Asal: Old wine in New Bottle

Aasal (or)  Asal:

The story is as simple as this:

Two brothers are trying to kill their step brother to inherit the family property & wealth which has been written

in favor of their step brother by their father before his death.

Ajith is back with yet another dual role - Father and son. Sampath Raj and Rajiv Krishna are the brothers who are trying to kill Ajith. Pradeep Rawat is the uncle who manipulates the brothers against Ajith. Don’t tell me this is a brand new story you have never heard of !!!

I recollect Ajith kumar’s interview to the Bangalore Times where he quotes "“I hope it sets a benchmark for how a film should be. It should dictate the quality of films that’ll hit screens in the next five years.” Unfortunately, it is not so. Hope the directors will soon wake up and start to attempt new subjects.

Cast & Performance is good. Ajith once again does a dual role with ease. Bhavana appears to be cute. Sameera Reddy is again back with her "Katrina Kaif" looks. There is some comedy by Yugi Sethu. Villain characters have done well.

Much to the expectations of Ajith Fans, there is a build-up song with remix of "Thala pola varuma" from Attagaasam and the word ’Thala’ is used through out the movie at least for 15-20 times.

Background music simply roars with heavy beats all around, with an attempt to create thrilling scenes, but, unfortunately, thrilling scenes do not come by background music alone..!!

Songs are average. There is a semi-remix of "Paartha nyabagam illayo.." which is a bit impressive.  The song "Tottadoin.." is catchy.  "Em Thandhai.."  song is worth a mention. Other songs are ok.

But for the direction, sadly it seems like Saran has shifted his focus from substance to luxury. He has once again provided a stylish and a luxurious film but this time with a predictable grandmother times’story.

Ajith’s costumes and look deserve a special mention, as it fits into the "Fashion Capital of the World" very well. The sizzling city of Paris has been well captured and picturised. Nook and corners of Paris are beautifully shown in various scenes, as the film has 80% of its story moving in Paris.

If not for the location, picturisation, music and technicians involved, this movie would have been another nightmare for Ajith & co.

So, yet another Tamil movie with nothing new or splendid to cheer about. Its all the matter of satisfying the fans, you see...

If you like posh scenes, luxurious ambience, sylish costumes like in "Billa", and don’t really bother about the story, go ahead.

I’m giving a generous rating of 3 mainly for the background score and picture perfect locations and Ajith’s look and costumes.

To watch out for :  Ajith.