Have you ever fallen in love ?? Have you ever experienced the joy and pain given by love ?? Vinnai thandi varuvaya cherishes your old memories , makes you feel nostalgic, makes you happy for your successful love , makes you cry for your lost love. VTV captures all the emotions people go through when fallen in love. The script is simple , " Lovers, Different religions, Problems " . But the talent lies in filming it on screen for 2 hours without making the audience bored, and Gautam has succeeded in it.



Positives:

Simbhu : Finally Simbhu can also act. People will be surprised to see the new Silambarasan, adaki vasichufying with no finger moments & punch dialogues. He plays the role of Karthi, an engineer passout aspiring to be a film director. The moment he falls in love with Trisha , the way he handles her parents , reacts to trisha's anger,voice modulation and climax emotions, Simbhu has shown maturity in acting. No exaggeration. Irunthalum valakam pola cycle gap la adikadi kiss ah potturar.


Trisha : Trisha has never been such beautiful. Credits to Gautam again. She looks like an angel with such a haunting beauty. Trisha kaha mattum ethana thadava venalum pakkalam. Plays the role of Jessi & portrays the girl next door image. So cute , So simple & so homely. Perfect cast and she emotes well, especially when she expresses her confusions about love to Simbhu.


Manoj Paramahamsa :
He has given a feel good experience throughout the movie. Be the clear waters and lake houses of kerala or the foreign locations , every frame looks fresh and crystal clear.

Simbhu's Friend : Though this character irritated me initially with his dialogue delivery, later with the course of the movie, he made his presence with his funny one liners making the audience laugh.


Gautam : Written and directed by Gautam. Needless to mention Gautam is good at penning love scenes which was evident in minnale and Varanam ayiram. VTV also has some notable love scenes. Simple characterization and effective dialogues like "Ivalo per irunthu nan yen Jessiya choose panninen ?? " fits in the apt places. Tried some twist in the end which most of the tamil audiences will not prefer as we are always used to happy ending.


AR Rahman: Well , When all the above mentioned positives tried their best to bring out the feel and emotion , it is this one man , the Mozart and his music , without which we wouldn't have felt any feeling. He scores right from frame one introducing Thrisha with the heavy bass guitar Aaromale prelude. Aaromale and Vinnai thandi varuvaya plays through out the movie. Hosanna and Omana penne were pictured beautifully. Aaromale finds the right spot and the guitar just touches you soul. Without Rahman , VTV is nothing.Bet me You can't resist humming the songs once you come out.


Negatives:

1. Most of the scenes have traditional Gautam's touch. The woo scenes are reminds of Varanam ayiram. You may find it boring at many places. The song sequences also have traces of his previous flicks.

2. As a general rule of Gautam's movie, people talk a lot of englipis.

3. Second half is little lengthy occupied with the remaining songs. Moving to a foreign location often slows down the pace of the movie. The fight scene is something which is unwanted.

4. Story wise there is nothing new to offer. For those who are interested in story and something new this movie will let you down for sure.

Final Verdict: Go for it. Sure you wont be dissapointed coz ARR & Thrisha worth watching. A feel good movie.

P.s: Getting crazy over Thrisha. Athan konjam over ah photos upload panniten.

