Ajith’s Shame – Hey, Even Genelia’s Better than Him
Aegan – Kuppa Thotilla Podu (throw this movie into the garbage bin).
Compared to the devilishly bad Aegan, its Bollywood inspiration Main Hoon Na is an Oscar-worthy masterpiece and a lofty work of art.
Compared to Ajith’s Ultimate Korangu like antics in Aegan, Shahrukh Khan is a Marlon Brando.
And compared to Aegan’s mis-director Raju Sundaram, Farah Khan is Kazan + Hitchcock + Spielberg + Coppola + Scorsese.
The principal villains of Aegan are a hopelessly disjointed story, pathetic performances by Ajith, Nayantara et al compounded by inept direction by Raju Sundaram, who is also the writer of this piece of junk.
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The Aegan story hews broadly to the Main Hoon Na theme albeit with some differences.
In Aegan, a young police officer (Ajith Kumar) goes undercover as a college student to nab an approver Ram Prasad, who’s on the run after escaping an attack on the police convoy while he was en route to the court to testify against notorious criminal Chinappa (Suman). You see, the thinking is that Ram Prasad will come to the college to meet his daughter Pooja (Piaa Bajpai) and can be nabbed there. Elementary, my dear Watson.
Like Shahrukh Khan in Main Hoon Na, Ajith too falls for his college teacher (the horrendously bad Kerala actress Nayantara in this instance).
Unlike Main Hoon Na, there are so many disjointed elements in the Aegan story that together impart a sophomoric stain to the whole movie.
Take a look at some of the egregiously disjointed nonsense in Aegan:
* Out of the blue, Pooja’s boyfriend Naren (Navdeep) is suddenly shown helping Pooja’s father to escape when he is chased by Ajith.
* Unlike in Main Hoon Na, the family tension that led to Ajith’s step-mother (Suhasini) and step-brother leaving home is abruptly introduced at the end, almost as an after thought.
* In the beginning, Ajith is shown to be friends with four kids Tinku, Rinku, Karan and Varun but the kids vanish after that. Were they kidnapped?
* The final scene shows Ajith’s family happily reunited, again without any effort to explain things.
* But surely the most bizarre scene was when the approver Ram Prasad blithely walks into the the college to be handcuffed by Ajith and taken away in a police jeep.
Besides the many disjointed elements, the Aegan story has other nonsensical features like Ajith taking the approver Ram Prasad with him to Chinappa’s den and single-handedly vanquishing a whole posse of criminal underlings.
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Ajith’s Shame – Hey, Even Genelia’s Better than Him
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Ajith – All at Sea
It’s a mighty shame that Ajith Kumar has failed to pick up the most basic acting skills even after aeons in the movie business. Surely, even lobotomized dolts or a washerman’s ass would learn something after 16 years in a trade.
From the moment the fella appears on the screen leaning against a fence with a gun in hand to the last frame of Aegan, Ajith Kumar is the ultimate case study of a gibbering monkey. All that’s missing is a Vaal (tail) for this thala (as Ajith is referred to in movie circles).
When Ajith dances, it’s with the grace of Oliver Hardy; when Ajith fights, it’s with the finesse and bravado of Vadivelu’s comic scuffles; When Ajith walks it’s with the swagger of a drunk Johnny Lever or the late Jeevan. When Ajith talks, it’s with the charm of the handicapped child in Black.
Never a great dancer, Ajith sinks to a new low in Aegan.
The Hey Baby song dance featuring Ajith, Nayantara and four buffoons represents the nadir of dances in Tamil movies although Ajith’s other song/dance Hey Sala (after the kidnap incident) comes a close second.
When Nayantara kisses him, Ajith seems like a deer caught in the headlights. Odd for one obsessed with his teacher.
A similar zombie expression follows when Ajith sees the photo of his father in Naren’s house.
Such was the torture Ajith inflicted upon us that we felt as if he was not an agent of Lucifer come to torment us but Lucifer himself sinking his fangs into our throat.
High time Ajith picked up some acting tips from his peers – surely even Vadivelu, Simbhu and Vishal can give this bloke some tips.
When Suman asks him towards the end, Villain Madri Pesare, Ajit replies – Villainakku villainthan.
Sadly, with his ugly performance, Ajith has proved to be the villain for the whole movie (not just for the villain).
Nayantara – Thigher, Higher, Wider
If Ajith’s performance in Aegan is a study in laziness and contempt for the audience, Nayantara is hellishly bad.
With her complete lack of acting skills, the sight of a scowling, shrieking and simpering Nayantara wantonly displaying her thighs or her cleavage on the screen is a sure signal of acid reflux to follow, just as night follows day.
