Manmadan Ambu (2010)

Country: India

Language: Tamil

Actors: Kamal Hassan, R Madhavan, Ramesh Arvind, Urvashi, Trisha Krishnan & Sangeetha

Director: K S Ravikumar

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Romcom, a simple story... A man about to marry an actress suspects her of having relationships with her industry colleagues. He engages a private detective to tail her during her cruise holiday in Europe. As events unfold the original pair break-up and the girl falls for the detective. There are lots of other characters fill the blanks in this two and a half hour film and also make a huge impact on you, Ramesh Arvind and Urvashi are the notable who have done a fabulous job.

Devi Sri Prasad’s music is another plus for the movie. He has straddled genres here. Neela Vaanam is one song that you are sure to take home and hum around for the next couple of days. Kamal Hassan the lyricist & singer has done a great job in taking the song to the next level. Talking about this song without mentioning the violin intro would be a great disservice to the song, it is mindblowing. The other notable thing is the picturisation of Neela Vaanam which is shot in reverse motion saves at least about half an hour of unnecessary flashback.

Overall, it is an enjoyable K S Ravikumar, Kamal Hassan & Devi Sri Prasad (commercial) flick.

PS: There has been lots of talk about the picturisation of Neela Vaanam, in reverse motion. This is slightly inspired by the video of Cold Play’s The Scientist. Although it seems to be a lift, the director has done a commendable job telling a super story within a story.

I would say “Well lifted”

PPS: Thanks to @girsubra for pointing out the mistake we made on screenplay credits... Apologies, we stand corrected now