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Yaaradi Nee Mohini Movie review |
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Starring:
Dhanush, Nayantara, Raguvaran, Karthick, Karunas, Mano
Bala
Direction: Jawahar
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production: R.K. Productions |
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‘You
guys going to work?” asks a distressed and unemployed
Karunas - accompanied by Dhanush - to a few girls waiting
in the bus station. There you have the quintessential Danush
plot: a jobless youngman, his love-at-first-sight, a far from
considerate and a subject-of-abuse father, and a love embroiled
in an inconsiderate relationship. Yaaradi Nee Moghini is smartly
packaged with everything inevitable in a Dhanush movie. With
subdued emotions that hardly ever go overboard and in your
face humor, director A. Jawahar gets everything right. Well,
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Dhanush
is a happy go lucky guy desperately in search of a job
despite his bare minimum qualifications. One of those
job-search episodes makes him catch a glimpse of Nayan
who works for a software company. Dhanush falls instantly
in love and luck favors him to secure a job in the same
company, much to his delight, in Nayan’s team.
While Dhanush nurtures his love for Nayan secretly,
she turns a blind eye considering his lack of education
and proper upbringing. And when he reveals his feelings,
Nayan turns him down, further humiliating his father
Raghuvaran, leading to death. Although secretly in love
with Dhanush, Nayan, considering her orthodox Brahmin
background, decides to be married to Karthick instead.
The wedding has already been planned by her parents.
However, in the end, she expresses her love to Dhanush
the night before the wedding. Now it is for Dhanush
to decide whether to accept the love that cost him so
dearly or to turn his back and pretend to lead a normal
life.
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Dhanush has immense scope in a role that is tailor-made for
him and he pulls it off with consummate ease. Be it as a distraught
jobless youngster or a love struck man craving for the impassive
dream girl, the job couldn’t have fit anyone else this
well. Nayan dispels her bombshell act and proves that she
can more than just that. She breaks into tears when needed,
shows vicious contempt when rubbed the wrong way in the name
of love, and looks endearing in songs.
Raghuvaran’s performance deserves a standing ovation
and is a proof of how magnificent an actor he was. Ironically,
there are scenes in the movie that has Dhanush perform Raghu’s
last rituals that will reduce a viewer to tears.
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The
humor goes with the flow, and scenes like the whole
family of a dozen’s trip to the textile shop
in a single vehicle is sure to bring the house down.
Karunas establishes that Dhanush brings the best out
of him yet again. Remember Polladhavan? However, it
is hard not to frown, and often sneer, at the dialogue
since it has B & C center audience written all
over it.
Director Jawahar has neatly packaged the movie with
less melodrama that is surprisingly tad unusual for
a movie that focuses on a love story of a girl hailing
from an orthodox family. Yuvan’s rerecording
breathes life into the movie. So do the songs. Three
of them linger long after you have left the theatre.
Special mention must be made of the item number performed
by a desi Shakira in the train that averts folks from
sneaking out of the halls for a smoke. Kudos to the
cinematographer who has captured Australia’s
vibrant landscape breathtakingly. Bhaskar’s
editing helps keep up the pace of the movie.
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If you do not mind the usage of crude language, especially
between a father and a son, and the dialogues in general that
seem a little bent towards a B and C center audience, you
are in for a total treat in the Dhanush brand style.
Few fries short of a happy meal!
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