With her mouth open in a emetic pout, an overdose of eye shadow, a mostly bare back and a bent posture beseeching viewers to peer into the dark canyon between her 36C (??) breasts, Nayantara in the song Kichu Kichu climbed the Mount Everest of crudity on the screen.
Just in case you nodded off in the Kichu Kichu dance scene, Nayantara provided an encore in the Freedom song/dance with a fig leaf of a dress showing us a glimpse of her left thigh and then her right thigh and higher and higher until there was nothing left to our imagination.
Thigher, Higher, Wider seems to be Nayantara’s cinematic moto (you know just like the Citius, Altius, Fortius moto of the Olympics).
Among the many maggots feeding at the Kollywood trough, surely there’s never been one as untalented or as sexposed as Nayantara.
Oh, the kayya/vaya birds of the night we used to encounter in the darkness of the Marina beach in Chennai not only showed us heaven but also showed more grace and more charm than the Nayantaras and Trishas of Tamil filmdom.
Comic Action
The action scenes in Aegan struck us as a grotesque attempt at comedy.
The fights were awfully one-sided with Ajith repeatedly pummeling the goons into the dust and casually walking away (happens twice – when Pooja is kidnapped and later when Naren and Pooja are attacked). Just a day at the beach for our Ultimate Star!
The dance scenes involving the other dancers were plain rubbish and amounted to no more than foot stomping (particularly in the Yahoo, Yahoo dance) on hard ground.
Oh, we almost forget. Suman, Navdeep and Piaa Bajpai’s antics in Aegan convinced us that in some Indian asylum three inmates must be missing.
In Main Hoo Naa, Suneil Shetty was miles ahead as the villain Raghav Dutta. As was Boman Irani as the college principal compared to Jayaram in Aegan.
Like most Indian movies that lack a strong story or compelling acting and try to mask them through filming in foreign locales, Aegan has been filmed in Hong Kong and Switzerland (??).
Aegan – Ultimate Artistic Felony
Ultimately, Aegan is a vile act of artistic felony that exposes the dark underbelly of rot and glaring incompetence in the Tamil film industry.
An ugly monsterpiece that should never have seen the light of day, Aegan is the most fatuous piece of crap to emerge out of Kollywood in the 21st century.
If Raju Sundaram has proved anything, it’s that he’ll make a good success as the Ambattan Master of the Srivilliputtur hair cutting saloon. After all, this mis-director shaved us of $12 for a matinee show smoothly.
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Ajith’s Shame – Hey, Even Genelia’s Better than Him
Movie Critics Screw Ajith’s Aegan
Joe,
Is drive in sismilar to the Red Lite area activities-like drive in the MOJO’s (Human USBs) into virus infected bays??? Haa,..haaa
(Hey, it;s a joke, don’t take it personally or seriously) OK?…OK.
Hi SI,
No one innovate original stories, without inspired by some hollywood movies. In fact bollywood had more theft of hollywood movies. Actors in bollywood doesnt have discipline, not willing to take risk, even to change their getups. In that sense all south indian actors are much better than bollywood guys.
I saw krish & cameout of the theatre 1 hr before the movie ends. Salman doesnt have any skills except bodyshow. Samething with hrithik, abhishek etc. Just because aamir gave 1/2 hits, he is thinking like he is a god to bolywood. If you ask bollywood directors, they will say who is better south or bollywood.
Also when you make reviews, you have all the rights to criticise, but there should be with some ethics. If you had chance to a write a story, imagine what will you do and how others are going to review it. So one can blame others only if he has qualified to review it.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: No one innovate original stories, without inspired by some hollywood movies
Why…because our desi film-makers are Lazy…Risk Averse…Like to Steal?
2. You write: In fact bollywood had more theft of hollywood movies
You are right but Kollywood makes crappier movies compared to Bollywood. There’s a certain slickness and some attention to the screenplay in Bollywood movies that’s (almost) completely missing in Tamil movies.
Tamil movies are for the most part garish and amateurish exercises. After three decades in the film business, Kamal Haasan couldn’t even get the makeup right for some of the characters in Dasavatharam.
3. You write: Also when you make reviews, you have all the rights to criticise, but there should be with some ethics
If by ethics you mean doing an honest job without bribes or bias, we are ethical.
Of course it’s possible that in your lexicon ethics may have a completely different meaning.
By the way, like you we didn’t think much of Krrish either.
nothing ever constitutes abuse in your dictionary .. I am not surprised ..
The most unbiased site ??? – All your reviews are a testimony to the contrary
People who make these films and those who write reviews like you are two sides of the same coin .. Its a assault on the senses to watch and read both.
