Rating: 3/5
Banners: Etike Entertainments, Y Not Studios
Cast: Siddarth, Amala Paul, Suresh, Ravi Raghavendar, Balaji, Shyam, Surekha Vani and others
Music: S S Thaman
Cinematographer: Nirav Shah
Director: Balaji Mohan
Editor: T S Suresh
Producers: Siddarth, Nirav Shah
Release date: 17/02/2012
Siddarth is making his debut as the producer and he has teamed up with few likeminded individuals to come up with a treat on love and its failure. Let us have a look
Story
Arun (Siddarth) is a college student and it is his story of how he fell in love with Parvathi (Amala). It goes on a flashback mode rooting to how Arun meets Parvathi, how they become friends and how that friendship blooms to love. And as is the case with any love matter, there is also a breakup episode to it. However, the thing that Arun is unable to understand is, why the love failure happened. On the other hand, Parvathi has trouble at her home as her parents Arvind, Saroja (Suresh, Surekha Vani) are going through a divorce. The story takes a turn when Arun goes to Yanam and it is here he begins to introspect on his relationship. Whether that helps him in any way? What is the reason for their love failure? All this forms the rest of the story.
Performances
Siddarth has gone through this role many times so it was more like a cakewalk for him. However, the characterization didn’t expect him to deliver some gripping acts so it was quite smooth for him.
Amala Paul is a natural beauty. Her smiles and her eyes spread a lot of magic and her ease in front of the camera is appealing. She was good.
Suresh was elegant and looked well suited for the role. Surekha Vani was contained. Ravi Raghavendra was appealing. Shyam was nice. The actors who did the role of Siddarth’s friends were hilarious. Director Balaji is also seen in two scenes and makes his presence felt.
Highlights
- Interesting concept
- Good depiction of Girl-Boy psychology
- Cinematography
- Background score
Drawbacks
- Second half melodrama
- No commercial elements
- Songs
Analysis
When the talk came that Dil Raju backed out of the project, many felt the film was sure to bite the dust. A rather low key marketing also added more belief to a few. However, few minutes after one enters the theatres, the film comes across as a surprise.
Here again, the story is routine boy-girl romance and the fights but the thing to note is, the way the entire thing has been packaged. Love is there from the age of dinosaurs but the manner in which it is conveyed to the audience and the message it carries makes a huge difference. And that was tapped rightly by the debutante director. He managed to weave some humour and mix it with the psychology of youngsters and the various stages of their mindset and their stand towards love. These things worked well.
On the flip side, this is a product catering mainly to the college going and multiplex audience. Of course, there is the track of Suresh-Surekha which contains something for the family audience.
Basically, it is a clean entertainer with no masala item songs or raunchy comedy dialogues. It is a regular daily life love story but with deep insight on psychology.
At the box office, this will strike a chord with the youth audience and given its modest budget, this is sure to reap profits.
Bottom line: Appeals for youngsters
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