Cast and Crew
Direction: A R Murugadoss
Cast: Suriya, Shruti Hassan, Johnny Tri Nguyen
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Camera: Ravi K Chandran
Editing: Anthony
Producer: Udhayanidhi Stalin
Banner: Red Giant Movies
Review :
‘7am Arivu’ is yet another A R Murugadoss – Suriya combo’s magnum opus, after their big blockbuster ‘Ghajini’!
This Sci-fi epic drama film will be another mile stone venture in Suriya’s career as he plays two different characters – Buddhist Monk and a Circus man.
The film depicts the story of a 5th Century Pallava prince-turned-Buddhist monk called Bodhidharma, who was born in Kanchipuram and travelled to China renouncing his Kingship. The monk is considered the 28th patriarch of Lord Buddha and was responsible for institutionalizing and spreading Zen philosophy in the world. He is also said to be the creator of the martial art Kung Fu and taught it at the Shoalin Temple in China. ‘7aam Arivu’ pictures the greatness of this Tamil saint who is still revered and worshiped in China and Japan and all around the world.
In the film, the story of Bodhidharma is related to the present setup with an incident and Shruti Hassan’s scientist character finds the connection between two different eras.
It was said that Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’, a Hollywood Sci-fi, has inspired A R Murugadoss to create this story. But Murugadoss categorically rejects and say, “’7am Arivu’ is a creation of 2 years of script work and my film’s shoot started well before the release of ‘Inception’!”
Suriya has again brought his six-pack physique for this film to show the power of the martial art. He has also put a lot of hard work in learning tough stunt movements to put a spectacular show in the film.
Along with Suriya, the martial art extravagance of an American-Vietnamese actor Johnny Tri Nguyen in the film going to be another feat for the film lovers. He plays the villain of the protagonist in the film.
Cute Shruti Hassan, who is donning a role of a scientist, has also given her scintillating performances in vital scenes and dance sequences.
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies has produced the movie at a whopping budget of 84 Crore. “As a producer I’m proud to be a part of this wonderful film. It is a milestone movie in the productions of my banner”, says Udhayanidhi Stalin, who at any point of time never stayed back in spending his money for the film’s production. The film boasts the expense of Rs. 7 Crore for just the intro scene of the film!
A R Murugadoss and Harris Jayaraj has already created that wonder in ‘Ghajini’. And, this success combo has come together again for ‘7am Arivu’ to churn out yet another musical magic!
The music of the film very much shows the enormous hard work that the composer has put in to bring out those extraordinary instrumentations in songs and background score. “I toured many oriental countries to find those traditional instruments for creating rare sounds for the Chinese content in the film for both the song and rerecording!”, says Harris Jayaraj!
The film’s music album, whose rights were sold for a record price to Sony Music, has created ripples in the market by registering quick retail sales of the album. The songs have also become chartbusters topping the charts!
And, the visuals of songs one of the highlights of the film. From cute and colourful locations abroad to Chennai city crowded parts to the green woods and barren lands the crew has travelled widely and shot those perfect pictures for songs.
The song ‘Oh Ringa…’ was shot in the busy streets and crowded places of Chennai city with the involvement of more than 1000 dance performers was amazingly discussed by the tinsel town.
Ravi K. Chandran’s camera work, Editor Anthony’s cut and Sound art have taken the film, and our Tamil cinema, to another level of technical excellence.
The courageous and amazing thought and work of A R Murugadoss and the artistic and technical cooperation by his team and the staunch support of Red Giant Movies’ Udhayanidhi Stalin has brought out a Masterpiece called ‘7am Arivu’!
