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Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
One time watch
Due to prolonged delays in the release of the movie, the element of surprise in the plot is really lost.
A movie as now evident to most of us, revolves a full circle on both the lives of a father and son (both donned by Surya) First scene - We see a visibly dying, older Surya. His slow but painful death is informed to his army son (Again Surya) who is in the middle of a rescue mission.
The story is then told in flash-back with a voice-over from the mourning son - its starts from the early life of his father and continues onto his life - childhood, adolescence, Love, loss, drugs, rehab, and finally in the army.
His love for his father is told time and again in the way he says "Daddy".
The movie has no great depth in plot, but the sentimental factor is on a high. I could see most of the women in the hall, weeping bitterly.
Love in all forms is expressed in a very subtle but warm manner.
If you want to know the trophy of the movie.....its got to be Surya....This must be one of his finest performances....Be it the father, as a total cool-head or his son, as a clichéd young blood.
Also the six-pack would make all the girls scream their hearts out.
The gracefully older looking Simran too puts up a fine act...
Sameera surprisingly looks pretty and Ramya is wasted...
Music is a fine blend - another great composition from Harris. Except that 7 songs makes the already 3+ hours of runtime seem much longer.
Reco: Movie of a plain-types, but definitely worth a watch, if you can afford to ignore some, out of the place action scenes; like that of a kidnap and rescue et al.
Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004)
Something non-linear about it
Just watched this movie for the umpteenth time, since 2003. The catch of this movie would be the non-linearity with which it moves, similar to that 'Alaipayuthey'. This could give you the feeling of watching a Tarantino movie.
Remember watching this movies with my folks and I had to make them digest the way the story moved with the individual perceptions of the main 3 characters.
The title of the movie is a Tamil vowel, which are 3 dots, signifying the 3 of them.
Some may feel parts of the movie as redundant as they are repeated time and again. But they do blend well in the course of time.
Kudos to Maniji for making an actor of each one of them. Even non-performers have done their bit.
Better watch the movie if you still haven't.
High-Light: Of course Madhavan