Aalavandaan Movie Review/Kamal Hassan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala/Shankar Mahadevan-Ehsaan-Loy

HE TECHNICAL brilliance of V Creations's "Aalavandhaan" (A) leaves you zapped. The histrionism of this wizard called Kamal Hassan bowls you over. And the diligence and industriousness of the crew is only too evident in every frame.

It is another feather in the cap for director Suresh Krishna. Kamal and Suresh Krishna who had made impressive impressions in the past with films like "Sathya" and "Indran Chandran" come together again to create a milestone in Tamil cinema.

It is Kamal Hassan's story, screenplay and dialogue and is thus a Kamal show in more ways than one.

Nandu and Vijay (Kamal Hassan) are twins. The latter is soft, rational and level-headed, while Nandu is reckless, impulsive and intolerant. Vijay grows up to be a commando while Nandu develops schizophrenic tendencies and lands up in an asylum for the mentally ill — after killing their step mom (Kitu Gidwani), a termagant. All hell is let loose once Nandu escapes from the asylum. It is mayhem and murder, as he turns a misogynist and targets Vijay's wife Tejaswini (Raveena Tandon) who, he believes, is the re-incarnation of his dead step-mom.