After inspector Dev stirs the reign of Veeraiya, a tribal outlaw, the latter responds by kidnapping his wife, Ragini. While she tries to escape from him, Dev fights many resistances to find her.
The love triangle is as tediously underwhelming as the slo-mo action, but the actors, costumes and lush mountainsides are easy on the eye.
– Aaron Hillis,
L.A. Weekly,
24 Jun 2010
fresh:
Pan-Indian saga with epic sweep, intense emotion and gorgeous images.
– Ray Bennett,
Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jun 2010
fresh:
Artful but not arty, Mr. Ratnam, whose films include Dil Se and Guru, delivers the goods.
– Rachel Saltz,
New York Times,
18 Jun 2010
rotten:
Not unusually for a Bollywood movie, Raavan combines beautiful photography, over-the-top acting, cheesy special effects and musical numbers that stretch things out well beyond the two-hour mark.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
18 Jun 2010
fresh:
Ratnam's pace is steadfastly brisk, and his film is replete with dizzying camerawork, myriad complications, violent mayhem, broad humor, usual musical interludes, a cliffhanging climactic confrontation and a finish that strikes a note of poignancy.