Vinnaithandi varuvaya: my take


Is the movie about love at first sight? Yes and no. Maybe familiarity (also) breeds love. When one sided love is the cinematic-ally established normality, when the other end too feels it, then its (blessed) co-incidence. And when you are deep into it, you make promises, whether it is realizable or not. But you have to, to get the going.

A boy(karthick) actually(not hero). Narrates his story to us. Watch it without the pre-concluded characterizations. Quite a few movies are a visual real life event. The few-worded guy, who chases his love. In life, something happens in the flow. It depends on whether u allow this 'flow', or u discredit it. He took it by the flow. He believed it is his love. And stood by it. Till the end of the movie. Maybe till he 'moved on'. Or not.

The other religion girl's dilemmas throughout. The on-screen aesthetics(costumes). Her unwillingness to take the plunge. Beautiful portrayal of a girl (also) in love, who want to have it all, and quite different from stereotyped tamil heroines. Trisha could have done it better. GVM should have picked some other emoting girl for the lead. Especially when she asks karthick to move on, there's lack of emotional display. Only the dialogue delivery by Chinmayee helps.

The background music is blaring at times. ARR did an experimentation, his usual now-a-days.

The climax is a director's trick. Though ending not so like 'hero and heroine lived happily for many years' , it leaves a lasting impression. Awesome depiction of the feel of love towards the end. Especially when karthick displays his angst hiding his tears while describing his girl.

Love is a feeling. There is no success or failure rates to it. This movie illustrates it. I regretted(and that is also a feeling) what happened to karthick when he tells us with emotionally cracking voice what exactly is love. I couldn't agree more.

This movie's one of a kind. Accept it as it is.