Vinnai thandi varavillai

Guys, here is my review of Vinnai thandi varuvaya.

Movie: Vinnai thandi varuvaya
Cast: Silambarasan, Trisha, Ganesh
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Music director: A.R. Rahman
Storyline: A guy falls in love with a girl at first sight. The girl denies her love in the beginning…gradually accepts it but leaves him in the end.
Bottom-line: Old wine in new bottle (Courtesy: Sujatha:-D)

The cliché love story again! Love at first sight…opening song illustrating guy’s love for the girl; Guy proposes, girl denies, and then agrees to be friends! Girl finally falls in love with him, but leaves him in the end when she realizes they cannot end up together. To sum up, VTV is just another love story that we people have seen and read and heard of. So, what’s new about this love story, one may ask. Well, as mentioned above, it’s just old wine in new bottle. But wine, they say (having never tasted it myself ;)) tastes sweeter and better as it ages. But unfortunately, that is not quite true in this case.

Let’s start with the pros of the film. One of the biggest, or if I may say, the biggest asset of this movie is, without a doubt, its music! Kudos to the Academy award winning composer Rahman for his heart-melting tracks. All I can say is, he has done it again. Be it the peppy Hosanna or the musical delight Omana pennae, one cannot help but get addicted to his music. Rahman’s wonderful music accompanied by Thamarai’s beautiful lyrics is just wow!!! The thirukkural addition in “Mannipaaya” is something very new. Lines like “Ananivarum urangidum iravenum neram, enakkadhu thalaiyanai nanaithium neram” in Mannipaaya, “Kadhal kondu naan pesa…kathi thooki nee veesa…pakkam vandhu thottu pesum kanavugal kandaen….innum satru aruge vandhu muthamum thandhaen…ithanai nadandhum kadhal illai yenbadhu sariya…aanaai naanum pennaai neeyum irupadhu pizhaiya”, in “Kannukkul” bring a small smile to your lips! If you have only listened to the movie’s album, you have only experienced half of the magic. You have got to go to the theatre to see the awesome cinematography of the songs. They are simply wonderful. Hosanna, shot in Malta, Omana pennae, showing the vast expanse of the blue sea are visual treats! A round of applause to the art director Rajeevan, for portraying Rahman’s music so beautifully. Small touches like when Karthik (Simbu) squeezes Jesse’s (Trisha) feet, Karthik’s joy when he first sees Jesse and many more light up your face and warm your heart. Also, this is without a doubt, the best movie of Simbu and Trisha, yet! What a make-over for both of them! They have never looked better. I was actually cheering for Simbu’s entry!!! The director sure knows how to groom his stars…! Nalini’s costumes are to be appreciated. The actors have done a pretty good job. Trisha, especially, has given her best to this role.

Coming to the cons, well, they are many! First of all, the dialogues were a major let-down. After Vaaranam aayiram, I am sure all our expectations were sky-high. Mine were of course, the same and boy was I disappointed! Some of the dialogues were so…cheap! I mean, I, for one, definitely did not expect the classy Gautham menon to write such dialogues. The movie’s pace was also extremely slow. Jesse’s characterization was poor and showed her as an extremely confused person. She rejected Karthik 4 times!!! (I am not kidding!) First she refuses, then accepts, then refuses, then accepts, then refuses…gets engaged to another guy, leaves the poor guy at the altar, then accepts Karthik again and finally refuses! Phew! Karthik sure has a lot of patience!!! :P Also, the editor should have been careful with the twist in the end. When “Anbil avan” started, people actually thought the movie had ended and started leaving the hall, thereby missing the most important part of the film. The editor should have given a hint of some sort that the movie was not over yet.

The film was definitely disappointing if you had any expectations. However, if you didn’t expect anything great and definitely not something like Vaaranam aayiram’s magic again, you will probably like it!

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