Look at the similarities — you wont change and will continue dishing out crap in the name of review .. so will they .. both of you complement each other
By the way .. what is this about poor people ??? .. looks like your understanding of what I am saying is poor .. or maybe you might say my English is bad and then proceed to correct me ??? .. you are a expert in correcting English apart from writing crap ???
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: People who make these films and those who write reviews like you are two sides of the same coin .. Its a assault on the senses to watch and read both.
Oh, really?
Let’s remind you and other readers how entertaining you a.k.a. the brainless twit found this blog a few months back.
We reproduce below verbatim your comment of December 20th, 2007 at 10:19 AM:
Rekha,
You know how to provoke people with unlimited (heavy) sarcasm. Me enjoying it. Now reading this blog seems to be more entertaining then Billa.
What were the words you used earlier about the SearchIndia.com blog- enjoying, entertaining…
You might want to look up the excellent English phrase: Hoist with his own petard. Very appropriate in your case.
Neither our writing nor our style has changed in the last few months.
Just because we dare disagree with you, our writing becomes bad.
Grow up, Schmucko.
Oh well, I see the same Initcap usage. in Tracker99’s posts as I did in Bimmer’s.. It cannot be a coincidence that all Thala supporters use the same strategy for emphasizing words..
I am 97% sure that Tracker99 is Bimmer… although Tracker99 has spelled “criticizing” correctly.. SI, are IP addresses logged with the posts.. But as Bimmer is a (traveling?)salesman, he could be posting from a different city too.. (As the SuperIntelligent SI once said “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”)
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Yes, IP addresses are logged.
We are not sure if it’s the same poster but in any case we’ve always been skeptical of the efficacy of carpetbombing PR techniques.
2. You write above: As the SuperIntelligent SI once said “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”
SuperIntelligent SI?? Reminds us of the famous quote attributed to the French writer Voltaire: He who thinks himself wise, oh heavens, is a great fool.
As we said earlier to Shuaib68: On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog is from a famous New Yorker cartoon.
Hey Trey
Again as I said Iam Bharat..and I have started Posting in this Blog about a week Back. and FYI Iam not a Sales Man.
“On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”. I Think we sure do know. Why are you sniffing wasting your time.
Again if you r 97% Sure that Iam whoever.Srinivas or Tracker…U’r wrong Bud…
I am sure u can do something Proactive
those are my words yes .. first time i read the blog …why dont you reproduce the whole thing rather than just a phrase and it will be clear .
what i did’nt enjoy is not your disagreeing with others .. but the way you do it …
logical arguements are ok … there seems to be no limit to your using abusive language ..that too in a internet website … as if this is some porn/chat site.. i have learnt a lot of bad words – thanks to all your reviews .
I had objected to that then and even now i am doing the same thing …
There is no disagreement here .. both of us agree that Aegan is a bad movie
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Let’s smoke the peace pipe…
(By the way, we reproduced your full comment earlier…not an excerpt…and once visitors get to the Billa post, folks can read your other comments as well. Of course, we disagree with all the baseless points about abusive language, bad words et al on SI).
yo Bimmer, that Initcaps style is immediately recognizable.. I haven’t seen anyone use it so extensively until I saw you and then I saw Tracker!
If I wanted to really spend my time proactively, I wouldn’t be hanging out here so much..
You said you were into selling.. hence I said you are a salesman.. Even a VP of sales of a big company is a salesman in my book.. I view all salespeople with suspicion.. sorry!
Have you test driven a Hyundai Genesis?
No Haven’t driven a Hyundai Genesis.
O.K I don’t condiser myself a Salesman…BTW I wish I could be one
Good Money dude.
Whoever has written all these blogs against Ajith & Aegan and whoever wants to enjoy a movie on basis of these blogs pls. stay away from these sought of blogs as these jobless people utter all those bullshits against Ajith
i m not a ajith fan., i dnt know whether ajith fans will like this movie but as a fan of entertainment movie this movie has everything in it.
a crisp climax a good humour and well scripted songs and a stylish picturisation which was missing on ajith’s film pre- Billa
mr. ajith is in the right track
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: pls. stay away from these sought of blogs as these jobless people utter all those bullshits against Ajith
Aegan is like your comment. A pathetic piece of shit.
Where did you pick up gems like these sought of blogs.
Next time you feel the urge to write a comment on any blog, take a knife to your fingers.
As we recently told another dolt like you, you are too stupid to learn without some graphic props. So we suggest you watch Malcolm McDowell in Passage (1979) as he does an amazingly good finger-chopping job on his prisoner.
