After waiting weeks for the audio to release and after weeks of waiting for the movie to release, got a chance to watch VTV today. Ok, Lets make this straight. It's not a movie that is action-packed, has hero delivering punch dialogues, has unconnected and illogical scenes. All said, its not a movie that is an edge-of-the-seat thriller that have you hooked to it. There are times in the movie where you feel you could go and grab a Coke from the canteen or think of your TL advising you for not meeting your expectations. But all said this is one beautiful, sensible, practical love story between Karthik and Jessi.
I've always had my love for Gautam for 2 things, one, even his promotions for his films are classy and two, his take on romance is unbeatable.
Some highlights:
1. I love the initial credits :) and the final ending scene leading up the final credits as well :) Sounds stupid? seriously.. I just love the way the names roll over on the water.. I think Vignesh can take us in detail if he liked it :)
2. Simbhu grabs his role-of-a-lifetime with ease. I have hated him when he does some stupid things with his fingers and I've cursed Gautam for choosing him in this project. But he fits in the bill perfectly. He looks fit and he looks smart(I never thot i would tell this in my life :( ) and plays his role to perfection.
3. Trisha looks stunning in certain scenes and the romance between the two looked so real on the screen. And yeah, they shared a good chemistry, physics, biology, whatever.
4. ARR !! Thalaivar rocks with the BG score and no need to tell about the chartbuster songs.
5. Cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa(of 'Eeram' fame)'s lens captures Chennai, NY, Kerala, Malta as never before. This movie is definitely classy just because of this man whose visuals are a treat.
6. Gautam Menon chooses to have a breezy first half and tries to make a feel-good second half.. The first half has Simbhu and Ganesh going behind Trisha. Ganesh gives the humor quotient and believe me they're so good with no double meanings. The second half staggers a bit and Gautam tries to revive himself with the screenplay at the end. The songs are placed to perfection and you don't feel so bad to sit through them.
This movie is of typical Gautam's style and is definitely not for the B and C centers. People hate Gautam for having English dialogues in Tamil films(and he criticizes himself in the movie with this) and he has chosen to have Malayalam a little bit as well in the movie. Overall, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya is a slow, poignant, sensible love story that may not be considered as Gautam's best. And if you ask did it meet my expectations, the answer is YES !!
Watchable once..
3 out of 5 stars for Gautam's love-story-yet-again Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya
5 comments:
I agree with most parts! The BGM was a big disappointment-never did i feel the BGM is deep. If its romance, the bgm should say the story behind the romance-take Mouna Ragam for eg. (just for the BGM coz Comparing Mani n Gautam would be like comparing Raina n Sachin). Or even GURU - they had the most amazing BGMs-VTV disappointed me in this genre-Sorry for posting against ur 'THALAIVAR'
There were so many repetitions of dialogues, there wasn't a theme, there weren't many characters, 2hrs 30mins out of 3hrs simbu and trisha were togther sharing dialogues, kisses and hugs. Yet Gautam knew how to present it to the audience. Hats off to him :) Karthik and Jessie exhibited true chemistry in this very practical love story. I felt the film to be a little drag in the end. Climax was different and good. A few scenes could have been removed before the climax to make it short and sweet. Overall a sweet experience which becomes even more sweeter when with your girlfriend :) I loved the BGM.
@anand85ind Egg-jactly da !! So you watched along with your girl friend ?! ? I heard someone say that they saw you and your gf doing some sil-misham @ the corner seat of Kasi Theater ?
Is this blog or kumudham book? kisu kisu la include panirka..
Anyway, personalities enga ponalum ipdi kisu kisu irundhuktae dhan irukum.. :)
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