Intro
The most refreshing love story ever told in the Tamil film medium. Because of the lack of tragedy our tamil (and mallu) audiences might not give it cult status like the films 'Johnny' or
Guna.' Question is will our audiences digest a refreshing romantic comedy that for the first time looks at a realistic portrayal of love, although a slightly optimistic one...
Guna.' Question is will our audiences digest a refreshing romantic comedy that for the first time looks at a realistic portrayal of love, although a slightly optimistic one...
Synopsis
Why is love such a hard subject to deal with? After a fallout with the love of his life, Arun (Siddharth) reflects on 'what went wrong.' The narrative shifts constantly between what happened before the fallout (in the past) and what is happening now as his close friends are in transition- one of them about to marry another just about fell in love (the present).
The above line might be hard to understand, as the sentence formation might be flawed, but the narrative in the film is so flawless that you hardly ever get confused - why you don't even think about it.
The above line might be hard to understand, as the sentence formation might be flawed, but the narrative in the film is so flawless that you hardly ever get confused - why you don't even think about it.
Good
A romantic comedy which keeps it really really real. A guy who messed it up so bad that his lover throws a glass at him. A friend who has fallen in love and another friend who loves giving cheap advice which gets you into more trouble. The movie takes you into the stages of a romantic relationship. The initial stages of intense romance, the middle stage of taking each other for granted and finally the final stage of it all falling to pieces because of circumstances that expose the second stage of indifference....
It's a sort of a men are from Mars, women are from Venus. But with a comical twist that will send chills down your spine if you have ever been through a breakup and laughter down your belly if you have ever watched idiot couples breaking up for silly reasons.
An excellent movie that uses modern narrative techniques like 'mocumentary' where the artists give a documentary type interview within the film. And the non linear narrative which is seamless as mentioned in the intro keeps the audience thoroughly engaged...
The movie is for everyone... because even though it does not dumb down audiences as out Tamil serials do, it keep everyone laughing and the closeness of the script to everyday occurrences will surely make it a 'super hit.'
It's a sort of a men are from Mars, women are from Venus. But with a comical twist that will send chills down your spine if you have ever been through a breakup and laughter down your belly if you have ever watched idiot couples breaking up for silly reasons.
An excellent movie that uses modern narrative techniques like 'mocumentary' where the artists give a documentary type interview within the film. And the non linear narrative which is seamless as mentioned in the intro keeps the audience thoroughly engaged...
The movie is for everyone... because even though it does not dumb down audiences as out Tamil serials do, it keep everyone laughing and the closeness of the script to everyday occurrences will surely make it a 'super hit.'
Bad
The second half started with a rather boring note where the sub plot of the marrying friend takes over for like ten minutes. But 10 minutes of boredom is engulfed by 2 hours of good story telling so its negligible.
The music is a little distracting at times...
The music is a little distracting at times...
Ugly
Are we living in a breakup culture? The underlying angle in this film is that communication (or lack of it or mis-communication) is the primary reason for breakups and that this is largely due to male female dissimilarities. There are also skewered expectations of money and time...
This film reflects how as a culture we are so ill prepared to deal with these... As a culture we don't teach our young as top how to deal with this and so we (Indian's) either break up or lead a dysfunctional married life.
Are we living in a breakup culture? The underlying angle in this film is that communication (or lack of it or mis-communication) is the primary reason for breakups and that this is largely due to male female dissimilarities. There are also skewered expectations of money and time...
This film reflects how as a culture we are so ill prepared to deal with these... As a culture we don't teach our young as top how to deal with this and so we (Indian's) either break up or lead a dysfunctional married life.
Marks- 8/10.No cult status, but definitely the best romantic comedy the tamil film goer has ever seen.
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