The first half of the movie is good if we eliminate vulgarity.The director has not focussed much in second half.It seems Selva is confused how to end the movie.Why the director wants to eliminate family audiences?certain Scenes and dialogues were obscene to the core.Unnecessary Scenes and lack of proper ending have spoiled the hard work of the team.

The first half of the movie is good if we eliminate vulgarity.

The first half of the movie is good if we eliminate vulgarity.

awesome work done by selva....expecting aayirathil oruvan part 2......

must be u all r blind, waste of time n money

good movie hats of to selvaraghavan

I am someone who watches movies just for entertainment. I am no critic. :) I liked the brave attempt by Selvaraghavan. It was like reading an entire adventure novel over night. Yes of course there was a lot of 'Blood and Flesh'. But it was way different from the regular movies. I felt every artist in the movie has done justice to their role. A technically sound movie which deserves applauds. ( Its only my personal review.) The discussion can still continue. :)

I was really thrilled to see such a much movie in Tamil in terms be Hardwork and time spent. I was really upset to see such a hardwork and time spent in the movie got spoilt because of lack of proper storyline. A simple theme taken from ancient history of Tamils would have done wonders to the movie. Just take a look at Gladiator, Troy etc.... everyone knows the story nothing new nor great about it but the way they took the movie, those movies are huge hit, even now we can watch it again. When you direct an ancient/historic storyline, we needn�??t got for complex/controversial subject, since everything what you show in screen is new for the audience. Thumb rule. Spending huge money for a movie ===> Reach of large audience Simple theme like movie Avatar would have made the movie rating to �??Medium�?� rather than getting �??Worst�?� rating.

SPLENDIND !! i had a thirst that there are NO tamil movies like the kind of Troy ,Apocalypto etc But this has quenched it NOT a Family movie ..ofcourse india is not matured enough...They have come only up to a point to appreciate SEX in vulgar dances.In another 15 years they may appreciate this in proper sense

The movie is absolutely gr8....because the director made us to think a lot about cinema ....absolutely gr8 ....but for c grade people it very tough to understand ....and have to watch the movie twice to understand the movie completely....Also please to informed its not a family entertainer... The movie is gr8....

best movie we need more movie like this tamil histroy in your face great work wonderfull i thing it was angor wat

best movie tamil is great country look what the hindu prist do to us tamil people divid and rule hindu is not belong to tamil but limgam is our god

This review is biased. Its a great insult to tamil dynasty that to the great chola emperor. 2010 is a millineium year for Thanjai periya kovil, so this film is a historical and cultural genocide for all tamilians. A REQUEST FOR TAMIL NADU GOVERMENT, PLEASE BAN THIS FILM. By baning this film it will be a great contirbution for Ulaga thamil sem mozhi maanaadu. Mr. Selva, donot repeat like this.

OH ISSSSIIITTT???? then hw cum all those great Tamil Kingdoms are no more here on earth? If they r soooooo much civlised & strooooong,,, then they shud hv sustained till nw rite? So dat we wont be having all these corrupted so called "government" rite?

Selva sir...the title it self saying tat you the one..aayirathil oruvan..Amazing...terrific...The one who prouds tat he is a tamilian...definetly he will proud....I watched this movie 5 times...After editing..Movie is mind blowing...

This review has been very deceptive and biased. The movie is a crap. My humble request stay away from this movie.

