After the stupendous success of Thani Oruvan, the hit combo – Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swami is back with Bogan. Will it be able to repeat the Thani Oruvan magic?

Fifteen minutes into Bogan, we see Arvind’s swagger; he’s with numerous scantily-clad women in the opening shot. He plays Adithya. Bogan offers the adequate hero introduction song to a wannabe ‘star’ Jayam Ravi, who plays Vikram, an assistant commissioner of police. Of all, the most intriguing one is the entry of Mahalakshmi (Hansika), who is seen queueing up at a TASMAC shop. If you think her name is a pun, then the joke is on you because Kalyani would have been more suitable.

Though the film’s premise takes inventive bits from the Hollywood film Face Off, or closer home, legendary filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s Chinna Vathiyar (1995), Bogan is saved by Ravi and Arvind. Actually, the latter!

As far as the plot is concerned, Vikram is on the hunt to pin down Adithya, a petty criminal-turned- billionaire. What happens when Vikram and Adithya’s souls are juxtaposed on to one another? Bogan delivers a fair bit of entertainment in this two-and-a-half-hour potboiler. With that, Bogan moves at a
snail’s pace in the first hour. While it goes about offering juvenile and cringe-worthy scenes with Ravi and Hansika, the audience can be heard mumbling, “Where’s Arvind Swami?” Also, it’s taxing to invest time to watch these two ‘romance’ on screen. With some decent moments, Bogan pushes its story forward with a terrific interval block. However, it carries a substantial amount of baggage from Ravi-Arvind’s Thani Oruvan. If you’ve watched Thani Oruvan, then it’s just deja vu.

After his stellar performance as an effeminate Bhagavan in Aadhi Bhagavan, Jayam Ravi’s emulation of Arvind Swami is too good to watch. Having said that, Ravi’s performance seems to be subdued at par with Arvind’s. Sadly, the film has more to do with the latter than Ravi. Except for the film’s background score, music by D Imman is pathetic. Come on, you can’t always get away with a Dandanakka or Damaalu Dumeelu!

Source: indiatoday.intoday.in