If Ajith can not learn acting movie after movie, why you are not smart enough to stop watching ajith movies. Are you going live 200 years to have enough time to do this kind of smart stuff again and again!!! Many people need to civilize themself to understand the difference between being critic and being abusive. You know one thing still I don’t watch Ajith movies!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: If Ajith can not learn acting movie after movie, why you are not smart enough to stop watching ajith movies
Hope springs eternal in the human breast (thank you Pope).
2. You know one thing still I don’t watch Ajith movies!
What you watch or don’t watch, do or don’t do is wholly inconsequential (even to yourself).
3. Many people need to civilize themself to understand the difference between being critic and being abusive
When you stop walking on all fours and your tail shrinks into your bottom, you can come back and give us your sermon about civilization and other high falutin stuff. Until then, scoot.
In the meantime, here’s something to amuse yourself.
This film was not that bad.Si,your review is biased
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We disagree.
SearchIndia.com is as unbiased a blog as you are ever likely to get.
The kind of language used to describe Ajith and the movie leads people to believe that you are someone really unhappy with his/”her” job and hates reviewing. Don’t let your emotions get in the way of writing a fair review. The fact that you hate Nayantara to the core also supports it cause she was used as an eye candy and has probably worked.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: The kind of language used to describe Ajith and the movie leads people to believe that you are someone really unhappy with his/”her” job and hates reviewing
Thank you for your asinine analysis, Dr.Freud. Or is it Anna Freud?
We’ve said this a gazillion times and we’ll say it again – Ajith wouldn’t recognize acting if it hit him on the head, smacked him in the face, punched him in the stomach or kicked him in the groin.
2. You write: The fact that you hate Nayantara to the core also supports it cause she was used as an eye candy and has probably worked
We don’t hate anyone, not even a half-wit like you with poor command of the facts.
The fact of the matter is Nayantara’s movies don’t seem to be resonating with audiences. Neither Aegan nor Satyam set the box office afire.
Aegan wasnt’ a Billa. But , Billa was good. And to say Rajni was good in the Billa is also crap. Keep your idiotic bas******al views to yourselves. You’d also get spit in the face by some Indians in the north, if you say Rajni is good…keep your so-called low-class taste to yourselves. Aegan was NOT good is the verdict. Ajith is fat and that makes him look bad at dancing..Ajith is one of the smartest looking guys around..bu then, when you are so ugly, you dont have to companre yourselves to someone good looking like AJith.
But, all said and done Aegan was better than Kuruvi and Villu or Vaalu…Poor Ajith…has delivered continuos flops after he was married to the dark ugly fat Shalini…compared to him, I wud say Vijay has performed moderately…Vijay’s films satisfies his fans, which is what the business is about – collections. Pathetic that Aegan didnt.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Get back to your sewer pipe.
de [deleted] panni,
this is the only post that i like in ur whole website
you have hit the nail on the head when it comes to reviewing this film. indha ajith [deleted] he deserves capital punishment
he looks very gay and right even genelia is better than him
well done da [deleted]
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Are you gay (nothing wrong with that…different people get their kicks in different ways).
In some parts of the U.S., gays can even get married.
2. You write: he looks very gay
Is there a gay look. We doubt it. Homosexuality is more behavior than look. In any case, we believe there’s nothing wrong with homosexuality.
Why don’t you send us your picture. We’ll tell you what looks you have. Most likely, a simian look with an asinine outlook on life.
[Trash Talk]
SearchIndia.com Responds:
In Tamil Nadu, they have a word for dickheads like you – Rombha Waste.
We are also deleting your user registration. This forum is not meant for retards.
Now go play with your dolls.
ajith is a waste man,….he was able to put first wicket only after 10 years of marraige.. but illayathalaphi is a king see 2 kids with 8 years
vijay only knows good acting. vijay is a great dancer also… ilayathalapathi vijay we love you
indha blog engal thalaivar vijayku samarpanam
SearchIndia.com Responds:
When people choose to have kids or even not to have kids is their personal business. Not yours.
nayanthara my darling you are too sexy in this film though i dont like her getting slimmer day by day. wen u look at her in chandramukhi,ghajini,vallavan. she was fatty oomph. shher structure was amazing in those movies. now that she’s slimmed it may look a bit odd but nevertheless she’s sexy and she’ll regain the weight (especially on back) and be the top heroine in the world soon
her costumes in this film was amazing again the film is not well when ajith acts as hero its understood.
but nayanthara was quite beautiful
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: nevertheless she’s sexy and she’ll regain the weight (especially on back) and be the top heroine in the world soon
Thanks for cheering us up this morning.
Uyirullavarai Diana.
[Trash Talk]
SearchIndia.com Responds:
True to your name, you write trash.