His films earlier, either with sensational scenes or not, were grasping with superb acting, so such stories were a hit, for they were able to reach all audience and even a lay man would understand them, pls understand that great movies even hollywood movies with high graphics and all do not run just because of graphics and sensation, it runs only when the story is grasping and reaches all audience (this is the mantra, eg. titanic) unless you are planning to pass on some code words, which could be deciphered only by a certain type of audience and that is your only intention, then you are bound to get criticized, this is like speaking Japanese to an Indian and criticizing him as mad because he did not understand it. "Parthiban was the last predecessor of the exiled Chola king, and the ppl were cut off from civilzation for the past 1000 years. They were starving in the island for ages, waiting for a messenger to take them back to their kingdom. But as u know chola civilzation does not exist and they were suffering in the dark caves with wrong presumption." ------So they adopted the ways of the tribals (food and sex behaviour) there and started following them, but still were retaining old clothing styles to prove they were still the remains of the old dynasty - they forgot about farming, cattle rearing, etc., which they must have learnt in India? Even tribal people living in a place equal to Sahara do something for a living - so the great remains of Chola Dynasty had no pride or strength to survive in any situation themselves for they copied what an uncivilized tribal would do for a living and get even worse than them, no one in their right sense of mind, whether they are the remains of a great dynasty or not, would live like this, even a beggar goes rounds and collects some food and eats, even the weakest of people do something to get proper food, they wont start eating each other just because they are unable to go and get food that day, they would rather starve than eat such nonsense, it is plain illogical! To those who glorify the comparision of the chola king to srilankan tamils, even they are not like the tribals as potrayed in the film, and they are highly civilized (some of them) earning good salary in foreign and all. Even the fighting LTTE were civilized to the order they had women in their army wearing army outfits (you can see in news and all), so only a person not in the right mind who had suffered greatly in childhood would take refuge in the clothes of a king of what is the remains of a once great kingdom and imagine that he and his kingdom will be raped by outsiders and hide in a cave forever like a spineless kink. If the one real prince had remained and a similar situation had occurred, he would have recreated chola kingdom in its past glory and would have made it strong with its ancient glory and would have made even stronger defense system and would have been an example to his predecessors, for that is what the blood of once great king would do - show bravery and courage rather than become a parasite to him as well as his people, eg., in "Scorpion King" the defeated king prays to God to give him support of an army and destroys all his enemies at least before he dies, that is how a warrior/Kshatriya would behave rather than saving his skin hiding in a cave waiting stupidly for a messenger for 1000 years. I wonder how there was no revolution like the French Revolution or the like with so many hungry people, when the king was eating and fattening leaving his people hungry, they revolted against him and dethroned him, that is what would happen logically. To be frank, here there is no fantasy of a Chola King, it is the fantasy of a disturbed child who thinks he will become great if he takes the refuge of a great king and people will be terrified of him, but outside the cave, he just proves to be a kink, defeated so he is only good for proving his manly skills to women and not to men, you dont know what such a man would be called!!!! A real man that too a king is worthless/spineless when he hides behind magic and magicians to lead him, and whiles away his time with women when his people are hungry - only psychopath will be near to him with no altruistic feelings. Conclusion - this is the story of a psychopath who dresses like a king and thinks that he is great because he is having hungry women and men at his feet depending on him, that shows his psychopathic tendencies - no human emotions left in him at all!!!!! and a man like him will never understand the raja tantra or the tactics to think ahead of his enemy, for he is living in his own psychopathic world!!!! and this is the hero you want to portray to your younger generation, I think hollywood though they have some sensational content, their heroes fight till the end and show bravery, that is what the children should learn to be brave and courageous rather than become psychopathic because of failure and hide from society!!!! Moral of the story - A leader who is a coward can never win even if his enemy is a rat who is trying to frighten him, he will run and hide in another cave from the rat!!!!!

Selva has once again proved his mettle.... The genius has brought the sufferings of tamil eelam people and the atrocities committed by srilankan army on our tamils... The climax gives us a hint that the war in srilanka is not over and the prince will come back and lead the war with josh.. this movie has to be viewed with a pride with how our tamils defended the army eventhough they realise their death is inevitable.. the first half where the red Indians attacked and how the brave red Indians attacked still their last breath are splendid depiction of Tamils who fought in the war against srilankan army without back footing...the second half has guerilla warfare brave soldiers who protected their captain and knight....Selvaraghavan is spielberg of tamil cinema Selva is not lunatic ...he s a genius who had woven this wonderful picture with knots necessary enough to loosen the grip of censorship process and conveyed the story splendidly so as to reach the people... If these knots were not in the film then definitely it would be in the hands of film censors and will never be able to conveyed to the people

Some Positive reviewers tend to suggest that the Negative reviewers do not like the movie because they do not understand the Chola Tamil or do not know the Tamil Chola history. If you knew the Chola history, you will realize they were a highly civilized society. They were no barbarians. They did take shower and change clothes. They did not eat raw meat like cave men. Just because you take shelter in a cave, doesn't mean you take on the cavemen lifestyle. I don't know what kind of research these morons undertook. I mean you are talking about a state where actor vijay was given a doctorate award. Now think about the quality of research work you can expect from the same institution. Selvaraghavan has succeeded in debasing the Tamil culture and the people.

great insult to great Tamil kings like cholas and pandays.. i appreciate selva;s attempt but he gave a wrong impression about the great kings..

