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Pidichirukku Movie Review |
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Pidichirukku
Cast
: Ashok, Visaka, Ganja Karuppu
Direction: Kanagu
Music: Manu Ramesan
Production: Senbagakumar |
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Director
Kanagu, erstwhile assistant director to Linguswamy, debuts
with Pidichirukku for producer Senbagakumar. Incidentally,
Kanagu assisted Lingusamy during the making of the much-delayed
Bheema that is now making it to the theaters alongside Pidichirukku.
The movie stars Ashok as the hero (in his second film, after
the average grosser Muruga) and debutant Visaka as the heroine. |
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It’s
a plot we are all familiar with: boy from a humble background
falls in love with a rich girl, and the travails their
love takes them through. Kanagu keeps this clichéd
plot engaging by the fine little details he works into
the script. The story begins with Ashok meeting with
an accident when Visaka’s duppatta flies away
and falls on him. Ashok happened to be traveling behind
her in a bike. He owns a goods transport agency and
this accident turns things topsy-turvy. Visaka’s
sympathy for him predictably turns to love (in a by-the-numbers
manner we’ve become accustomed to) and the ever
so reluctant Ashok returns her love. But all the newfound
happiness blossoming between the two is short lived
when the girl’s father discovers their secret.
A desperate attempt by Ashok to win her back leads to
chaos. To get Visaka away from Ashok, her father takes
voluntary transfer and the family leaves for Pune. By
the time Ashok finds out, she is gone, leaving him shell
shocked. |
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His
long search for his love, and his toils to find her
with the help of his friend (played by Kanja Karuppu)
forms the rest of the story. All this leads to a pretty
interesting but not entirely unpredictable climax.
The events that lead up to the conflict in the screenplay
seem well composed and without glitches (barring the
aurally intolerable comedy by Ganja Karuppu). The
second half is when the screenplay becomes a paradox,
contradicting the hypothesis that it so far held and
even banked upon. Only Ashok’s struggles to
find Visaka are portrayed in detail, while her own
pain at being separated is hardly depicted, making
the audience second guess if their love is for real
or is just one sided. (The script doesn’t make
any attempt to explain it at the end either). An over-emphasis
on the hero’s quest (while in Pune) for the
heroine makes the second half a little disengaging,
blotting an otherwise smooth narrative.
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Ashok’s
performance in the romantic scenes (especially when
he is on the verge of losing hope of finding his beloved)
shows consummate ease. A promising future lies ahead
for this young actor. As for Visaka, there isn’t
much to write home about except to note that she breathes
life into the romantic scenes. Saranya as the heroine’s
mother gives a standout performance, while Kanja Karuppu’s
humor isn’t funny and is everything short of
aural torture. He needs better writers to pen situations
and lines that suit him. Sampath Raj who plays the
girl’s father, an ex-service man turned customs
officer, brings depth to his character.
Though music by Manu Rameshan seems to be in tune
with the movie, only two songs really make the cut.
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Verdict: A love story purely for young lovers dying
to see themselves in love stories about separation and longing.
Pidichirukku - Only first half
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