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A beautiful and silent love story |
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| Behindwoods
Movie Review Board |
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Starring:
Prasanna, Udhayathara, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar, Rajesh,
Santhanam Harrish, Chitra, Rangavasan, Pondy Ravi, Javid
Iqbal, Neepa Varshini, Priya, Akila, Ashok, Singamuthu
Direction: G Marimuthu
Music: Dheena
Production: Mohan Radha |
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Love - it is the elixir of life. Love, they say can move mountains
and melt stones. Nothing can stop love and when love is sacrificed
for something more sacred, it is still love that wins. For
it is love that gives us the strength, and inspires us to
do things that our normal selves would not. Love isn’t
always about possession or being together-sometimes love also
means giving up, parting ways. There have been movies before
that have shown love in this light. Kannum Kannum joins that
league of rare films that have shown that love can be selfless.
A beautifully made, silent love story full of innocence. A
whiff of fresh air amidst the rush of popcorn romances.
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Prasanna plays an orphan in Chennai who has fought
a battle with his cruel fate and emerged successfully
as an engineer, ready to take on life. He has a hobby-
poetry, and wants to get one of his poems published
in a magazine. Much to his surprise he sees his poem
in the magazine but under the name of Shenbagavalli.
He tracks the origin of the letter all the way to
Kuttralam but the poetess' identity is a secret, she
had been using a pen name. Prasanna writes letters
to 'Shenbagavalli', a simple, chirpy and innocent
girl of Kuttralam played by Udhaythara.
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vibes that they shared soon blooms into love, unspoken
but understood, silent but strong, more platonic than
romantic. As they share their love through letters,
destiny brings them closer, within touching distance.
And yet the lovers don’t realize it. They loved
through letters hoping that some day the gods would
unite them for a lifetime. Little did they know that
their love was with them, near them, and that time
was fast slipping away. As close as they were being
brought together by the hands of fate, the farther
they were being swept away from their dream of living
a life together. When they finally recognize
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each
other, time has slipped. Destiny has put them in a
quandary where they will have to hurt their most beloveds
for their love and the decision they have to make
is not easy.
The film's message is that love is the most beautiful
of all of God's creations, it is meant to spread joy,
happiness and smiles. Love that hurts anyone so dear
is perhaps not love as love was meant to be. G. Marimuthu,
debuting with story, screenplay, dialogue and direction
has provided us with one of the cleanest, most honest
and endearing love stories of recent times. We can't
help feeling sympathetic (a few might feel empathetic)
for the young lovers but the director convinces us
that the ending could not have been different. The
screenplay is disarmingly cute, without any unnecessary
intrusions and devoid of unsavory commercial elements.
It is love, family and friendship all the way and
we can for once declare with confidence that this
is how a family movie should be. The dialogues have
to be singled out for special appreciation. The technicians
too have done their bit convincingly to help the movie
on all fronts.
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The only let down in the movie is Dheena's music. A more
imaginative score could have done wonders to this movie
that is already good. Instead, Dheena's score struggles
to pass muster. The brilliant lyrics of Vairamuthu seem
to have been squandered on some uninspiring composition.
Prasanna continues a busy 2008 with his third release in
as many months and after the hit Anjaathey where he played
the hateful baddie, getting back to the sweet lover role
will be cheered by people who like to watch this simple
guy on screen. Udhayathara (who originally began acting
with this film but eventually had Thee Nagar releasing first)
is really convincing as the bubbly and innocent college-going
girl of Kuttralam. The only real commercial element in the
movie is the parallel Vadivelu comedy track. Even though
completely disconnected from the main plot one cannot help
laughing at some of the predicaments he gets himself into.
The rest of the cast, which includes Vijayakumar as Udhayathara's
father, turn in good performances as well.
Kannum Kannum is a director's movie totally- the effort
shows; we can only hope that audience appreciation and the
box office outcome is strong enough to match the effort.
There have been times when such films have hit the jackpot
and times when they have been ignored. The only thing that
puzzles us is why it was two years in the making. Perhaps
good things take time.
And why haven't we revealed more of the story? Well, it
is too good to be on the web. A small, cute and touching
love story.
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Verdict: True Love is selfless
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