We would expect more from this film,but it is a very very different movie from the regular tamil movies.Frankly speaking i have not understood the story.Mr.Selvaraghavan have made a fair attempt to overcome regular masala films(mostly).He has to concentrate more in the story.With this invaluable effort,if have chosen a simple story it could have made the producer wealthier and would have taken the tamil film industry into untouchable level.Mr.Selva please avoid vulgarity in the scenes and dialogues in ur forthcoming movies,since u have a "A" rated image.Please break the image. Karthi have done a superb job in this film.He gets appreciation for every dialogue he utters.He had no scope for acting in the second half of this film(Karthi please concentrate more in stories for ur future projects,since ur acting is mindblowing). Reema sen,Andreah,Parthiban and others have done their part very well....Art director, camera man,music director and the whole crew of this film have made a brave effort..... First half of the film is very intersting while there is many loopholes(no logic,no story)in the second half. Must watch movie for their excellent attempt(It is only my view on this film,there may be many difference of opinion).It is finally ur wish to watch the movie...

What a crap. I believed this review and comments from users, rushed to the theatre and watched the movie last night believing it is good. What a shame, a total disappointment, total disaster, total waste of money and time. Except for glamorous scenes, confusion on the story line / screenplay nothing is there in the movie.

A gr8 movie to be watched any number of times. Brave attempt by Selva. Hats Off to him. A Must watch movie.

A good attempt to raise the standards of tamil movie industry to international level. There may be flaws, but, we must appreciate the hard work done by selvaraghavan and his team.

wow what a wonderful stunning movie ,this is one of the most superb film of tamil industry ,i will say every one to see the movie such a fabulous and fantastic movie ,the film goes ful of thrillness and enjoyment ,this is one of the most favourite film of me,the most wonderful scene is the shadow scene its such a superb film and songs also was good ,miss rhima has acted very well ......such a superb acting really we have to give award for her acting ,karthik ...wow all new that he is a good actor ,no one will be so popular within two film but actor karthik deserves it ,parthiban being a king has done a good job, miss andriyas make up in the song like ghost is too good and he too did her job well.

we should have to appreciate Mr. selva raghavan.. but flim is not so interesting in second half...

A very brave attempt by Selva. If he tied up with Yuvan, then the movie might have more weightage. Anyways nice movie to watch!!

peter , the story may hav some minus points but he portrayed and conveyed the message what happened there. im pride to take the character of karthi . u dont do the char of reema

dear manikandan, if selva takes direct movie about LTTE like Kuppi . u people wont see. Say how many of u watched Kuppi. If he takes direct movie abt LTTE he will face lot of political hurdles. So he portrayed like this. We are not even ready to see those sufferings for an hour but those people are living with those sufferings.

SUPERB MOVIE..PICTURISATISON WAS SO GOOD..BACKGROUND MUSIC WAS AMAZING...HATS OFF TO GV PRAKASH...A GOOD ATTEMPT BY SELVA...MUST TO WATCH THIS MOVIE..GOOD MOVIE IN THE HISTORY INDIAN CINEMA...

Anand, so you like the movie because it is portraying Srilankan Tamil issue and not for its story and screenplay. You said Parthiban is Prabhakarn, chola citizens are Srilankan Tamils and also add probably Karthi character is you. Get a life, watch a movie for its story and screenplay, do not go out of scope.

hi manigandan you didnt understand story . Selva didnt spoil the history. In 1989 indian army went to srilanka in the name of peace process. But they did what they shown in the film. the second half shows how tamil people suffered and still suffering in srilanka. Parthiban character is nothing but prabhakaran character. selva portraited the chola people as dark and poor it is to mention the people in lanka. HATS OFF to selva and producer of the film.

waste of producer's money and film with no story, no logic. director has no clarity in story. all cholas are dark, poverty stricken, clad in uniform. Selvaraghavan has seen dozen of english moves including gladiator, 300, mummy, indiana jones, king kong, pirates of the carribean and pieced the film. He has raped the history, Indian Govertment, Indian Army.

