I is a Tamil Romantic thriller film produced by V. Ravichandran, written by Shankar and Subha and directed by Shankar. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Vikram and Amy Jackson in the lead roles, while Santhanam, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel, Ramkumar Ganesan and Ojas M. Rajani play other pivotal roles.
It has been said that ''I'' took nearly two years and eight months to be completed. If it was worth the waiting or not is what I'm going to write about.
Shankar is probably best known for his movies which have political issues (Gentleman, Indian, Mudhalvan and Anniyan), but like one of his other ventures titled ''Boys'', ''I'' is also different in its own way.
The film's lead actor Vikram (known for his roles in Sethu, Kaasi, Anniyan and Pithamagan) has done quite an amazing job in ''I''. I saw an interview by Shankar right before I went to watch the movie. The director claimed that the actor played six different roles. The first one is the bodybuilder, second one is the model, third one is the hunchback and the fourth one is the beast. The fifth one is a surprise, while the sixth one is his voice. During the dubbing session, the actor struggled so much that he had to suffocate himself while he was lending his voice. Overall, Vikram's performance is simply mind-blowing and definitely one of the three highlights of the film.
The lead actress Amy Jackson, a British model and actress, was sexy and faithful to her role as Diya. Even though the actress doesn't speak the language and struggled with the lip-movements, her performance was marvelous. She has been captured beautifully throughout the whole film, specially in the songs ''Ennodu Nee Irundhal'' and ''Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal''.
Santhanam who plays the hero's side-kick is seen in a different role. The comedy begins great, but during the first half of the film, the humor starts to lack and comes back to the atmosphere in the end of the second half. Both Suresh Gopi and Upen Patel were predictable while Ojas M. Rajani played an anti-character which was acceptable.
The film's cinematographer P.C. Sreeram, is the second hight-light of the film. What he has delivered is what we call a visual treat. Every frame is just picture-perfect. Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves who handled the editing did also a great job. The third highlight, Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman who has been working with Shankar since Gentleman has also delivered a power packed score and soundtrack. The make-up artists and the special effects team deserve to be praised as well. A few things could have been avoided. One of them is the two long fight sequences while the other one is the guest appearance by Power Star. It would have lacked the running time of the film.
Overall ''I'' is what I call a ''Good Cinema'' and ''Different Cinema''. If critics and audience find this film predictable, then they are not ready for a different cinema yet.
Verdict: A classy love-story about pain that should absolutely be watched at the cinema.
Strongly recommended!
It has been said that ''I'' took nearly two years and eight months to be completed. If it was worth the waiting or not is what I'm going to write about.
Shankar is probably best known for his movies which have political issues (Gentleman, Indian, Mudhalvan and Anniyan), but like one of his other ventures titled ''Boys'', ''I'' is also different in its own way.
The film's lead actor Vikram (known for his roles in Sethu, Kaasi, Anniyan and Pithamagan) has done quite an amazing job in ''I''. I saw an interview by Shankar right before I went to watch the movie. The director claimed that the actor played six different roles. The first one is the bodybuilder, second one is the model, third one is the hunchback and the fourth one is the beast. The fifth one is a surprise, while the sixth one is his voice. During the dubbing session, the actor struggled so much that he had to suffocate himself while he was lending his voice. Overall, Vikram's performance is simply mind-blowing and definitely one of the three highlights of the film.
The lead actress Amy Jackson, a British model and actress, was sexy and faithful to her role as Diya. Even though the actress doesn't speak the language and struggled with the lip-movements, her performance was marvelous. She has been captured beautifully throughout the whole film, specially in the songs ''Ennodu Nee Irundhal'' and ''Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal''.
Santhanam who plays the hero's side-kick is seen in a different role. The comedy begins great, but during the first half of the film, the humor starts to lack and comes back to the atmosphere in the end of the second half. Both Suresh Gopi and Upen Patel were predictable while Ojas M. Rajani played an anti-character which was acceptable.
The film's cinematographer P.C. Sreeram, is the second hight-light of the film. What he has delivered is what we call a visual treat. Every frame is just picture-perfect. Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves who handled the editing did also a great job. The third highlight, Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman who has been working with Shankar since Gentleman has also delivered a power packed score and soundtrack. The make-up artists and the special effects team deserve to be praised as well. A few things could have been avoided. One of them is the two long fight sequences while the other one is the guest appearance by Power Star. It would have lacked the running time of the film.
Overall ''I'' is what I call a ''Good Cinema'' and ''Different Cinema''. If critics and audience find this film predictable, then they are not ready for a different cinema yet.
Verdict: A classy love-story about pain that should absolutely be watched at the cinema.
Strongly recommended!