Language: TamilActors: Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan
Director: Gautam Vasudev Menon
The plot is nothing new, we have heard the singsong Shanti Mantra from the Vedas followed by a harmony played together with the Church organ enough. We hear this combination more than once every year, clichéd if you want to clichédly describe it. I started watching the movie cynically, nearly two years after the movie was released.
There are a few things that make this movie watchable, Silambarasan aka Simbu is probably one of the most talented and misunderstood actors in the Tamil movie scene. More than his acting skills, the way he snaps his fingers and the prefix he puts before his name on the title is more talked about. And not to forget his “Made to order” father who comes to our mind every time we think or talk about Silambarasan.
Add to this the lovely Trisha Krishnan, who does fantastically well and the bunch of talented actors backed up by the storytelling skills of Gautam Vasudev Menon, pleasing visuals thanks to Manoj Paramahamsa and some lovely music by A R Rahman make this a movie to watch.
The only thing unpredictable (the WOW moment) is the end, thanks to the film background of the protagonist Karthik the director affords to end the movie differently. Not like the ones we have seen in those clichéd Veda + Church organ movies we have seen till date.
If one wanted me to list the items I liked about this movie…
1. Taking a clichéd subject and surprising you in the end
2. Lovely visuals
3. Superb background music
4. Dialogues one can relate to (Mathematics is easier compared to becoming successful in movies)
5. Actors who don’t act but bring the visuals to life
This is one movie where the songs weren’t intrusive but their picturisation is like any other Tamil movie. But still you can sit through them with a smile on your lips thanks to Rajeevan’s art direction and Nalini Sriram’s costume designing skills.
Originally I would have wanted to affix a good movie tag to this one, but it deserves a bit more. For, it has I believe pushed the envelope a bit further.
Super Watch !!
yes...the climax is the hightlight of the film along with a neat roleplay by Simbhu and Trisha...Dont know if you are aware that the climax in the Telugu version is different. I got to see it sometime back just bcos i wanted to see the climax and well honestly i was disappointed though i believe Trisha liked the telugu climax more. And this movie definitely bought the saree back into limelight among college kids in TN...a decent effort.
ReplyDelete@Raghunath: I haven't seen the Telegu movie... That is news to me, will try and check out. The costume design is one of the highlights of this movie.
ReplyDeleteI would call this movie a more than decent effort :-)