Good movie. CG work is amazing.... Selvaragavan takes Cini work to the next phase.

good work by selvaraghavan (dont comparewith hwood mov) graphics is very good ...must watch movie

fantastic movie..i thought not to go this movie after hearing others comment.But,the movie is really fantastic.A must watch movie for all those who love ancient tamil stories.If you miss this i don think anyone ll come with such a performance.SELVA rocks

i saw this movie on pongal i thought it was ok................but i saw kutty the next day........excellent movie.better than aairathil oruvan..................................and i saw kutty oday for the second time also

Worst movie i ever seen... Please don't compare it with Hollywood movies, where it fails to meet the previous works of Selvaragavan itself. I gone to this movie only for him, for His work, but I am sure he failed this time.

The re - edited version of AO is Superb. Fantastic movie by selvaraghavan. This movie is the one and only answer for Hollywood movies.Hats of to Selva & Co. The newer version has gained more pace in the second half.

Total Waste Movie!

DONT WATCH THIS IS STUPID CRAZY MOVIE,NO SENSE ,NO STORY,GIVE SOME DOODRANT TO PARTHIBAN BECAUSE HE IS SHOWING HIS ARMPIT.THE NAME IS TOTAL WASTE.selva is in cloud nine think so

Hats off to selva for such a brilliant attempt.First half is too gd but second half is bit lagging.Background score is simply amazing.Reema and Karthi rocks!!!!!!

Hats off to selva for such a brilliant attempt.First half is too gd but second half is bit lagging.Background score is simply amazing.Reema and Karthi rocks!!!!!!

Hi, A Better movie, beating the same old romance n action n stuff, v must appreciate his works, diff thinking, started off well, the last hour of the movie was a bit of a confusion state, no reasons as to were the cholas expecting a messenger. A pretty bad ending... Army ppl torturing those cholas was the worst scene n selva has portrayed the army ppl in a different way...

One of the worst movie i saw waste of time they should have done more research in doing such a movie. I know films are not perfect always I say this reason as he used some sort of history Things that are silly are 1. No army will attack in marchpast position (in line) and rounding up in the sense not forming a perfect circle army he shows is some sort of children�??s playing formation. Chola people attack is also silly only has some formation like saving king etc., meeting a modern army should have had some tactics like gorilla warfare or some sort of super natural power which he defines in the form of sound that makes the three run and snakes that comes the way. 2.Chola people in the flim is not well defined reason: They are good at metallurgy (as they use iron weapons, shield that are bullet proof, gold ornaments and statues), even use artillery, and also enjoys gladiator like fight show but they live in cave this is stupidity aren't they civilized ? and king should even bring food. 3. Attack of snakes is also silly, they don�??t attack while they are in the way and setting up camps (ok let it be a nocturnal creatures some of sort of detailing like wipers that live in the terrains should have used.) the lion he shows in a frame is the funniest thing. (I say this point is they worked for 2 years this sort of things can be taken in account) I feel In Tamil film industry they should form a team and work on detailing while doing such a movie. Director alone is not the boss if it is a one man show we will only get such stupid movies. Good try by the producer but he handed it in wrong hands. Selva is only good(Vulgarity he show as always) at cave scene, some vulgar scene with rema, mother scene. Selva is not good at making a classy film.

superb movie, when will tamilians start appreciating such new talents rather than licking the feet of hollywood

Very good picturisations. Real hard work by the technicians. But a very bad story and screen play. No logic. No basic Knowledge of history. Even an minimum level reasearch wasn't done. No cross questions about screenplay is asked. No events are facts. No reality. Poor creature.

What a crap? Waste of ticket money, waste of time. On a whole, the movie is more confusing than a solution to the lost plot.

