.

The stunt scenes are not much enjoyable though its worth mentioning the effort visible behind them. The stunt sequence in china reminds the same location that was taken in MI3.

Vikram had proven his commitment to the profession he had chosen. He has done extraordinarily well. Wish he does not lose much of his active time and "structure" with such experiments. Hats-off. The location and camera are treat for the romantic scenes. Emy Jackson looks good in first half and display a bit more emotions in the second half. There is a crew of artiste - done their part well, though their actions are so predictable.

Usual ARR in Shankar's movies is absent - ARR has to re-invent ( even through re-use? ) - not impressive at all. Liked the song "mirasalayitten"(for picturization) , "made in vennila" (both music and picturization), "pookal" (camera). Did not like(could not understand) the other song with Vikram coming like "monkey" at all.


It all started from Movie : Gentleman. Scene: Arjun is interrogated by police. His face is covered with a pillow cover and put with a rat. After a few seconds of sound effects, the pillow cover is removed.... The rat is dead and held by Arjun in his mouth. If you are looking for more of this kind of presentation... don't miss "I". If you can tolerate these sequences for a few lovely scenic and romantic sequences amidst - still watch it. If you are not for this dose at any price.... think it over....

( I am known in my friends circle for my critic views about Shankar's movies. So take it with a pinch of salt ).