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Behindwoods Visitor K.ANANTH
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After
proving his mettle with some
unforgettable
cop flicks and psycho thrillers Gautham
Vasudev Menon seemed all set to make
you
fall in love, with love. In the end
however
you have to say that he has managed to
do quite the opposite.
Karthik (Silambarasan) an aspiring film
director, falls head over heals in love
with Jessie(Trisha) at first sight. The
problem? He is a Hindu, she is a
conservative
Malayali Christian, she has a job and
is settled while he is still at the
crossroads
of life, trying to find a footing in
cinema,
having given up his studies already and
to top it all she is a year older than
him.
Despite having a great recipe for a
classic
romantic flick Gautham gets it all
wrong.
For starters this movie is a big time
overdose of romance with very few
enjoyable
moments that you would like to relive
over and over again. The initial
sequences
between the lead pair seem so
artificial
and contrary to the voiceovers Karthik
gives at many points during the film.
There is no real chemistry between
them,
at least for most part. It may be safe
to blame the writing for this which
summed
up in one word is, unimaginative.
To
top that there is nothing innovative
about
the script and the meandering
screenplay
just makes things worse. After a point
in time the movie becomes so much of an
ordeal and a test of patience
that you manage to easily look
through
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some genuinely good moments towards the end.
However to Gautham's credit no one would have
foreseen the twist in the climax. Yes it was
practical
and had that element of surprise but does he expect
the viewer, subjected to almost 3 hours of romance,
romance and more listless romance to walk out of
the
theatre having been swept off their feet?
Performances wise Trisha single handedly lifts the
film up. Sexy and classy she easily manages to
overshadow
Silambarasan. Cinematography is one big reason why
this movie passes muster. Very surprisingly there
is very little to write home about AR RAHMAN's
background
score but he sort of makes up for it in the songs.
If only this movie had more than just love in it
(Some
healthy humor for example), if only it had packed
in some more interesting events to get rid of the
dryness, if only it had not been so long, if
only...if
only..There are just too many of them.
VERDICT: - STRICTLY FOR THE DIE HARD ROMANTICS.
Stars - 2/5.
REVIEW BY,
K.ANANTH
[email protected]
http://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/vinnaithaandi-varuvaayaa-silambarasan-trisha-04-03-10.html
Perhaps he wants Vadivelu to appear for no reason and get bashed up by people
and some Vijaykanth style fights maybe. Couldn't accept life as it is I guess.
And I totally disagree with the comment on AR. BGM was awesome!!!
http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I only use
this account for the group...
