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| GNABAGANGAL
MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Pa. Vijay, Sreedevikha
Direction:
Jeevan
Music:
James Vick
Production:
Vil Makers |
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There
need not be many reasons for
a powerful love story, replete
with everything necessary to
leave you with a lump in the
throat. However, the inexcusably
sloppy direction that paves
way to poor story telling methods
leaves the end-product just
another mediocre fare. Gnabagangal
leaves a lot to be desired,
actually quite a lot, and for
starters, the way the story
is handled.
The story is said to have based
on a real-life incident and
it’s easy to see why the
fragile theme needs to be carefully
handled. Gnabagangal has the
kind of story that poses the
risk of sounding way over-the-top
melodramatic or just plain clichéd,
if the treatment lacked sensibility.
After receiving the President’s
award, Pa. Vijay, as lyricist
Kathiravan, travels to Haridwar
to meet Sridevika. As Pa. Vijay
recollects his memory about
Sridevika, the viewer is taken
through a series of flashbacks
that narrates how they were
once in love. By then you pucker
up and start guessing the subsequent
scenes. As probably predicted
by you, Sridevika is married
off to a rich diamond
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merchant, against her wishes, who dies after
losing all he had in his business leaving
a house and an insurmountable loan. Although
she tries to hide the fact of her husband’s
death from her old flame, Vijay finds that
out soon enough that she is in penury.
Vijay comprehends that the house is in mortgage
and will be gone from her hands in a few
days. Distressed at the plight of the love
of his life, he leaves behind a few gifts
and a blank cheque to proceed to Tajmahal
to write poetry in front of the monument,
in a bid to find peace. But when Sridevika
finds out that it’s not only poetry
he’s up to, it proves to be a little
late.
Although
not a saving grace for the movie, Vijay
tries his best to accommodate all the required
emotions whilst on the job and succeeds
to an extent. But it’s the movie’s
predictability, a downer owing to the poorly
written screenplay and the subsequent direction,
that lets his performance making it a lost
ball in the high weeds. The dialogues, interspersed
with his poetic interludes, might go down
well with his fans. They are often crisp,
albeit most of them being soggy.
Sridevika’s
character earns sympathy in a few scenes
– like the one in the climax. But
since they are very few and far between,
her character also lacks the required credibility.
The Gnabagam Illayo Thozhi song highlights
the heartache and grief surprisingly well
– better than the acting could do.
In the end, what could have been a heartrending
tear-jerker tale of love and sacrifices
turns out to be a trite fare that wallows
in self-pity.
Verdict:
Love, not as lovely!
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