Aalwar

<p>Aalwar is a priest in Madurai and he is devoted to his mother and sister. But Punniyamoorthy and his brothers, the heir of the Temple where Aalwar works as priest, kill Aalwar’s sister and mother due to an old dispute with Aalwar. Aalwar, with revenge ringing in his mind, ends up as a killer, even while working as a ward boy in a hospital. He rechristens himself as Mortuary Shiva and is out to make a statement against the venal forces. He sees himself as some kind of avatar. In fact, he bumps off the baddies under the getup of Lord and Lord . In the climax, Shiva turns up as Lord and bumps off the last villain by placing him on his thighs and ripping apart his bowels and chest with his sharp claws. He successfully escapes from the police of Chennai and continues his process of “Dharma”. teamed up with a debutant Chella for a film to be produced by Mohan Natarajan. Chella had previously worked as an associate to . The film held its photo session on 20 July 2006 with being selected once again while Ramesh G was chosen as cinematographer. The film began at the Ramoji Rao Studios in Hyderabad in August 2006 where a hospital set was built, with Ajith putting on weight for the film. A couple of songs were filmed in as the film geared up for a release. , Ajith’s wife, was the costume designer for Ajith in the film. Soundtrack was composed by . The film opened on 12 January 2007 during Pongal alongside ‘s and ‘s and received negative reviews from critics, with Sify.com praising Ajith and Asin’s performances but criticized the plot of the movie by labelling it as a “built on a predictable premise” . ‘s review concluded that “Chella’s directorial debut lacks originality and is a hotch potch of celebrated scripts of the past. Malini Mannath of wrote “With an absurd script, insipid narration, and with neither the role nor the performance working out here for him, it’s like Ajith has lost whatever ground he’d gained with his splendid performance in ‘Varalaru'”. Lajjavathu of wrote this is director Chella’s debut film. The screenplay could have been more intense. Since the stories of revenge have already been seen in many different ways in many films and it is not told in a new way in , we could not able to connect with the film. wrote “Ajith believes that he’s god incarnate and vanquishes the bad guys with superhuman strength. It’s not that spiritual as much as it’s a downslide in the screenplay. Chella could have paid more attention to making the story and screenplay more compact and credible”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote “So what if Ajit is out of Bala’s `Naan Kadavul’? In `Aazhwar’ he dons the attire and apes the appearance of the Gods, claiming he is one, thus adding a touch of religiosity to his vengeance spree and also sending a message across. Thrill plays a solid part in the sequences where the hero is on the verge of getting nabbed by the police for his bloody actions. But much of `Aazhwar’ is so very similar to what you have seen in cinema all along that it begins to appear clichéd”.</p>