Palanikumar - stop licking his ass. Selva is the shittiest director ive ever seen . Really bad movie

Selvaragavan has worked so hard for this movie:-) all his hard work never fails surely it's a hit movie of this year:-)a new concept which u ve never thinked:-) u should ve brain to understand it:-) graphics is so super:-)2half bit slow u ve to watch patiently n understand the story:-)nice comedy in movie excellent acting from karthik:-)

Excellent movie don't miss it:-)

hi selva yesterday i watched the movie aayirathiloruvan now v have a director who can show the history of our realrajas this was defenatly another mile stone of u r direction after puthupettai which beat my favourite movie sathya(hindi) n reemasen no words great really great ..parthiban wow i saw our ancient dance thru parthiban n his inch by inch acting ..yeah karthi, andriya everyone n the song atho antha paravaipola kalakal..have a wonderful year c. u.

hi friend appriciate your concern, since i went to movie withour seeing any review and felt to be in hell for 3 hrs, cinema is entertainment but this is irritation.

This is a perfect excample of a Good story in bad hands. Utter Rubbish . Karthik doing this movie has lost all that he made in parthiveeran. Its an absolute mistake. This would be a perfect case study of everything going wrong in a movie. I would say think twice before you watch the movie. You will change your opinion about karthik and reema sen.

this movie is excellent..a must watch movie. Selva ragavan took us to a new world for those three hours. Karthi, Reema, Andrea & parthiban has done a wonderful job. On the whole first half was 100% perfect and second half lacks some special skills from selva...some unwanted scenes might be omitted and the ending should have been better than this. But I liked the movie very much

90 % good work on screen work 96 % superb camera 1st half script 80% good 2nd half script 40 % bore last half script 80% good Music effect 80 % good Remasen acting 90 % Karthi 70 % Parthipan 80 % totally it is next generation of tamil cinema starts,

Very different and awesome story and direction. much needed for indian cinema...Well done selva..hats off

excellnt work.....hats off 2 selva.....

hats off 2 selva for his excellent direction and story............. remasen is 2 2 good in this movie and she proved herself as a good actrees.............................. karti and andria are also awesome.......................................... superb movie don't miss it..............................

Off course madhu i am not a big fan if vijay i even din watch his movies( inclusing vettaikaran) before but this movie made me to feel like that... the movie of selva used to good always but frankly speaking this movie is not a good one and din except this from him very much disappointing...

One of the best movie ever in Tamil. Don't criticize the movie as copy of a Hollywood movie ...Indian cinema should coagulate for making movie like these and elegy waiting for the next part of this movie.

What a shocker the movie is. I can't believe my eyes that so many people posted commentes that they actually liked this movie. But not in our case of 200+ audience in Melbourne. We all know Selvaraghavan movies has vulgar scences and this movie has it to its core. All I could think is what a shocker. Every scence was reminding me some hollywood movie from Mummy, The Myth, Gladiator, etc., no originality at all. My personal view you can wait for the DVD release and watch at your home.

May be selva should have taken one more year to tie the loose ends in the second half. A good story line, wonderful imagination, 70% perfection but for the replicated scenes from hollywood movies, a movie which requires appreciation for showing the path of higher standards in tamil movie. As director Bala mentioned sometime back, movies are not meant for pongal or diwali. so spend time on perfection before releasing it.

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Such a brilliant thought and tamil director crash the world cinema.. Everyone done a fantastic work.. Includes all the starts,technicians.... in the 2nd bit and piece was not ok though 90% of the 2nd half movie was good also.. The first half was tremendous with nature adventures.. Selvaragavan sir keep it upppp !!!! Applauds to you and Mr. Vairamuthu to find the long years back tamil language.. Proud of you genius...

This is good thought to find our culture, what was in behind. He is not made foolish think to go back of 13th Century and only shows his our royal culture. What is he shows here, just think it, once it happed like this, our old generation culture peoples living like this in some other place with dream for to reach our native�?� wow�?� That is great think�?� Pls watch and try to understand the movie what he showed???? dont give any bad commands without understanding....

Such a brilliant thought and tamil director crash the world cinema.. Everyone done a fantastic work.. Includes all the starts,technicians.... in the 2nd bit and piece was not ok though 90% of the 2nd half movie was good also.. The first half was tremendous with nature adventures.. Selvaragavan sir keep it upppp !!!! Applauds to you and Mr. Vairamuthu to find the long years back tamil language.. Proud of you genius...

