It was very apt for me as I set out to watch this movie on Feb 28th, which was a full-moon day..what a co-incidence..!! That incredibly beautiful moon increased my anxiousness to watch the movie.
The plot is the same old grandfather time’s story where a hindu boy loves a christian girl and due to religion & some misunderstandings, they suffer to unite. Gowtham Menon has offered some twists and turns in this tale to give us VTV. Thats’ all.
Coming to the review:
Introducing "Young Super Star" Silambarasan , who has changed his body language and styles totally and is available as a fresh new "actor"..! Trisha looks adorable with her saree looks. (Caution: Keep your wife away when Trisha comes in Saree..!!) The on-screen chemistry between Trisha and Simbu has worked out very well and the romance factor is well shown with their acting, dialogues & their mannerisms. The costumes selection is also very good.. both of them wear real-life simple costumes.
Ganesh , who is also one of the producers, appears as Simbu’s mentor, as he fills the humor role with some "timing-comedies".
Gowtham Menon’s themes like the dialogue delivery styles, camera angles.. and his romance Mannnerisms , like Surya pumping his chest on seeing Sameera reddy in Vaaranam Aayiram.. is all there.
Songs & background music by AR Rehman rocks. He has once again shown why he is the academy award winner. But somehow, his music does not go in sync with the storyline. Maybe because we have seen more of Gowtham Menon - Harris Jeyaraj combination work out wonders, that, it may take us time to adjust to it..
Cinematography is excellent with beautiful song locations. Manoj’s camera work is brilliant & Antony’s editing is good too.
But, it is the narration and the script movement in the 2nd half where the concerns rise .
All that Gowtham Menon wants to say is that Reality is different from wishes. What we wish to happen is different from what exactly happens.
The First-half shows us a cute, straight forward love story and the second half just messes it, drags it and spoils it. There are too many songs and they spoil the continuity. Come on Guys, there is no law that a movie should have more than 5 songs. Seems like, if a movie like 2012 is made in Tamil, the lead pair will go for singing a duet when Newyork is under earthquake.. funny..!!
Though Trisha accepts in the movie that her character is full of fluctuations and indecisiveness, till the end, we are not sure if she really loved Simbu. At times, she hugs and kisses him, and at times, she chases him away saying "there’s nothing between us, its all over"..!! The title "Jessy oru kelvikuri" would have suited even better.
Throughout the movie, Simbu keeps asking a question.. " there are several girls, why did i love Jessy (Trisha) ? ".. Nobody knows the answer.. At the end of the movie.. number of audiences were asking a question to themselves.. " there are several movies, why did i come to see VTV"..!!
May be that, after Vaaranam Aayiram, our expectations tripled and hence I'm not liking this VTV.. But still, this one’s not quite what one expects from Gowtham Menon .. let him better start directing police stories. that suits him better.
So, another Tamil movie with nothing new (except the songs).
Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya - paaka pona, Theatre’a thaandi varuvaaya..!!
WATCH IT IF YOU MUST - BUT DO LISTEN TO THE SONGS WITHOUT FAIL.
