I remember a few months ago, I came across this photo on the June R 'Inru Isai Veliyidu' poster. I was so enchated that I stopped my bike to admire it for a minute.
Since the soundtrack was appealing, I added the movie to my list of movies to see. And naturally, when the movie finally came out, I dutifully downloaded it.
What a load of crap it turned out to be!! Put all the tearjerkers of the B&W era together and June R will still put them to shame. So much melodrama and artificiality!!
The characters in this movie exist in a parallel universe, where it is ok for someone to admit an injured stranger on the road to a hospital and start calling that person 'amma' from the next moment onwards. My parallel universe theory is validated by the injured person who immediately accepts her rescuer as a 'ponnu'. When I say immediate, I mean it. Literally!!!
Jyothika and Sarita play the characters in such unconvincing fashion that makes you wonder if they really cared at all. The mother and daughter start having a fun life together, and tragedy strikes in the form of Biju Menon's character who is Sarita's real son. He now wants his mother back and starts behaving 'decently'.
To explain the motive behind this new found affection, we have more unbeliavable characters introduced to us and they do even more unreasonable things. The only performance that deserves a mention comes from Khushbu who plays a lawyer friend of Jo's and intervenes to sort the matter out so that mother and daughter can live without any trouble from the evil son.
It is as if Revathi Varma (the director), made a list of cliches and checked it off a list. For example,
Orphan who grew up to be successful, but yearns for a family - check
Selfish son, who only wants his mother's inheritance - check
Daughter-in-law who prefers modern dresses and frequents a disco - check
Naturally she calls her husband 'Darling' (evil written all over it!) - check
Son's sudden change of heart turning to be more drama - check
I could go on like this, but what for?
Also there is a guest appearance by Surya (5 secs. at the most), which is an affront to the audience. (we have a pathetic story here, but we do have a glimpse of Surya for you.. come see it!!!)
Verdict: Avoid it like the plague!
Monday, February 27, 2006
Yeppa, Yeppa, Yeppappa
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The stills were so good that I thought that there would be al least something in the movie. good that the movie did not release at Satyam. Otherwise, maybe I would have watched it.
All said above is accepted!
U can add one more cliche'
Heroine into the same field-advertising, the only profession where she can dress gorgeously!
But we really have to give Jo her due credit for looking absolutely stunning all thro the movie! Her dress sense is something worth commenting upon, in this movie.
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