A must watch movie... First half is awesome. as some said second half is having some flaws. But you should also think that, for the given conditions, selva has done a wonderful job. I felt, at this point of time in india no one is dare enough to do this kind of movie. And moreover all the characters in this movie is perfectly blend with the story. esply Parthiban. Appreciating selva for such a dare attempt and giving a world class indian tamil cinema.

New venture in tamil & Indian Cinema. Fisrt half is excellent and the second half makes u bore a little. A must watch one. dont miss.

First half of the movie is excellent like hollywood movie it goes.Must watch this.At the same time second half is the very very worst,no logic and boring .

horrible movie.. I went to this movie only because of Selvaraghavan and Karthi. I never seen this kind of stupid movie in my whole life.. please don't go to this movie

with this movie, tamil cinema will reach the heights which the other dream directors like mani ratnam,shankar etc could not reach.. Hats off to Selva director.... such a masterpiece...

The movie is entirely Amazing,Dis would create new waves in Tamil cinema,But i think the director could hav ended it well.any Kudos to the AO team

If anyone haven't seen this movie, please first watch this movie.This movie is about our tamil history.NowI can say Selvaraghavan is the best director after manirathnam.The film scenes may have the the footprints of many films. But the story is different, this is new to tamil.How many directors and actors have the guts to do a film like this? The film has many plus.The tamil spoken in the second half..In how many films have they portrayed that,...? no one has the right to say bad on this film...

there is one thing i cannot understand as why our movie directors say that they get inspired by hollywood movies and then the inspired movie or the scene is a 99.99% cut copy paste material( majority of them dont even bother to say that and they blatantly dish out mediocre replica)?? is there a drought of creativity among our directors like the drought and famine struck Chozhar descendants in the movie?? Yes im happy that this movie is poles apart from the 95% of crap movies made but its not the end rather its a start, i mean the other directors can try to improvise on what Sleva has failed to capitilze. U cannot term AO as an achievement Bcoz u know y .... yes im talking abt the Major plot holes and incapability of Selvaraghavan to polish this incredible concept of the past meeting the present and putting some limelight on Tamil culture. God damn Selva raghavan for mocking at us and the indian army. Did he watch Rambo(2008) b4 writing the story..in fact i feel he owes the second half of the movie to 70mm Bcoz they have supplied most of the Hollywood movie Dvds to him and its a very unfortunate 2nd half.... i will never forgive Selva raghavan for thrusting down us with that Army thing which he has showed in the movie.....everybody did their job perfectly even Selva but not after the intermission. Karthi amazes me wen ever i watch him on the screen.. this is his second movie and he seems to easily fit into a different class ( way above Dr. Vj, and his likes ).... Reema sen was also good and so was parthiban... in short selva raghavans attempt to take on with Hollywood movies fell flat on his face with his Second half display which could have been done better. im not talking abt the best or the Hollywood etc.. we just need something new and with lil bit of logic that is it. i hope he does an even better job in his next movie.... DO watch it bcoz barring a few unforgivable cliches and various plot holes it is something better than the stale tamil movie masala and hope it sets off a trend...

i accept ur comment, first of all thanks to selvaragavan for making movie like this, this is not a normal movie , we should study some ancient knowledge of tamilians , proud to be in tamilnadu , we are the great ,we should have a knowledge to understand the movie, Dont comment badly , if any one comment against the movie it clearly exhibited he didn't understand the movie , so see this movie one or two times. Ganatha idhayathudan velia varukirom, orukolkaya nam munnorkal eppadi katti kappathinangannu puriyavaikuthu intha padathu mooliama , Thamilan endru sollumpodhu perumaya irukku , I love this film very much , 1000 varusama parambara parambaraya cholarkalin kadaisi varisa kappthittu varathu kathaiya irunthalum mansukku ithama irukuthu , once again i request all dont comment against this film ,