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"Do you know Grammar?" She asked with a smiling face.
My eyes switched over from Chetan Bhagat's 2 state to Kamali,the little girl of standard Five.Again she asked " Do you know grammar?"
"Yes" I lied.
"What's the difference between homophones and synonyms?" She asked.
"Err what ?" I said. Even though I heard the question clearly.
"Ice and Eyes sound similar but they are different. That is homophone. Now what is Synonyms ?" .
I couldn't understand that was intentional or she wants to learn.
"Did you ever heard of the term 'அருஞ்சொற்பொருள்' in Tamil" I asked.
She gave a filthiest look on the term 'அருஞ்சொற்பொருள்' as if I have uttered any bad word.
My guess was that with such fluency in English , she should be doing her schooling in Bangalore and that weird look confirmed it . I knew continuing with my peter englipis wont last long, So switched my conversation to Tamil.
I was thinking how to explain this kid, she took the book from my hand and started turning pages.
Again a question popped up , "Why are you reading this book?"
This is the problem with kids. Lot of why's,what's and where's .
"I like reading. You will also be reading such books when you reach my age."
She read the cover page "2 states - The story of my MARRIAGE" and replied with a cunning smile "Now I understand why you are reading this book ".
I had nothing to answer for this.
She asked me a few puzzles as if I m in for any interview. I rely on Microsoft calculator rather than my algebraic qualities. There was no MS calc this time and entire coach was watching us and I had to prove myself to the kid & I did proved myself.
Before she asked anymore questions I asked " Whats you ambition?"
"Ambition na ?? "
"Your future goal?? "
"Ohh..You mean what I wanna become ?? I want to be a software engineer. Everyone in my family is a software engineer. I don't want to be a doctor. You know what,to become a doctor you need to study for 5 years. There are a lot of things to study also. I never want to be a doctor."
I never expected this answer from her. All I remember was I wanted to be a 1st rank holder. That was my only ambition till 9th. More worse is that when asked for "what is your ambition?" in self assessment form, my friend wrote doctor since he doesn't know the spelling for engineer.
But kids now a days are very intelligent. One thing was very clear, these kids are not just what we think they are. Their thoughts and maturity level are independent and far beyond our imagination.
Cheers,
Prem.
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When I commented Ayirathil Oruvan didn't meet my expectations, my friends said its because of the mixed reviews that I read before watching the movie. So I decided not to read any reviews on Tamil padam, next much expected release. That was the biggest mistake.


Tamil Padam is just a high budget high school skit, with bits and pieces of movie spoofs that doesn't stick together to meet the expectations that the trailer has created. The director has picked the scenes that he wanted to spoof and some how tried to bake a story out of it. So the movie hangs out at some places with irrelevant scenes and story telling. More than 60 percent of the spoofs were a plain mokkai and irrelevant especially those of nattamai scenes , cinema patti , raping a boy, climax fight and a lot more. Except for few one-liners & spoofs none of the scenes were rib tickling.

The only best thing that we did was not opting for multiplexes. Also my sincere apologies to Guru, who came to the movie just because of me and was in ultimate kolaveri after watching this.

Plus :

1. Mirchi Siva: Dialogue delivery and modulation being his added advantage, occupies the entire frame. Even though few scenes are bloody mokkai , his body language saves some laughter.

2. Kannan : Only music reduces the irritation the movie. All songs match perfectly to the mood and especially ' Oh Magazeiya ' was a super melody yet wasted .

Minus
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1. Nakul, Siddharth, Bharath: Are these characters added up just because they add some more hype & expectation to the movie. The trio doesn't have anything to deliver but to cracks jokes which makes the audience irritated.

2. Dhisha : Adding up to the irritation factor is the heroine. Her on screen presence sucks. Yet another north Indian product who doesn't know to act , never tried to act btw. Looks like director should have given a bubble gum and adjusted in the rerecording.
Instead of stomach ache all we got was a head ache.

Final Verdict
- Wasted 3 hrs + 60 Rs + 1 hr for writing this post [ When I started writing this my roommate said padathuku time waste panninathe perusu ithula ithuku vera time waste pannanuma, so adding that as well].
The trailer is far more better than the movie.

I hope GOA doesn't disappoint me.

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Prem.

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காலேஜ் முடிச்சாச்சு, நல்ல வேலையும் கிடைச்சுடுச்சு, டீன் ஏஜ் முடிஞ்சு போச்சு , இன்னும் பாக்கி இருக்கற ஒரே கடமை கல்யாணம் தான். பத்தாததுக்கு கூட படிச்ச நண்பர்கள் கல்யாணம் , பாத்ரூம்ல தல முடி கொட்டற ஸ்பீட் , எல்லாத்தையும் பார்த்தா வயசு ஏறிகிட்டே போகுதுடா கைப்புள்ளனு மனசு அடிகடி notify பண்ணுது ..


