In Thani Oruvan, Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swami indulged in a cat-and-mouse game that was thrilling to watch. In Bogan, director Lakshman, who made the preposterous romance Romeo Juliet, play this game once again, but the difference here is that he provides both the actors an opportunity to let loose their wild side. He lifts the premise of John’s Woo’s Hollywood thriller Face/Off, of a cop and criminal switching places, but adds some Indian masala in the form of mystic mumbo-jumbo (there’s also a bit of ‘inspiration’ from The Bourne Ultimatum), and gives us a thriller that begins well and is engaging for the most part, before losing some intensity towards the end.
The plot revolves around Aditya (Arvind Swami), who has stumbled onto the secret of body swapping (a power that once belonged to the saint, Bogar). He uses it to get rich quick. His modus operandi involves swapping his body for a patsy and robbing a jewellery shop or a bank, all the while ensuring that the video evidence is against his victim. But Vikram (Jayam Ravi), an assistant commissioner, is on to him after Aditya uses his trick on the cop’s father (Aadukalam Naren). Vikram manages to nab Aditya, but to get his revenge, the latter switches his body with former’s. And now, Vikram has to save himself and stop Aditya before he can wreck more damage.
( 3 / 5 )