You can read this review also at: http://expressbuzz.com/biography/avan-ivan/286219.html Raw depiction of human emotions have been the USP of Bala's movies. The Aghori sadhu in Naan Kadavul , the son of an undertaker in the national award-winning movie Pithamagan , or the jilted lover in Sethu stand out for their oddities, influencing movie and satire makers like no other. So, it is confounding that Avan Ivan , the latest movie from his stable, is surprisingly stereotypical. Kumbidaren Saamy (Arya) and Walter Vanangamudi (Vishal) are village louts who are half-brothers. Walter, an aspiring actor, has a squint, cross-dresses and even dances as a woman (he boasts that when dressed as a woman, even Cleopatra would emerge from her grave and kiss him); Saamy is an expert at picking locks. A local magistrate summons him to his house to open his ancient safe, the key for which he has misplaced. Although animosity runs high between the two, Saamy is afraid to confront Walter directly. The...
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