லவ் மேரேஜா இல்ல அரேன்ஜிடு மேரேஜான்னு பட்டிமன்றம் எல்லாம் ஏற்கனவே பல G.D ல பேசி பழம் தின்னு கொட்டை போட்டாச்சு .. அதுவும் இல்லாம 'Premnath' ன்னு பேரு வச்சவுனுக்கு எல்லாம் லவ் மேரேஜ் பண்ணி வைக்கறது இல்லன்னு வீட்ல வேற ஸ்ட்ரிக்டா சொல்லிட்டாங்க . ஸோ இப்போ என்னோட கன்பியூசன் ஆப் இந்தியா எல்லாம் ஹவ் எஜக்ட்லி இந்த அரேன்ஜிடு மேரேஜ் வொர்க்ஸ் ன்னு தான்..

வொர்க் ஃப்லோ இன்
அரேன்ஜிடு மேரேஜ் :
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1. பொண்ணு / மாப்பிளை போட்டோ எக்ஸ்சேஞ் . போட்டோ புடிச்சு இருந்தா தான் அடுத்த பேச்சு வார்த்தயே ..
[ இங்கதான் நம்ம ஆளுங்க Photoshop / Beauty parlour ன்னு சும்மா பின்னி பெடல் எடுப்பாங்க ]

2. ஜாதகப் பொருத்தம் , 10 க்கு 7 தான் பாஸ் மார்க் , இல்லாட்டி ரிஜெக்டெட். சில சமயம் TUESDAY தோஷம் ன்னு இஸ்யு எஸ்கலேட்
ஆகும் . அதுக்கு work around ah இன்னொரு TUESDAY தோஷம் பொண்ண தேடணும். crazy Buggers..இல்லாட்டி மறுபடியும் ரிஜெக்டெட்.

3. பொண்ணு / மாப்பிள்ளை வீட்டில இருக்கற மக்களோட கேரெக்டர் அண்ட் ப்ராபர்டீ டீடேல்ஸ் எல்லாம் பாக்கணும்.

4. மாப்பிள்ளை கல்யாண சந்தைல நல்ல விலைக்கு வந்தா வாங்கிட வேண்டியது தான். அதுலயும் இப்போ எல்லாம் ஃபாரீன் மாப்பிள்ளையோட ஷேர் வ்யால்யூ எல்லாம் எக்கச்சக்கம். நல்ல வேலை மற்றும் நல்ல சம்பளம் வாங்கினலே சந்தைல நல்ல விலைக்கு விற்பனை ஆகலாம்.

5. பெருசுங்க பேசி முடிச்சிட்டு பச்சை கொடி காட்டினத்துக்கு அப்புறம் தான் , புரிதல் படலம் ஆரம்பிக்கும்.

6. அதாவது , குடுக்கப்பட்ட 3 மாசத்துக்குள்ள ஒருத்தற ஒருத்தர் ஃபோன்ல பேசி புரிஞ்சுக்கணும். அந்த ஆயிரம் காலத்து பயிரயும் 3 மாசத்துல அறுத்து எறிஞ்சரணும். எங்க பாஷைல RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTன்னு சொல்லுவோம். இது எப்படினா ரிஸல்ட் தெரிஞ்சிக்கிட்டே எக்ஸாம் எழுதற மாதிரி. ஒருததற ஒருத்தர் புடிச்சுதான் ஆகணும்.

7. கடைசியா டும் டும் டும்.

