 Aegan
"Aegan" is supposed to be a remake of the Hindi blockbuster "Main Hoon Naa". But, many changes have been made to suit Tamil tastes and the image of the matinee idol Ajith.
Ajith plays a cop who, disguised as a student, is sent to guard a superior officer's daughter from an underworld don. How he succeeds in his mission is the long and short of "Aegan" - translated into English by the star's fans as "one-man-army". While Shah Rukh Khan played an army officer in the Hindi original, Ajith plays a police officer as it obviously suits the present trend in Tamil films.
The Story – Ajith’s introduction scene is in Hong Kong, where he single handedly kills a mafia chief, and proves as his father the commissioner Karthik says- "He is a one-man army, who trusts only his gun"
Now he is on a different mission - he has to fob off the international criminal John Chinnapa, who is trying to kill his former aide Ram Prasad, who has turned police approver. Ram is in hiding somewhere in Ooty where his daughter Priya is studying in a co-ed college. Shiva’s new assignment is to go undercover as a student to the college to protect Priya and also a lead to her father’s whereabouts.
Shiva joins the college where you have a funny principal and a peon and host of students including Priya’s lover Narain, who turns out to be our hero’s brother!
The best scene in the film is when Ajit meets Nayan for the first time and the way he bursts out into his favourite song Unne Paartha Pinpu Naan…! It is a really a scream and a genuine gut-buster.
 There are few other outrageous over-the-top depiction of Tamil film stereotypes like Jayaram, Cochin Haneefa and Sriman’s comedy scenes. Raju Sundaram has concentrated only on these one-liners, the silver lining in the film.Her make-up
Yuvan’s background score ebbs and flows, but the songs are largely passé. Ajith has indeed tried the best of his dancing skills in the Freedom song. His charm is also irresistible, but sadly lost in the dud effort.
If the movie made you feel like you were watching Raju Sundaram’s goofed-up performance in the movie Jeans, it’s not entirely your fault. He is after all the director and has influenced the entire cast’s dialogue delivery and body language reducing them to laughing-stocks.
And if that’s not enough, the end credit states ‘Aegan’s mission continues’. Now, we only wish Raju is not planning for a sequel or some such thing.
You must thank the cinematographer Arjun jena and the costume designer for maintaining the subtle tone of the movie without which you would come out of the movie hall with a splitting headache.
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