A simple story, two buses collides and the flashbacks of the travelers. What hits the bulls eye, is the screen play. The initial 30 minutes where a bit confusing with too many cuts and moves with characters and locations but slowly you are pulled in to the story.
The director is a new comer M Saravanan and produced by the Gajini fame A R Murugadoss along with Fox Studios. ARM did a worthy gamble with debutant director and full credit to him for choosing the best possible crew for this movie. Besides screen play, another stand out part was the acting performances of the 4 lead characters. Specifically, Anjali who is maturing exponentially after each movie. I was under a opinion that Angadi Theru will always be her best performance but I am sure she wont stop at anything. After a long time, Tamil Cinema got acting potentials from female leads.
Ananya used her limited scope very well. Another cake walk for Jai, he is sure a directors actor. Debutant Shravanand impresses too. The comical events between Jai and Anjali,, not so practical but a unique flavor and enjoyable. The few minutes characters in the movie also makes a good impact and that for me, is another highlight.
The underline theme of the story is the value of life. Accidents and the associated deaths are just yet another news in the media but this movie did a good attempt to shows the emotions of many who are affected by the accident. The mind blowing bit was the actual accident and what happens inside the buses during those few seconds of the accident. This gives a feel of how gory it will be when you are physically there. I felt the movie was a bit too long with too many songs but, over all a wonderful movie to watch for the thought provoking Screen play.
Getting back to the driving habits of mine, I decided to come out of the adventurous age and be rational when am on wheels again. Looking forward for the pleasant Durban road trip next month : )
2 comments:
Good movie ... We also liked it very much ...
Personally, I like the Jai - Anjali episodes and wifey liked the Shra - Ananya episodes.
As Aravind mentions, I think it is a very very sensible movie and too brilliant a debut for the director.
I am starting a fan page for Anjali very soon and expect to see your 'Likes' there ;-)
Overall, a shot in the arm for all people who drive carelessly. It does not matter how many years you have been driving. It just takes 5 seconds of carelessness for the applecart to break loose and get ugly. Drive safe.
Ara: Nice review. Even before I opened the mail, for a brief second, I hoped that the mail was about 'Engeyum Eppodhum' and you did not disappoint ;-)
Make praveen kumar read this, if you can
Lokee
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