MyView - Vinnai thaandi varuvaaya

Gautam teaming up with Rahman for the first time was the main reason why i was looking forward to this movie and the excitement grew even more after hearing the songs.. Ah another masterpiece.

Before i talk about the movie, i need to mention the audio release. Never have i seen a Tamil movie music launch before where the focus was entirely on the music. I liked the way Gautam narrated the situation of the song followed by an unplugged version of the songs. The event was what it was meant to be - a musical evening.

Like the earlier Gautam Menon movies, this one too adopts a narrative style. We traverse through the movie along with Karthik, a guy next door. The good thing about the movie was that there was no stardom, no filmy scenes throughout. The events and the dialogues are so natural and close to real life experiences and it could easily have been borrowed from Gautam's personal diary, is it so Mr. Menon? :)

Simbhu and Trisha have given a very subtle and natural performance. Even the dance movements seem to be underplayed as though it was Karthik and Jessie dancing rather than Simbhu and Trisha. The dialogues were very casual but repetitive. I felt the movie moved very slowly particularly in the second half.

Kudos to Gautam for the way he has used Rahman's songs. I felt that Mannipaya song was misplaced. Going by the lyrics of the song, it could have fitted much better in many other spots in the movie than the place where Jessie for the first time shares her love to Karthik. Rahman has lifted the movie to a different plane with him BGMs, it was very refreshing. The female version of Aaromale was a pleasant surprise and absolute bliss. I would love to see Gautam work with Rahman more in the future.

The dual climax attempt was good but Gautam gave away the element of surprise during one of the earlier dialogues between Karthik and his sister.

Overall a decent movie, nice performances, great music. It's a refreshing movie away from the stereotypes but nothing to rave about. I don't think it's worth all the hype. The movie was a bit too slow to my liking. It's good not great!