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A
true tribute to love, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
couldn't have come at a better time and
thus it not only resurrects Tamil cinema
that has been rolling out annoyingly cockeyed
experiments and demeaning formula flicks
of late, but also thrusts it to a new
level that can only be matched by pure
magic. VTV has had all kinds of positive
reviews from all quarters including the
critics that mostly analyze the crucial
movie-making aspects like direction, acting,
music, cinematography etc and it wouldn't
be wrong to declare that all these departments
couldn't have blended better in this movie.
Gautham's exclusive touch, ARR's hypnotic
tunes, Silambarasan's innate acting skills,
Trisha's ravishing beauty and Manoj's
eye-popping visuals, though undeniably
true, have been discussed and reviewed
to death and therefore this review will
not cover any of it.
If one takes a deeper look as to why this
movie had a stupendous response, it would
be quite evident that it deals with a
subject that keeps human species from
going extinct, which is apparently "Love"
or call it "Romance" in a more
youthful way. Love is one of the very
few things that people go crazy for, not
to mention money and power. It is always
refreshing to see the lead actors in such
a movie behave naturally while romancing
and deal with realistic situations as
we would see in the life of a boy/girl
next door. It not only gives a pragmatic
facet to the film-making but also provides
a hardly-witnessed dimension of seeing
ourselves on the big screen. Although
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most
successful movies have piggybacked on this aspect,
VTV has easily managed to take it many steps further
and achieved an insurmountable level of connectivity
with the audience. When such a phenomenon occurs,
movie-goers would not mind watching the movie over
and over again, which in turn leads to its commercial
success.
There are quite a few circumstances in the story that
deserves special applause for its simplicity and true-to-life
treatment:
1. Karthik is a youngster who has passed out of college
and looking to take up a profession that is completely
unrelated to his studies. A quick look at the percentage
of people who fall into category will suggest that
Karthik belongs to quite a big pie.
2. Karthik is obviously having a lot of free time
until he establishes himself in his favorite film
industry and love is most likely to catch up with
him during that idle time.
3. He conveys his feelings to Jessie without much
fuss and also abruptly, which makes Jessie wild though
she agrees to be friends first because immediate acceptance
would hurt her ego.
4. Karthik finds it very difficult to control his
emotions and act as being a mere friend. Anybody who
has fallen in love will agree with his state of mind
as it would be very impractical to be patient and
let the girl fall for you.
5. When Jessie gives up and confesses her feelings
for Karthik that she had right from the beginning,
she feels sorry for what he had to go through.
6. Karthik and Jessie exchange umpteen SMS messages,
which show the restlessness that people in that age
endure.
7. Jessie is completely uncertain of what she wants
to do with Karthik and her father where she is left
in a battle of choice between the two. As any person
would do in case of a dilemma, Jessie chooses to forego
Karthik only by chance and not by will.
8. A dejected Karthik after hearing the news of Jessie's
marriage to another person, does not go into oblivion
but succeeds in his new profession as a film-maker
and ends up making a movie that portrays his own life.
He also makes sure that the movie ends on a positive
note where the lead actors unite unlike his own story.
Any movie with a happy ending is more likely to succeed
commercially, which is the reason behind Karthik's
decision as it is also his first movie.
All these explain the frenzied reactions from the
movie buffs in a positive way especially from the
"Generation Next" or more technically "Generation
Y". Various people in the industry keep talking
about taking Tamil cinema to the new level though
the visibility of that level is never fathomed except
for a handful like Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam. The
attainment of that kind of level does not necessarily
mean acceptance and praise from overseas film industries
because of the indigenous nature of our subjects.
VTV has certainly taken good strides towards this
and Gautham is not far from reaching it in the near
future provided he stays impervious to producer's
and hero's demands. So, it's not surprising that VTV
will be remade in Hindi and Gautham will wield the
megaphone again in an attempt to make Bollywood audience
go gaga about it as he has already done that with
Tamil audience.
Shyam
a_shyam41@yahoo.co.uk
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Varuvaayaa, Silambarasan,
Gautham
Menon, A.R.Rahman,
Trisha |
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