Friends,
First of all,am neither a movie reviewer nor an endorser for any movies.If i like a movie,just add it to my favorite list and moves on to the next.Sometimes,only with few friends i discuss good movies and ask them to watch it.After all movies are another part of our entertainment just like cricket.Even last year,same time when "Naan kadavul" got released, i thought of writing a review, unfortunately i couldnt make it because i got drastic opposition from my close friend cricle that movie was below-average and deferred that decision(Anyway bala got a national award and was happy whether movie was hit/flop i dont care as long as the movie is upto my expectation.same is the case with Aiyarathil oruvan).
Now coming to the point,when VTV was announced,expectation meter soared very high only because of the crew (ARR with Gautham menon) not because of the cast.Gautham is well-known for bringing out the best from music director and cameraman apart from giving out his best..Remember nobody talks about the cast(Trisha and simbhu) here when the movie was announced.Such is the power of this crew.When the music was released it created big wave in south india(Especailly in TN and AP).Usually in gautham's movie,songs will be megahits both on-screen and off-screen..I still remember when Minnale got reelased in 2000,for another 2,3 years all youth got addicted this album.Then came "Kaka kaka" another blockbuster from Gautham and that album also runaway success from Goutham-harris combination.Similarly Pachi kili muthucharam..then the duo rocked in Varanam aiyiram.From 2008 to 2009 end,it was the only album that was played most in all over TN.
Finally once VTV album was launched,oh! man people went crazy and the album beat the expectations of the audience.Yes am not exaggerating,song are so pleasing and good to hear.
Good thing about Gautham's movie albums are the more you listen to,more you get addicted to.
Hats off to Thamrai for consecutively penning songs with nice tamil words..
Here,i want to make one point Gautham is the one who has been continuously naming his films in original Tamil words.My special thanks to him.
Anyway i wanted to watch this movie desperately and so were my friends.Movie was supposed to get released on 26th Feb 2010 here in USA.My friend bhuvan said movie is releasing on his state (Delaware) on Thursday(25th Feb 2010).So,my job was half-done yes,am not kidding bcz he ranks the movie very perfectly or atleast to my taste.So i thought i will come to know the results by Thursday night.He called me during interval and said first-half was really good.Then i slept and next day he said movie is simply awesome..I couldnt control myself from watching it.
I went on last sunday with 2 other friends.However i reduced my expectations as low as possible,Because last year many of the expected movies didnt fare well(Kandhasamy,Aadhavan,Asal).So i kept calm and played VTV album in car on our way to theatre.Of 4 guys,one guy is from HYD.He wanted to watch the film in Telegu(Naga chaitanya nagarjuna's son acted in telegu version).He was also as excited like us and we reached the theatre before 30 mins.
Movie started off with a great comedy during title when they showed "Young superstar" Simbu(Almost everybody laughed in theatre).Creativity was started from the title itself...
Hero was not introduced as a saviour who fights against evil forces or someone who dances to some opening song when ladies around him takes aradhana.It was rather a simple and decent way of introducing the hero.Kathik is young aspiring director who has nothing to do in his life except dreaming about his directional venture.His family rented the first floor of Jessi's house (malayali christian) and he lives with his parents and sister.Since he was jobless,he while away his time in house by doing nothing.He got attracted towards the beauty of Jessy who works in Polaris and falls in love.However she said she cant think of loving a hindu and a guy who is one year younger to her.Karthik keeps trying several ways to attract her.
Jessi also started loving him after several hiccups.But she was not sure about her love towards him rather confused to take a decision whether to stay with parents or go away with her lover.Meanwhile,some scuffle with Jessi's brother made karthik to beat him black and blue and they both turned enemies.At the same time Karthik was also trying to become assistant director and finally got a chance to work with K.S.R...Suddenly Jessi's parents found her a match and arranged for her marriage.They all left to Kerala for her marriage and simbhu also trying to follow them..After that what happens forms the story after interval.
Simbhu: After 5 years(previous hit was manmadhan),he has hit on his profile.He has done extremely well.No extra build-ups,no unwanted fight sequences.He is worth for this success.His acting is quite natural,in fact no acting is needed from him for this movie.
Trisha:Am not a big fan of her.After watching this movie,i was quite excited about her performance.Her on-screen chemistry with Simbhu is simply a visual treat.You will feel it on the screen if you watch it on the theatres.
You all would have thought what is their in this simple story.This is theme is no different from earlier love stories.But hang on.It is not about story,it is about the feel you get after watching the movie.In fact while watching also,it would make you feel the true love.There are no words to explain the feeling one gets after watching this..
Movie-making is not an easy task,it is like telling a story to 1000's of people who comes to theatre with variety of mindset.It is the success of the director who makes the crowd to drift their attention towards him...Gautham has got that presentation skill very much.His movies forms the best part of his life.Even death,disappointment can be shown positively only by him.
More over making a mass-movie is rather very simple.Take for example K.S.R's movies or Vijay movies.There will be 5 songs (2 kuthu,one opening song),separate comedy track,last half-an hour to speak non-stop dialogue against villain,5 fights(each 5-10 minutes),then romance,then sentiments.If you mix the commercial elements properly here,your movie is ready.Almost 75% of the directos are using this formula in the so-called Kollywood.Only certain directors like Gautham,Mani,Ameer,Bala are doing movies without this formula.Selva has also joined this league of late.
Here the point is it is not so easy to make a movie for 2 hours 40 minutes projecting 4,5 characters(in fact simbhu,trisha and cameraman(simbu friend in movie)).Very very tough task to play around with these 3 characters alone and still making the audience tied to their seat for 3 hours.
Another important aspect of this movie is picturisation.Even kerala looks more beautiful than New York(yes this movie also has some scenes from NYC,remember gautham;s VV,VA NYC scenes).Hats off to the cameraman Manoj..There are people who speak totally against this movie and its concept.I think they dont like neither Aiyarathil oruvan nor vettaikaran.So VTV is not an exception for them..Again am not exaggerating so much about this movie.It is purely my view,individual's taste's differs.
One good thing about tamil cinema nowadays is technically it is growing miles by miles every year.(Sharukh's fav cameraman Manikandan,Amitabh's fav cameraman Ravi.K.chandran,Ravi varman,RD Rajasekar,Kathir.they all have one thing in common,all belong to Chennai).That way technical aspects are so good in most of the movies.
I will write endlessly about this movie however i want you guys to write more after watching it in theatre.
Happy Watching.
Cheers,
Sambath (Alias) Karthik..oops! stilll i couldnt come out of the character...lol!
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