Raavan Ya Robin hood

Raavan is a gud movie but not a HIT movie. Story goes at the speed of an ant. Screenplay is similar to the way the ant walks. It stops, then takes a U turn, then bulbs and then finally finds its path :P.

This is not ramayana people.. not at all ramayana.
Mani used the characters from ramayana and wrote his own script. There are few similarities to ramayana, thats all.
This is how mani used the characters.
Abhishek(Raavan)
Aishwarya(seetha)
Vikram(Ram)
Govinda(Hanuman)

Based on thr charactersitcs the script Raavan was made.
Plot :
Raavan has a reason of why he kidnaps seetha and this seetha is too energetic and wild. Raavan's sis(priyamani) gets raped by a bunch of police people headed by Vikram. Raavan takes revenge by kidnapping seetha. Unlike ramayana, raavan is too good in this movie. Kind hearted and good at nature. People treat him as robinhood. Raavan likes seetha and packs her saying u are goddess and i m a villain from inside. Finally vikram gets an idea and uses seetha in order to reach Raavan and ends him.

Vikram's worst performance I can say. Not a potential role on screen and on paper.
The movie will run just because of Abhishek. One of the best performances and defined how RAAVAN looks like. Scary, cruel, rude and also tried to show that he is sensitive .

Govinda's role is pretty small. Looks like he was just put in order to give us a feel of Hanuman's character. Funny and energetic.

Whats wrong with priyamani? I think she likes all this "Getting Raped" roles. She gets raped by a bunch of people
in "Paruthi Veeran" and in this movie a bunch of policemen. Same expression from "Paruthi Veeran". Rape specialist I can say.

Cinematography is Rachoo Racha Rakhsitaha . Too good. Risky shots, beautiful settings and awesome presentation.

Background score is another plus point and looks like Mani was too lazy to make a good script and must have thought
"Macha Rahman, nalla background score kudumu. I am banking on u. Script is cup maax".

Over all. Its too slow. Watch if for Abhishek and for beautiful presentation.
Or else.take lite and wait for Moserbear DVD.