Mattrraan - Movie Review

Surya has given many memorable performances in the past and even his last outing 7'am Arivu had some brilliant moments on his portrayal as Bodhi Dharman. This time he chooses another challenging role of playing conjoined twins in a KV Anand script who has so far delivered only blockbusters sure created lot of expectations. Expectation meter in a way defines the commercial success of the movie. The problem comes when the expectations are not met, a movie despite being not bad will be thrashed. Surya faced the problem with 7'Am Arivu and i guess he has to face this time around as well.  

Duo writers Suba(SUresh-BAlakrishnan) are probably the hot shot writers in Tamil Cinema currently working with Shankar and Vishnuvardhan did contribute their part in Mattrraan but i guess as a team with KV Anand fails to create the impact. The story line is innovative and fictitious but the big let down is the screenplay and the narration. Conjoined Twins, Genetic Engineering, Children Health Drink in India meets Russian Olympics connection, all are very innovative concepts but it was not laid out well as a perfect story and whatever they have laid is mostly narrated in 80's style of Indian Cinema with current technology. 

Surya is full of energy and clearly differentiates the 2 characters very well that we almost forget that they are enacted by the same actor. His comedy sense is commendable and is at home while performing. Kudos! Kajal Agarwal is adequate and does her only role well.  

There were many trash movies/scenes that were lifted by the master composers like Raja. Mattrraan has too many lagging scenes but the sad part is the background score instead of elevating it lets the down the scene even more. Poor Background Music! Even though the songs might sound decent, they are extremely monotonous if you follow Harris Jeyaraj closely. It is high time he gets innovative. KV Anand also plays a major role in music who i think he has a very poor taste in music and his movies don't have a flavor in music. Music is a big let down. 

The movie loses its steam completely in the second portion of Russian episode and it never recovers from there on and KV Anand takes audience for granted with illogical and dragging scenes. Unfortunately it is more than 30 mins after its loses its steam and having that corrected with a stronger emotional story between the conjoined twins along with good background score would have made this movie a very good one.

Verdict - 3/5 Mattraran promises a lot of brilliance, a movie that could have easily become the year's blockbuster turns out to be an average dud mainly due to the story/screenplay. KV Anand fails in scripting/screenplay for the first time after delivering three straight good movies despite having a good content and an actor who could pull it off.