Tamil movie makers do come up with bold & creative work once in a while. "Aayirathil Oruvan" is one such movie and is a must watch. I dont want to say much about the story of the movie as I want you all to watch it. Every one in the cast - karthik, Parthiban, Reema & Andrea have done their part very well. Personally, I thought parthiban stole the show from the rest during a stunning second half. But when u see the movie as a whole, all characters had equal importance. I remember the entire theatre going silent during the first 1 hour, after the intermission. Coz, the sound & visuals were very new in tamil cinema. Particularly, when Parthiban makes an entry into the movie with an awesome rock music in the background. Reema Sen has worked a lot for her scenes in the second half and it clearly shows on the screen.I didnt take her seriously during the start of the sword fight. But boy, she was good! Andrea looks intelligent, like one of those witty women at your office. And hence is very beautiful. I think am going to follow her from this movie. She is beatiful, intelligent & has a great voice. Everything a man wants. Finally Karthik. He is the one who gets most of the claps in the theatre right from the start. I would say he is very lucky to get to work on movies like "Paruthiveeran" & "Aayirathil Oruvan". But he has not let us down. What i liked about his character was that he was NOT shown as a bold, brave & macho guy. He gets beaten and beaten more. His character has a "Pakka local" shade which simplifies the script to reach a wider audience. I wish all success to him. Selvaraghavan should be appreciated for his brave effort with "Aayirathil Oruvan". Particularly, the amount of research he has put into how tamil might have been spoken, several 100 years ago is fantastic. Though i had to guess what was spoken in older tamil, I truly appreciate the research which was done. For certain audience who also watch hollywood movies, some scenes may seem to be influenced by movies like Gladiator, Mckenna's Gold, Apocalypto, Kill bill, 300 & Troy. But Still, I would say there are lot more to watch & appreciate in this movie. Also, one should not compare the quality of computer graphics that is done for a tamil movie & a hollywood movie. Remember that hollywood movies do their graphics work at chennai or in india. So its not skill which we lack, its the budget. The graphics in this movie is reasonably good for the indian budget. I liked the movie. All the very best for its success.

quite a gud film....u need brains to understand dis film........

I have never seened these kind of Useless Moview.. there is no story in there.. No logic,No reasons & meanings..

Good adventures movie.. we need to support these kind of rare movie

my advice is that dont go to this film with ur family members ....!!!! in this year pongal fest's best film " kutty " only .. 100% not this film ...!!!

How dare you compare this movie with Vettaikaran?AO is really a gud movie,well directed by Selvaraghavan...Y???u guys always compare these type of movies with craps like VETTAIKARAN and AADHAVAN...

if the movie s full of reema,and andreas butts and hips....and finly karthi kills the foes and marry andrea...then this ppl will say...OHHHHHHH....WWOOOWWWW...what a film..... these ppl r who says lord of the rings s great,which is an absolutue lie,...pls allow the tamil cinemea lives with your positive reviews... Actuly they didnt understand the film....ive never see n such film with such effects and stories. and fictions.... i liked the scene when both cholas r meetng,and the final endng....where the histry repeats.....5 starsss...

Warning! Please don't take your children to his movie, save them. My own opinion on the movie - horrible.

must watch movie .........its all abt secret mission of union minister, military officer, lady to destory chola dynasty( say tamil eelam freedom fighters)... finally hero saves prince at the end. 2nd half really good............

tis movie is rocking you people r only crap couldn't understand 4 u and all crap movies like vettaikaran and aadhavan r great movies f*** guys

after watching the movie very much disappointed........first half was k.......second half was total waste............i don't know what kind of movie............... but it is worst

worst movie that has ever been projected in the world of tamil cinema. not a movie to watch with so much expectations n it is not worth for the so much hype that was given.

i happened to see the first show this morning in satyam.really a challenging movie as far as the technical aspects ,cinematography and art direction is concerned.selva proves himself as one of the best directors from south india.but defnitely not an entettainer...

watched the movie,,first show....Very much disappointed......no substance...very difficult to understand......not entertaining.....

I watch first day first show in sathyam... First half is superb, but second half is not that much... I expect lot, but....

movie is good new to tamil cinema ..

movie is good new to tamil cinema ..

Just now watched the movie, Its scrap,No subject and nothing is perfect, Total time and money waste

Movie not good... it was a crap watching vettaikaran is 50 times better than this