என்னோட கேள்வி எல்லாம் ஒரு துணி எடுக்கவே அஞ்சு, ஆறு கடைல 4 மணி நேரம் செலவழிக்கற நம்ம இந்தியன் மென்டாலிட்டிக்கு , 40 வருசம் கூட வாழப்போற லைஃப் பார்ட்நர் அ எப்படி ஒரு போட்டோவா பார்த்து முடிவு பண்றாங்கன்னு தான். இப்போ கட்டாயம் புடிச்சே ஆகணும் அப்படீங்கற மனநிலையோட தான் பேச ஆரம்பிப்பாங்க.. இந்த சூழ்நிலைல எந்த அளவுக்கு உண்மைய ரெண்டு பேரும் பகிர்ந்ததுகுவாங்கன்னு சொல்ல முடியாது. ஒரு சின்ன தவறு கூட பின்னாளில் பெரிய விரிசலுக்கு வழி ஏற்படுத்தும். பொண்ணுங்க மனச புரிஞ்சுக்கறத்துக்கு கண்ணதாசன் எவ்வளவோ ட்ரை பண்ணியும் முடியல , இதுல எங்க இருந்து 3,4 மாசத்துல பேசி நம்ம புரிஞ்சுக்கறத்து !!

இப்போ ரிஸெஸ்ன்ங்கரதால கல்யாண சந்தைல நம்மல மாதிரி ஆளுங்களோடஷேர் வேல்யு வேற கம்மியா போய்ட்டு இருக்கு. ஆயிரம் தான் சொல்லுங்க, சின்ன வயசுல இருந்து எல்லாத்தையும் பார்த்து பார்த்து செஞ்ச பெத்தவங்க , இதுல மட்டும் தப்பு பண்ணுவாங்களா என்ன?
அரேன்ஜிடு மேரேஜ் மட்டும் இல்லாட்டி என்ன மாதிரி பல எலிஜிபல் பேச்சிலர்ஸ்க்கு எல்லாம் கல்யாணம்னு ஒரு விசயம் பகல் கனவாவே போயிடும். அப்பறம் இதயம் முரளி மாதிரி கடைசி வரைக்கும் காலேஜ் ஸ்டுடென்ட் ஆ வே இருக்க வேண்டியது தான்.

இந்த சமயம் பார்த்து T.V ல ஓடற பாட்டு

"மனதில் நின்ற காதலியே மனைவியாக வரும்போது ,சோகம் கூட சுகமாகும், வாழ்க்கை இன்ப வரமாகும் "

என்னா டைமிங்கு !!

காலம்
தான் பதில் சொல்லணும்.

நன்றி
பிரேம்.

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Two lessons that I learnt after watching yogi
  1. Never watch any movie with the same gang that watched THEE.
  2. Even though lesson 1 happens, never sponsor for the tickets.

Yet another director turns into an actor. This time its Aamir who joins the list of S.J Surya , Cheran, Sundar.C. Yogi,one who does anything for the sake of money,ranging from robbery till murder. Escaping from police after a robbery, he finds a baby inside the stolen car. How the intervention of baby, changes the destiny slum rowdy is the one liner of the movie.

Aamir, someone who took tamil cinema to different heights, failed miserably as an actor. Aamir's acting was decent, he wears jeans and dances, walkes throughout the movie like Billa, excessive buildup using BGM like pokkiri Vijay, dialogue delivery like paruthiveeran karthi, Hulk mannerism.. Even the characterisation is not portrayed clearly as aamir dances & laughs with his gang only during the initial song sequence & remains silent for the rest of the frames. Madhumitha has done a splendid performance, but it's aamir who occupies 90 percent of the frames. Though the songs doesnt stay with the mind yuvan has made his presence in the BGM's. But again 'Engayo ketta Padal' . Lyricist Snehan was so amateurish.One thing that really sucks is the amount of reality and originality, directors like Aamir & Bala want to showcase in their movies. The baby only knows to which extent it has been tortured. Reality really bites. Wonder how these scenes escaped censor. Cinematography was excellent.

Not as THEE , this time we managed to watch the full movie.

YOGI - Big disappointment from Aamir.

P.S : Read that Aamir's yogi is a frame by frame copy of Tsoti , an Oscar award winning african movie. Also this movie is selected to be screened at the Dubai film festival. Lets see wat Aamir has got to answer for this.

P.P.S : Planning to watch Dr.Vijay's Vettaikaran. Should clarify the doubt, is that Amazon falls or Niagara falls that he jumps in the trailers??

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Prem.

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