A DIFFERENT VTV REVIEW YET AGAIN
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A true tribute to love, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa couldn't have come at a better time and thus it not only resurrects Tamil cinema that has been rolling out annoyingly cockeyed experiments and demeaning formula flicks of late, but also thrusts it to a new level that can only be matched by pure magic. VTV has had all kinds of positive reviews from all quarters including the critics that mostly analyze the crucial movie-making aspects like direction, acting, music, cinematography etc and it wouldn't be wrong to declare that all these departments couldn't have blended better in this movie. Gautham's exclusive touch, ARR's hypnotic tunes, Silambarasan's innate acting skills, Trisha's ravishing beauty and Manoj's eye-popping visuals, though undeniably true, have been discussed and reviewed to death and therefore this review will not cover any of it.

If one takes a deeper look as to why this movie had a stupendous response, it would be quite evident that it deals with a subject that keeps human species from going extinct, which is apparently "Love" or call it "Romance" in a more youthful way. Love is one of the very few things that people go crazy for, not to mention money and power. It is always refreshing to see the lead actors in such a movie behave naturally while romancing and deal with realistic situations as we would see in the life of a boy/girl next door. It not only gives a pragmatic facet to the film-making but also provides a hardly-witnessed dimension of seeing ourselves on the big screen. Although
most successful movies have piggybacked on this aspect, VTV has easily managed to take it many steps further and achieved an insurmountable level of connectivity with the audience. When such a phenomenon occurs, movie-goers would not mind watching the movie over and over again, which in turn leads to its commercial success.

There are quite a few circumstances in the story that deserves special applause for its simplicity and true-to-life treatment:

1. Karthik is a youngster who has passed out of college and looking to take up a profession that is completely unrelated to his studies. A quick look at the percentage of people who fall into category will suggest that Karthik belongs to quite a big pie.

2. Karthik is obviously having a lot of free time until he establishes himself in his favorite film industry and love is most likely to catch up with him during that idle time.

3. He conveys his feelings to Jessie without much fuss and also abruptly, which makes Jessie wild though she agrees to be friends first because immediate acceptance would hurt her ego.

4. Karthik finds it very difficult to control his emotions and act as being a mere friend. Anybody who has fallen in love will agree with his state of mind as it would be very impractical to be patient and let the girl fall for you.

5. When Jessie gives up and confesses her feelings for Karthik that she had right from the beginning, she feels sorry for what he had to go through.

6. Karthik and Jessie exchange umpteen SMS messages, which show the restlessness that people in that age endure.

7. Jessie is completely uncertain of what she wants to do with Karthik and her father where she is left in a battle of choice between the two. As any person would do in case of a dilemma, Jessie chooses to forego Karthik only by chance and not by will.

8. A dejected Karthik after hearing the news of Jessie's marriage to another person, does not go into oblivion but succeeds in his new profession as a film-maker and ends up making a movie that portrays his own life. He also makes sure that the movie ends on a positive note where the lead actors unite unlike his own story. Any movie with a happy ending is more likely to succeed commercially, which is the reason behind Karthik's decision as it is also his first movie.

All these explain the frenzied reactions from the movie buffs in a positive way especially from the "Generation Next" or more technically "Generation Y". Various people in the industry keep talking about taking Tamil cinema to the new level though the visibility of that level is never fathomed except for a handful like Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam. The attainment of that kind of level does not necessarily mean acceptance and praise from overseas film industries because of the indigenous nature of our subjects. VTV has certainly taken good strides towards this and Gautham is not far from reaching it in the near future provided he stays impervious to producer's and hero's demands. So, it's not surprising that VTV will be remade in Hindi and Gautham will wield the megaphone again in an attempt to make Bollywood audience go gaga about it as he has already done that with Tamil audience.

Shyam
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