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| GOA
-A FUNATHON |
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Goa, you are immediately reminded
of fun, frolic, women and wine.
Venkat Prabhu's 'Goa' is no
different as the movie dwells
on all these things. With more
of a Bollywood feel, the movie
is 'funathon', that is light
and breezy all through without
any seriousness involved in
it.
Venkat Prabhu has managed to
keep his reputation intact.
Quite like 'Chennai 28' and
'Saroja', he doesn't take himself
very serious in 'Goa' too. All
is well but for few hiccups.
The movie sets out to explore
the changing relationships among
the youths including being ‘gay’.
But that takes very very little
of the screen space.
The movie revolves around three
youths who sets out on a trip
to Goa only with a mission to
fall in love with a white woman,
get married and go abroad. The
twists and turns they come across
in their mission makes up the
story.
A spoof of few popular Tamil
films and songs does add to
the merriment. With Premji,
Jai and Vaibhav around, one
is ensured of fun and frolic.
There are some surprises in
the form of Sampath Raj, Sneha,
Silambarasan and Prasanna.
The movie begins in Pannaipuram,
a remote village near Madurai
(the native place of Venkat
Prabhu's family). Three youngsters
Samikannu (Premji Amaran), Vinayakam
(Jai) and Ramarajan (Vaibhav)
are callous who spend all their
time doing nothing. Their acts
invite the wrath of the villagers
and the village panchayat decides
that the three should never
meet again in future for the
welfare and peace of the village.
The trio decides to run away
from the village and spend few
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days peacefully in Madurai. When they reach
their friend's place they come to know that
he has married a foreign woman whom he met
in Goa and that he would be flying to London
soon. This results in them deciding to try
their luck in Goa. They set off with a plan
to lure a white woman and marry her.
They come across Danny (Aravind Akash) who
helps them with food and shelter in Goa
and expose them to party culture. Roshini
(Piaa) a singer in a hotel falls for Vinayakam,
while Jessica (Melanie), a white lady follows
Samikannu from Madurai attracted by his
innocence. Now enters Danny's friend Jack
(Sampath), a gay who has affinity for Danny.
Soon Danny and Jack help the trio get an
image makeover and start helping them in
their mission. Ramarajan's life takes a
twist after he comes across Suhasini (Sneha),
a rich Casino owner in Goa. They get attracted
towards each other and eventually get married.
But the true colour of Suhasini is revealed
and he manages to escape from trouble there
with the help of his friends.
Vinayakam is finally convinced by Roshini's
sincere love while Samikannu gets wedlocked
with Jessica. After some twists and turns
in the story, all ends well and the boys
return to their village to start a new life.
Vaibhav has a surprise when he lands in
Pannaipuram in the form of Nayanthara.
Premji Amaran, Jai and Vaibhav have equal
screen space and they bring the roof down
with laughter. Premji is impressive with
his 'familiar one-liners' while Jai trying
to speak in English and Vaibhav getting
into trouble for his own acts are appreciable.
Piaa and Aravind Akash have meaty roles
to play while it is a surprise to see rough-and-tough
Sampath playing a gay. Sneha though appears
briefly seems to have shed her 'homely'
image to do a dare bare role. She has done
full justice to it. The rest of the cast
includes Vijayakumar, Shanmuga Sundaram,
Anandhraj, Sathyapriya among others.
Yuvan Shankar Raja is the real scene-stealer.
A total of 9 songs including Goa theme are
peppy and interesting to listen to. Sakthi
Saravanan's camera is equally appealing
capturing the sands and sea-shores with
clarity.
Goa is Soundarya Rajinikanth's maiden production
venture on behalf of Ocher Picture Productions.
Once can applaud her commitment in taking
the risk to deviate from the regular run-of-the-mill
stuff and try something different.
However on the flip side, the movie might
throw some shock to a section of conservative
film audience. Also the second half wanders
aimlessly and needs an immediate trimming.
At the same time, one has to say that Venkat
Prabhu was clear on what he wanted to do
on screen and has rightly delivered the
same. If you want to unwind yourself, forget
all logics and enjoy, then the destination
'Goa'
Verdict: Watch for fun
and Yuvan's music
Rating: 3.5/5
Gogul
gogulaneshwar@yahoo.com
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