Movie : Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya
Direction : Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham, the lead pair, A.R.Rahman ; enough to pull the crowds. But will they sustain it, is the big Q.
Karthik (Simbu), an Engineering graduate, has celluloid dreams. He meets Ganesh, a cameraman, who, believes in Karthik and asks him to wait for the right choice. He offers to help him out and convinces Kathik's parents. Love at first sight for Karthik, and who would not when one sees Jassie(Trisha) - a malayalee christian, and conveys to her too. But Jassie bound by her father's religious values refuses his proposal and says they can be "just" friends. But Karthik isn't someone to let go his first love easily. When Jassie's family comes to know about this, tempers rise high between the families and Jassie's father arranges her marriage with her consent. Karthik goes to church to attend marriage without Jassi's knowledge and when Jassie drops out of the marriage at the last minute, there is no turning back for Karthik. Jassie admits her love for Karthik, and there begins their complicated journey of love.
Well, if that looks like a complete story to you, i would like to interrupt that we are only half way through. Will their parents accept the love ? What about Karthik's dream to become filmmaker ? Will the pair sustain their love through turbulent times? The answer to these forms the rest of the story. And there is a twist in the tail/tale too.
Gautham menon returns with a complete love story after a string of cop movies. Depicting love in not too dramatic manner has always been his style and he sticks to that. The lead pair's natural chemistry lets him to concentrate on his story and doesn't require him to think too much on the love building aspect of the pair. But he could have done something about the pace of the screenplay, where certain scenes stretches beyond the required limit. Gautham has made compromises in the screenplay to accomodate the regular filmy things. The boxing sequence of Simbu (probably for his fans) is one. The girl assistant director who falls in love with Simbu is another insertion. She is included just to divert the audience when Simbu talks to Trisha in the park about a girl in his life.
Manoj Paramahamsa, the cameraman, seems to be still haunted by the ghost of Eeram. His extensive use of blue and aqua colours, though beautiful, goes a bit overboard. Kerala and Trisha look more beautiful through his lens. The intelligent capturing of the romanticism of the night time during the lead pair's conversations speaks volumes for his ability.
ARR wields the gramaphone. Songs are good, and hope everyone will agree if i say, that they aren't best. ARR is a genius; no denying that. But when it comes to background score, raja is the king. The secret is to know where to mute the instruments. Music keeps on playing during some of the important dialogues and jeez, wasn't that loud. Was that just because of the fact they advertised the movie as "an ARR musical".
Simbu is fresh. No finger tricks. No punch dialogues. No air brushing sounds when he turns back. He sits himself well in the boy next door image and scores well. He is the cute charming boy that every girl would want. His emotional deliveries require more sheen. His attitude towards love is well received by audience. Long way to go in dialogue delivery and emotions, but happy to see that he is willing and has taken the first step towards that.
Not often does a heroine gets a meaty role as this, and Trisha grabs it well. According to the story she is a year older than Simbu and bravo that she gave a nod to this. The scenes require her to be very casual. But her not-so-varied expressions is something that she needs to concentrate if she wants to improve. She looks ravishing, in the simplest of the costumes. But almost every scene ends with Trisha walking in slow motion and too much even a good thing is good for nothing.
Ganesh, as a cameraman friend of Simbu is a revelation. He tickles the funny bones with simple one-liners and heavy sighs. His peculiar voice and accent are fresh to audiences. No doubt he is going to receive offers galore.
Well , the movie scores with the chemistry of the lead pair and its bold take on contemporary love. This type of narrative of love is new to Indian cinema, yet making it look interesting is another aspect which could have been made possible by little trimming of the screenplay.
Direction : Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham, the lead pair, A.R.Rahman ; enough to pull the crowds. But will they sustain it, is the big Q.
Karthik (Simbu), an Engineering graduate, has celluloid dreams. He meets Ganesh, a cameraman, who, believes in Karthik and asks him to wait for the right choice. He offers to help him out and convinces Kathik's parents. Love at first sight for Karthik, and who would not when one sees Jassie(Trisha) - a malayalee christian, and conveys to her too. But Jassie bound by her father's religious values refuses his proposal and says they can be "just" friends. But Karthik isn't someone to let go his first love easily. When Jassie's family comes to know about this, tempers rise high between the families and Jassie's father arranges her marriage with her consent. Karthik goes to church to attend marriage without Jassi's knowledge and when Jassie drops out of the marriage at the last minute, there is no turning back for Karthik. Jassie admits her love for Karthik, and there begins their complicated journey of love.
Well, if that looks like a complete story to you, i would like to interrupt that we are only half way through. Will their parents accept the love ? What about Karthik's dream to become filmmaker ? Will the pair sustain their love through turbulent times? The answer to these forms the rest of the story. And there is a twist in the tail/tale too.
Gautham menon returns with a complete love story after a string of cop movies. Depicting love in not too dramatic manner has always been his style and he sticks to that. The lead pair's natural chemistry lets him to concentrate on his story and doesn't require him to think too much on the love building aspect of the pair. But he could have done something about the pace of the screenplay, where certain scenes stretches beyond the required limit. Gautham has made compromises in the screenplay to accomodate the regular filmy things. The boxing sequence of Simbu (probably for his fans) is one. The girl assistant director who falls in love with Simbu is another insertion. She is included just to divert the audience when Simbu talks to Trisha in the park about a girl in his life.
Manoj Paramahamsa, the cameraman, seems to be still haunted by the ghost of Eeram. His extensive use of blue and aqua colours, though beautiful, goes a bit overboard. Kerala and Trisha look more beautiful through his lens. The intelligent capturing of the romanticism of the night time during the lead pair's conversations speaks volumes for his ability.
ARR wields the gramaphone. Songs are good, and hope everyone will agree if i say, that they aren't best. ARR is a genius; no denying that. But when it comes to background score, raja is the king. The secret is to know where to mute the instruments. Music keeps on playing during some of the important dialogues and jeez, wasn't that loud. Was that just because of the fact they advertised the movie as "an ARR musical".
Simbu is fresh. No finger tricks. No punch dialogues. No air brushing sounds when he turns back. He sits himself well in the boy next door image and scores well. He is the cute charming boy that every girl would want. His emotional deliveries require more sheen. His attitude towards love is well received by audience. Long way to go in dialogue delivery and emotions, but happy to see that he is willing and has taken the first step towards that.
Not often does a heroine gets a meaty role as this, and Trisha grabs it well. According to the story she is a year older than Simbu and bravo that she gave a nod to this. The scenes require her to be very casual. But her not-so-varied expressions is something that she needs to concentrate if she wants to improve. She looks ravishing, in the simplest of the costumes. But almost every scene ends with Trisha walking in slow motion and too much even a good thing is good for nothing.
Ganesh, as a cameraman friend of Simbu is a revelation. He tickles the funny bones with simple one-liners and heavy sighs. His peculiar voice and accent are fresh to audiences. No doubt he is going to receive offers galore.
Well , the movie scores with the chemistry of the lead pair and its bold take on contemporary love. This type of narrative of love is new to Indian cinema, yet making it look interesting is another aspect which could have been made possible by little trimming of the screenplay.
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