MMaattrraann/Brothers - Review

Why did the makers not think of adding one more M and N at the beginning and at the end like this review? May be it would have suited the story more or numerology wise it would have worked better. But Maattrraan is a good concept hit by the bad second half.
Let me quote a great dialogue from "The Prestige".
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".

K.V.Anand had a great trick up his sleeve but his second act "The Turn" had messed up the build up given by the first act, "The Pledge" in first half leaving the movie unappreciated and thus affecting "The Prestige". The Turn comes too early in the movie revealing the complete trick and leaving no room for Prestige. Had the suspense of lab rats scene and the evil dad been left out for second half, it would have had so much meat in second half and audience on the edge of the seat. But what looks promising is KV Anand's script ideas. Ayan(Veedokkade), Ko(Rangam) and this one, all had very novel plots. This movie could have been another sensation like Ko but falls way short and leaves you waiting for next best effort from KV Anand. Graphics work was patchy in scenes with conjoined twins. The fight before interval in the amusement park reminded me of Jackie Chan's Robin-B-Hood. But overall fights were good and so were the songs except the song in Russia. It's choreography was awkward. Surya sleep walked through the role while Kajal got a meaty role and she did just fine. A could have been "must-watch-movie" turned into "watch-it-if-Surya-fan" or "watch-it-if-Desperate-for-novelty" movie.