Evano Oruvan

Infobox_Film
name = Evano Oruvan


director = Nishikanth Kamath
writer = Story : Nishikanth Kamath
Dialogue : R. Madhavan
starring = Madhavan
Sangeetha
Seeman
Devadarshini
Payilwan Ranganathan
producer = Abbas Burmawalla-Mustan Burmawalla
K. Sera Sera
R. Madhavan
distributor = Leukos Films
Pyramid
music = G. V. Prakash Kumar
released = December 7, 2007
runtime =
language = Tamil
budget =
website =

"Evano Oruvan" "(English: Some One)" (2007) is a Tamil film directed by Marathi film director, Nishikanth Kamat who made his debut in the Tamil film industry with the film. It is a remake of Kamat's acclaimed Marathi film, "Dombivli Fast", which itself was heavily influenced by the Michael Douglas starrer 1993 film Falling Down. The movie stars Madhavan and Sangeetha in the title roles. Supporting actor, Seeman acts in a pivotal role. The film's music is composed by director, G. V. Prakash Kumar. It is produced by noted Hindi directors Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla as they make their debuts as Tamil film producers under the distribution of their home banner, Burmawalla Limited. It had been previously named, "Ivan Yaaro".Fact|date=March 2008

Plot

Sridhar Vasudevan (Madhavan) is a middle-class family man employed in a bank. Sridhar is very idealistic, principled and recognises a deep sense of belonging with the society he is part of. He gets annoyed and flustered by illegal and semi legal activities happening around him. His wife persistently demands that he should be more 'flexible' and make more money, but Sridhar does not accede. He endures the illegal and semi legal activities around him because he anticipates a change in the mindsets of people. He feels that over time, they will become more honest, socially aware and willing to make small personal sacrifices for the greater good of all (like him).

Sridhar's wife Vatsala (Sangeetha) is a typical middle-class housewife and a caring mother of two children, Varsha and Varun. Societal imperfections and related problems matter very little to her. She is more concerned about her reactive husband, thinking about ways to save him from the effects of his angry outbursts and to steer him away from his impractical thoughts and deeds.

At a certain point in life, Sridhar faces a case of deceit that compels him to take action. Provoked by his deep anger and guilt, Sridhar decides to retaliate for wrongs done to him, violently if required. When charged two rupees extra for a cool drink, he picks up a cricket bat and smashes the shop. From that incident onwards, Sridhar progresses, taking the law in his own hands and tries bringing about instant changes, wherever needed. A string of incidents occur; he thrashes the Area Counseller, the insincere hospital employees, water-supplier and many more.

Sridhar's anger goes beyond these incidents, targeting individuals who do not follow norms created for their own benefit. The director has presented Sridhar as a representative for every common man in today's society, who, even after seeing and going through such wrong things, tolerates them to avoid getting his settled routine disturbed. Because of his behaviour and approach, Sridhar is termed as a criminal, harmful to his fellow men.

Inspector Vetri Maran (Seeman) is appointed to shoot him in an arranged 'encounter'. Vetri Maran, an honest cop, inwardly feels justified by Sridhar's approach. He comes to a quiet agreement with the young man, personally approves his action, then arranges for the 'encounter killing'. At the end Sridhar (Madhavan) was shot dead by the Inspector Vetri Maran (Seeman).

Cast

Reviews

Evano Oruvan got very favourable reviews, with Rediff calling it a "must-watch" [ [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/07evan.htm Evano Oruvan a must-watch] ] and Sify Moviebuzz giving it a "very good" rating [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14571408&ctid=5&cid=2429 Sify Moviebuzz] ]

Madhavan considers Evano Oruvan to have been one of his best films, after Anbe Sivam.

References

External links

* [http://www.evanooruvan.sifymax.com/ Official Evano Oruvan Website]