Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Eppadi Manasukkul Vandhai review

The Plot
Yet another movie where a hero (Cheenu) from the streets falls in love with a beautiful unsuspecting girl (Mithra). The hero is unkempt and looks like trash yet the girl trusts him and even lets him live with him at a point of time. He somehow gets admission into a happening fashion institute which is named LIFT (???).

He has to contend with Mithra's close friend Sam (who also lives in the same apartment with Mithra). Sam also treats him as a good friend until one foolish move by Cheenu makes Sam see red, justifiably too. Poor Sam loses his life too as Cheenu just can't control his manic rage.

Now the killer has to save his ass. He manages somehow and turns into a full fledged rogue as he keeps eluding detectives and a cunning policeman. You don't empathize or root for this hero one bit.

Cheers
  • The heroine Tanvi Vyas looks luscious. Super figuru pa !!!. She is the only reason you might even want to tolerate this flick. She sucks at acting though particularly the serious scenes. 
  • Spunky show by Irfan. The hero's poor friend also provides a bit of fun during the initial 'dhobi' scenes.
  • The film picks up some interest as we realize that this guy Cheenu is a killer but after that nothing garners our attention.  
Jeers
  • The hero Vishwa though physically capable and decent at emoting just doesn't impress thanks to his shaggy dirty style and irritating voice. His characterization doesn't score any brownie points unlike some of Tamil cinema's earlier psycho / eccentric lovers. 
  • The scenes showing the hero's extra-ordinary intuitive capabilities are again a big "kaadhula pooo"
  • Too many songs with most of them being lackluster, particularly the 'kuthu' numbers. Baffling positioning too. 
Comments
  • The plot and screenplay have a huge resemblance to Naan, which released a few days after this. Naan scored but this sucks almost. 
FINAL WORD
Partly interesting, has a super doll as the heroine but the shaggy hero and the logical liberties make this movie an ordeal towards the end. 

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