Agilan

After Duraisingam established that “Indians are the Kings of the Indian Ocean” at the end of Singam 2, we've now got Agilan, who claims to be the one true king.

Whenever the film’s title is also the name of his character, it either ends up as a resounding hit or a colossal dud. Despite Ravi carrying the film on his able shoulders all by himself, Agilan goes nowhere and is as futile as an anchored ship. Despite his enemy lurking nearby in a different boat, given there’s no cover to take in the open ocean, Agilan still goes on with his operation. Imagine boarding the wrong flight to a different country because the airline decides to name their carrier in their own language. In one scene, Agilan goes to the middle of the ocean with a small motorboat that miraculously changes into a boat with extra props the very next scene. Agilan’s got a flashback that involves the death of innocent lives because, spoiler alert: his father gets conned.

N Kalyanakrishnan introduces us to the murky underworld of the Chennai port. While he does a meticulous job in setting up the milieu, the mark is missed ...

The film takes the first hour of the film to explain its labyrinthine milieu to us, which on paper, is not really a bad thing as not many of us in the audience are hardly familiar with the nuances of container mafia and the proportionality between sea traffic and inflation. A romance is established (with a minute-long lover’s repartee that seems out of place in the film), but never really explored with any form of depth. [Jayam Ravi](https://www.filmcompanion.in/topic/jayam-ravi) is slap-bang in the middle of a battle in the deep sea. Apart from a few sleek action set pieces (in one such scene, the makers have rollicking fun with the idea of mannequins to smuggle a high-profile data hacker), and Jayam Ravi’s sincere act, the film leaves us no real meat to chew on. The last time we saw him in the middle of a charged oceanic battle was in [Ponniyin Selvan](https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/tamil-review/ponniyin-selvan-movie-review-mani-ratnam-ponniyin-selvan-1-review-a-gorgeous-time-machine-that-forces-you-to-leave-the-books-at-home), warding off the Pandyas in a spectacularly choreographed sequence. Described by his boss Paranthaman (played by Tamil cinema’s stock villain Hareesh Peradi) as a “cunning dog”, we see Agilan smuggle drugs in freight containers as the star is introduced.

Agilan Movie Review: Critics Rating: 2.5 stars, click to give your rating/review,Agilan could have been better, but it's worth a watch.

The technical crew deserves credit for their efforts in shooting an entire film in a harbour. The film's main drawback is the timing of the plot points in the second half. The early introduction of the backstory spoils the pacing of the film. Jayam Ravi's performance stands out as he single-handedly carries the film, having put in a lot of effort in his body language and dialogue delivery. However, the film falls short in the second half, failing to match the expectations set in the first half. Sam CS's background score deserves a special mention as it complements the film well. The scale of the film is impressive, given its massive production, and the makers should be commended for pulling it off to an extent. The dialogues are punchy and interesting, with Priya Bhavani Shankar's character, a cop who helps Agilan pursue his motives, delivering a credible performance. His presence as a rugged crane operator elevates the average plot. What sets it apart is the believable world and the inclusion of massy elements, typical of any commercial entertainer. The film kicks off by acquainting us with the cargo operations at Chennai harbour and the group controlling the sea traffic and illegal businesses behind it. Agilan Movie Synopsis: Agilan, a cutthroat crane operator, will stop at nothing to reign supreme over the Indian Ocean's seedy underworld.

'Agilan' starring Jayam Ravi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Tanya Ravichandran in lead roles was released in theaters today (March 10).

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Jayam Ravi starrer drama action thriller Agilan premiered in theaters at 7 AM today and early reviews of the N. Kalyana Krishnan directed movie have s.

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Everybody growls in this film, and there are more villains than one can count, performing to deafening soundtracks. What's missing is a story.

The director makes a half-hearted attempt to rectify it later in the story, but it is far from enough. At the end of it, Agilan delivers (growls) a haphazard lecture on shipping economics to justify his smuggling. Apart from them, a star of Lal’s calibre is criminally wasted. One can accept why the director chose Jayam Ravi to play the father’s role in the flashback. Actually, growling is the sole unifying theme of this movie, which can loosely be described as a story about a lot of smugglers working out of a harbour in Tamil Nadu and one eternally angry cop intent on stopping them. This is why we have an equal variety of shots of cargo containers being loaded and unloaded, as we do villains in this movie.

Agilan Movie Review: Critics Rating: 2.5 stars, click to give your rating/review,Agilan could have been better, but it's worth a watch.

The technical crew deserves credit for their efforts in shooting an entire film in a harbour. Jayam Ravi's performance stands out as he single-handedly carries the film, having put in a lot of effort in his body language and dialogue delivery. Sam CS's background score deserves a special mention as it complements the film well. The early introduction of the backstory spoils the pacing of the film. The film's main drawback is the timing of the plot points in the second half. The dialogues are punchy and interesting, with Priya Bhavani Shankar's character, a cop who helps Agilan pursue his motives, delivering a credible performance. However, the film falls short in the second half, failing to match the expectations set in the first half. INOX - Raghuleela Mall, VashiTamil 2D His presence as a rugged crane operator elevates the average plot. What sets it apart is the believable world and the inclusion of massy elements, typical of any commercial entertainer. Agilan Movie Synopsis: Agilan, a cutthroat crane operator, will stop at nothing to reign supreme over the Indian Ocean's seedy underworld. The film kicks off by acquainting us with the cargo operations at Chennai harbour and the group controlling the sea traffic and illegal businesses behind it.

'Agilan' starring Jayam Ravi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Tanya Ravichandran in lead roles was released in theaters today (March 10).

https://t.co/cDkulUf6fV— Sathish (@Sathish_deenan) https://t.co/vWp6Q0dkI1— Kumar Swayam (@KumarSwayam3) https://t.co/0bGYzURp6d— AK~dinesh���� (@Dineshthala8754) https://t.co/PKSMnucIGA— ✯ ������������������������.�� ✯ (@SatheshK_AK) Second Half Average....All Actors Performance Neat ���� SamC… #Agilan - Decent Entertainer....First Half Super....

The introduction scene of the hero in the movie Agilan has him smuggling three containers with fake currency into a cargo ship.

The back and forth in the second half is so much that you just lose track of what the movie was trying to say. The poor level of conviction that was there in that movie is clearly there in Agilan, which makes it a tiring and unintentionally funny film. There is even a moment where Agilan gets shot by his enemies and is put in the ocean. Agilan, a crane operator in a harbor in Chennai, and one of the close aid of this dock boss, Paranthaman, is our central character. N Kalyanakrishnan’s Agilan invests so much in certain moments that you get a feeling that the director wants to convey something only he knows. The introduction scene of the hero in the movie Agilan has him smuggling three containers with fake currency into a cargo ship.