It was a brilliant move from Gautham Menon to have banked upon working on the looks and expressions of Trisha and Silambarasan to bring out a totally fresh Jessy and Karthik, and has succeeded in making the audience go deep into the characters. To support the effort of bringing freshness, Cinematographer Manoj Paramahansa has put in great work and used brilliant lighting giving the screen a ‘never seen before’ feel! And to perfectly enhance the aura created by the above two components, then comes the genius Rahman’s totally fresh music. The mind soothing music perfectly complements the feel of the movie.
It is quite impressive to see Simbhu’s and Trisha’s performance. So much improvement in the girl's acting, she uses her chin so much to differentiate her expressions beautifully. Bites her lower lip and uses the chin to express anger and irritation. She couldn’t be seen any cuter. Of course she has ‘lived’ the character. Simbhu’s is an unbelievably a total image makeover. The actor has reinvented himself making us forget his previous image completely. And a decent play by the other supporting actors, but the casting could have been even better. New faces could have been a better choice.
The laudable work in this romantic drama is the incredibly pleasant scene chemistry brought out in a very fresh feel between two very familiar faces which the Tamil audience have watched for a long time before.
Even though the film's conflict had a good strength, the place where Jessy declares to drop off is a bit weaker. In the break-up conversation that midnight in front of their house she gives reasons and is in such a mess to end it up and send Karthik off. Of course she had spoken to Karthik before of the possible issues but the parting scene seems to be weak in reason. It could have been better. Also, the time duration of them hanging out together as happy lovers could have been extended a little. It was just ‘6 months’. It could have been an year to make the break-up appear more serious and impactful. A relationship that as just for some 8 months is not deep enough to stir emotion in the audience.
The scene at the open restaurant couldn’t have been any better. A desperate Karthik and an angry Jessy. Amazing performance by both of them. And what exactly is the purpose of the scene when Karthik drops Jessy in a street near her house, after they spend time alone at Ganesh’s newly built house and return when is Karthik shown getting upset? Jessy leaves after a ‘bye’. Quite a normal situation. A critical back ground music plays and Karthik is shown upset. What does he get upset for? The sequence is confusing.
The fairly good screenplay, dialogues and actor performances have put in enough levels of realism ('yedhaartham' as they fondly call in Tamil cinema). Guess what the foremost weakness of the movie lies in? ‘Dialogue’ I am not commenting on the total set of dialogues in the movie, but almost 70% of it. Not that they are not good. But they aren’t tightly stitched. Gautham seems to have been a little careless about crafting the dialogues. Of course, practically the dialogues are valid since common people would talk in such ways, but still there was a large unused scope in the film in portion of dialogues.
And yeah, the humour chemistry between Ganesh and Simbhu has worked out pretty well! Ganesh’s typical Tamil voice has added to the humour essence. Audience loved his expressions, especially during the tensed conversation between Simbhu and the latter at the Church. But what’s with the dubbing? The lip sync for Ganesh was so poor, in all scenes and made it look very odd.
It is quite impressive to see Simbhu’s and Trisha’s performance. So much improvement in the girl's acting, she uses her chin so much to differentiate her expressions beautifully. Bites her lower lip and uses the chin to express anger and irritation. She couldn’t be seen any cuter. Of course she has ‘lived’ the character. Simbhu’s is an unbelievably a total image makeover. The actor has reinvented himself making us forget his previous image completely. And a decent play by the other supporting actors, but the casting could have been even better. New faces could have been a better choice.The laudable work in this romantic drama is the incredibly pleasant scene chemistry brought out in a very fresh feel between two very familiar faces which the Tamil audience have watched for a long time before.
Even though the film's conflict had a good strength, the place where Jessy declares to drop off is a bit weaker. In the break-up conversation that midnight in front of their house she gives reasons and is in such a mess to end it up and send Karthik off. Of course she had spoken to Karthik before of the possible issues but the parting scene seems to be weak in reason. It could have been better. Also, the time duration of them hanging out together as happy lovers could have been extended a little. It was just ‘6 months’. It could have been an year to make the break-up appear more serious and impactful. A relationship that as just for some 8 months is not deep enough to stir emotion in the audience.
The scene at the open restaurant couldn’t have been any better. A desperate Karthik and an angry Jessy. Amazing performance by both of them. And what exactly is the purpose of the scene when Karthik drops Jessy in a street near her house, after they spend time alone at Ganesh’s newly built house and return when is Karthik shown getting upset? Jessy leaves after a ‘bye’. Quite a normal situation. A critical back ground music plays and Karthik is shown upset. What does he get upset for? The sequence is confusing.
The fairly good screenplay, dialogues and actor performances have put in enough levels of realism ('yedhaartham' as they fondly call in Tamil cinema). Guess what the foremost weakness of the movie lies in? ‘Dialogue’ I am not commenting on the total set of dialogues in the movie, but almost 70% of it. Not that they are not good. But they aren’t tightly stitched. Gautham seems to have been a little careless about crafting the dialogues. Of course, practically the dialogues are valid since common people would talk in such ways, but still there was a large unused scope in the film in portion of dialogues.
At many places the dialogues expressed amateurishness of the writer. For instance, in the scene where Ganesh and Karthik move out from the Church after Jessy stops the wedding, “sir ippo enga sir poradhu, vaazhkayoda paadha enge podhunu therilaye…? Ganesh: cross roads of life nu solriyaa…nalla irukuda un philosophy…” What sense does this dialogue make? Majority of the dialogues in the movie fail to give the satisfying effect. Not to hate the few of them that were very poetic: “avanga yaarum un kannale enna paakla pole”, “ulagathula ethanayo ponunga irundhum naa en sir jessy ya love pannen” etc. Although the dialogues didn’t fail big to tell the story better, they should have been carefully taken care of, after all Gautham seems to have intended to make quite a perfect film.
And yeah, the humour chemistry between Ganesh and Simbhu has worked out pretty well! Ganesh’s typical Tamil voice has added to the humour essence. Audience loved his expressions, especially during the tensed conversation between Simbhu and the latter at the Church. But what’s with the dubbing? The lip sync for Ganesh was so poor, in all scenes and made it look very odd.
Next damage: There were a few scenes and shots which totally disturbed realism and made it seem that the Director was trying to push information in a deliberate way rather than ‘showing’ it. Two such examples - Scene 1: When Karthik tells his dad about his ‘film maker ambition’ for the first time, when they are in a casual walk. The scene is so artificial. Instead of realistically showing, the scene ‘tells’ information. Scene 2 (rather a shot): When Karthik hands over an envelope to Ganesh telling that his first film project has been approved and the latter is going to be his cameraman. They just sit on a sofa and the shot begins like a stage play. I mean these were places that were stitched so loose.
Hats off to Rahman! Another magnificent set of composition that has perfectly blended with the mood of the film. The movie had great choice of locations. Another conscious move from Gautham to enhance the pleasance of the story by choosing elegant places to shoot. My only worry is that when there was so much easy scope to make it a masterpiece with a few more moves, Gautham failed to make it one. The film could have been more phenomenal if he had been more meticulous.
Did you realize? Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa has a negative climax (Karthik and Jessy fail to realize their marriage and live together) and yet this ‘Tamil’ film was a super hit! Well, that’s a fruiting experiment. Vinnaithandi Varuvaya: A beautiful and poetic romantic drama which has a totally fresh and pleasant aura having a few imperfections here and there. All the imperfection didn’t matter to the youngsters who sure loved the movie thanks to that they could relate more to Karthik, Jessy and their families. Nevertheless a worthy watch!
