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buildup to Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (Will
you cross the skies – for me) had
me on tenterhooks anticipating a good
romantic story and Gautham does it yet
again, with a touch of class.
VTV is sincere; it’s an honest attempt
at portraying a couple’s real life
rather than glossing it over to suit the
“reel”. Dialogue delivery
and timing was near perfect and was especially
noticeable during the comic scenes when
the audience erupted in laughter…step
aside side track comedy roles, this is
how comedy should be part of the main
story. Whoever wrote the dialogues has
obviously put a lot of thought into it.
Background score and songs are terrific,
no need to go into that here, we all know
A.R. Rahman and more accolades will be
coming his way.
The movie opens with Jessie (Trisha) at
the altar about to get married and Karthik(Silambarasan)
telling us that the problem is he is in
love with this girl who’s going
to get married. His narration then takes
us back to how the two met. Nothing fancy
here, boy meets girl, boy chases girl,
girl rebuffs all approaches because
1. she’s afraid that it won’t
work out because she’s a christian
and the boy’s a Hindu
2. She’s older than the boy by one
year
3. She doesn’t like the boy,
However our boy keeps pursuing and ultimately
wins. Well not quite!. The revelations
by Jessie are really cute when she reveals
why she got angry with him when he first
proposed. Two stand
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out things you can’t help but notice during
these scenes. Saree is still the best dress to portray
women in a hot and graceful way at the same time and
Gautham has been doing a very good job of it starting
with Jyothika in Kaakha Kaakha to Trisha who dazzles
across the screen here.
Secondly, Silambarasan’s friend Ganesh, who
keeps mentoring him in the foolish ways of love, has
the audience cracking up with his expressions and
punch lines, much credit should go to him for his
outrageously funny role here. For eg, he starts off
this line during one of their difficult times –
There are so many girls in the world and off all the
girls, you chose Jessie…why?
Also, the make-up or lack of it brings an element
of realness and Trisha and Silambarasan, especially
given his penchant for “superstar stuff”,
have really put in that extra effort which makes them
both click as a perfect couple on screen.
It’s then a roller-coaster ride of how the duo
enjoy each other’s company while the primary
obstacles they face are in the form of Trisha’s
dad and brother. Some things are so honest that they
need a mention here. For instance, Silambarasan is
not portrayed as “the” perfect hero who
does all the right things and this is brought out
quite well when he bashes up Trisha’s brother
while reasoning that he loves Trisha, not her brother
and dad. Another instance is the way Trisha talks
sweet nothings to Silambarasan and how he reacts saying:
“Did I just hear what you said?” because
in most cases, it’s the guy who usually tells
all these senti dialogues and Silambarasan’s
cute reactions are exactly how one would react in
real life.
Some other lines cannot be expressed in words but
I’ll give it a go anyway. After a fight, Jessie
says “I hate you”. Karthik’s instantaneous
reaction as if he knew what’s coming is “Thank
you”. She turns and she walks away and Karthik
says that she does this every time she gets angry
and that he’s seen her back more than anything.
Perfect sense of timing for comedy, of course you
probably need to be a Chennaiite to get it.
Another classic is when Jessie unable to put up with
her family’s restraints, calls Karthik and says
that she’ll elope with him at that moment, Karthik
says she cannot go and stay where he is now. Reason
being that he’s an assistant director on the
sets in another town and is having a really tough
time already (they show this but he doesn’t
tell Trisha about what’s he’s having to
handle). He tells her that it’d take some time
to complete his career related work and that he’ll
talk after he’s back but she takes it as him
not being there when she needs him and says she’s
sorry to have disturbed him and cuts the call. Later
Jessie is all confused and it’s her turn to
have gray shades to her character now. She’s
not clear on what she wants and asks Karthik to leave
but then hugs him saying she can’t be without
him and then again asks him to leave forever, all
within the space of one night. Simply unbelievable
that the director has not tried to stereotype and
create clear cut problems and solutions, but has tried
to show in a mature way what actually goes on in a
relationship.
Their journey continues and the rest of the tale is
told beautifully with twists and turns. It’s
for you to go see after this or I’ll be giving
out the story. I can only tell you it’s different
from what one would normally see towards the climax
stages and the way the ending is woven together.
Thanks,
Dilip
dilfrancis@gmail.com
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