How long will ManiRatnam keep spinning the same yarn? Two Lovers of different personalities, a conflict in the background (Kargil here), beautiful scenery/photography, Warm fuzzy music - these are the main chess pieces around which he tries to sugarcoat and spin different movies. Roja was cute, because it worked at various levels. Geetanjali (Telugu) was all IlaiRaaja show; Bombay, we nodded our acceptance despite its flaws, because the music was going for it big time; Dil Se was further slide down, but the music, photography and other assorted stuff sustained it as a well-received hit. If we really observe, we see this pattern, the above formula packaged with songs, technical brilliance as some great movie.
Same trend continues in this movie. There is literally no story here. It's Mani's self-indulgence of two characters from his imagination taking form and doing illogical things. And to make it worse, Karthi with his weird facial expressions (sometimes like a Rapist, sometimes like a goon) to bring Mani's PC character into flesh is unable to do it. It's a pity, because Karthi can act and unfortunately not able to pull it off here. And AditiR - she with delightful look which the camera seems to be kissing all the time in frame after frame - it gets too repetitive and at times it seems we are seeing DeepikaP or a Aishwarya Clone. Apart from this two characters, rest of the cast are mere props and have no connection to the story in any way. Less said about the escapades of Karthi and his buddies from Pakistan/Afghan prison, the better. Maybe ManiRatnam should be sent by Army to plan our release/escape of Kesh Jadav! Totally illogical.
Overall, a big letdown.
Same trend continues in this movie. There is literally no story here. It's Mani's self-indulgence of two characters from his imagination taking form and doing illogical things. And to make it worse, Karthi with his weird facial expressions (sometimes like a Rapist, sometimes like a goon) to bring Mani's PC character into flesh is unable to do it. It's a pity, because Karthi can act and unfortunately not able to pull it off here. And AditiR - she with delightful look which the camera seems to be kissing all the time in frame after frame - it gets too repetitive and at times it seems we are seeing DeepikaP or a Aishwarya Clone. Apart from this two characters, rest of the cast are mere props and have no connection to the story in any way. Less said about the escapades of Karthi and his buddies from Pakistan/Afghan prison, the better. Maybe ManiRatnam should be sent by Army to plan our release/escape of Kesh Jadav! Totally illogical.
Overall, a big letdown.