Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya Review

After a very long time , I went to a theater to watch a Tamil Movie , (the last movie I saw was BABA and I had taken a resolution of NOT watching a movie in theater !! ). This Theater is in Edison and its a completely Desi Theater, only Indian movies , Hindi , Telugu and Tamil.
Theater has Samosas , Masala Vada , Cardamom and Masala chai to name a few in the concession stand.
The actual screen was so small , it felt like watching a movie in a KPN travels bus from chennai to Bangalore !
After all the build up , the following are my views on the Movie

Story :
Boy meets a girl falls head over heels , girls father doesn't approve , what happens next ? The story can be written in one line , but the screenplay is the one which makes all the difference. The dialogues makes you chuckle ( when simbu asks Trisha "you could have gone to church in madras " !you have to see the movie to understand the context ).

Trisha looks good in certain angles ( but I was not able to see her Tattoo ! ) , she dresses up in saree most of the time and it really compliments her , also when she walks she has a duck feet and it sure looks funny when you look from behind. If we have to rub her makeup , it would take a day to look at her actual face. Certain scenes , particularly the ones in NYC , her makeup looks too clumsy. In some scenes , the dance between Trisha and simbu looks like a elder sister and a younger brother (remember the movie with Tabu and Abbas !! ) .


What I liked in the movie

1 ) Simbu has done a commendable job ( this was the first Simbu movie which I was watching on Theater! ) , none of his old mannerisms(his fingers were with him itself !! no more cracking etc and no punch dialogues).
2 ) ARR , I could not say anything bad , not only the music of the movie , the background score was also awesome (either the Mustafa Mustafa song in the middle , or the complete lengthy stretch during Simbu's search for Trisha in Kerala).
3 ) Camera, the camera has really played a vital role in the movie ,every song is a poem , particularly the song that was filmed in Italy and NYC. The boat which Simbu goes to meet Trisha's family , it has all the luxuries ( In all movies I only see a Apple Mac only !! ).

Things which I didn't like about the story

1 ) Trisha's character , very confused and in a complete disarray , she is not able to make a decision !! , she refuses marriage at the wee-end , and she dumps the guy , eventhough the guy comes back and says she will wait for her, once again she dumps him for someone else. Was she an opportunistic person just waiting for a better catch ?
2 ) The story goes in circles and it seemed like the director was confused on what to do with the characters after a while.
3 ) Trisha's voice(Chinmayi ! ) sounds too matured for her character, doesn't sync well with her.
4 ) The character of Ganesh , his voice is also very rough and it would have better if his voice was dubbed !!
5 ) I don't agree with the context , where a guy and girl have to be in the same field to have a successful life.


Overall its a perfect entertainer, don't expect much , but its a slow movie and may be a date movie.

Lage raho Munna bhai

I had this oppurtunity of seeing this movie (again) on Sony Max.What an amazing movie. This must be one of the best movies ever done in Indian cinema. Obviously the "Jolna bag" crowd will disagree with me , for them its only Sathyajit Ray films. 

Each and every scene in this movie was a lesson or a way to learn to be a better human being. How many of us did our research on Gandhi after that movie. Till that time Gandhi was a factor either hated and loathed or loved by people. This was the first one which said how to use it practically. The story of Jimmy Shergill and his father , the climax of the movie (no fights , no stunts nothing ) , how many of us would have expected that type of ending. 

I still cannot understand what makes a good film ?  

The more you say about India's poverty , the more famous awards the movie will get.  

Still cannot think why Lago Raho Munna Bhai was not named the best film of 2006 ,  it was given to KaalPurush.  how many of them have seen that movie ? Till now I have not even heard of that movie.  Even after the awards how many of them have seen/heard of that movie?

Why doesn't a best seller in the country be the best movie ? 

Each and every person who has seen this movie has approved it and watched it and appreciated in reruns too. Everytime when I see Lago Raho I cry. What a movie, yes it is a masala movie and everyone made money out of it. So is that the reason why it should be given all the awards ? 

Since there are few judges sitting in the benches who think they are much more acute thinking(JOLNA bags) than others. 

  When I was in India and when Doordarshan was the only one available , watching the movies which used to come at 1:30 in the afternoon. How many of them really were keen to watch those movies ? I would prefer to watch the "News magazine for the hearing impaired" than watch the movie. 

 So the criteria of a best movie is as follows 

1 ) Make sure its a bengali film or a Malayalam Film ( because people living in communist states make better films!!!!) .

2 ) One more word , I cannot understand this , the people of West Bengal , they cannot even see a change of Chief minister for 30+ years and they may be intellectual , and they prefer to live in a  authortative world than democracy.  The leader will be 80+ years and then he will pass on the mantle to his other sucecessor who will be 70 +.  Automatically he becomes the CM.  I will write more about communists in India , they are a funny bunch. They are either with one side or other , oppurtunistic airheads.  

3 ) Make sure that people outside of that state should not know that film. 

4 ) If the Film is directed by a famous bengali director , no questions asked. 

5 ) If the film has poverty and they should not be earning pennies and living in a place which is a slum  , add 20 points to it. (this will be sent to Oscars also)

6 ) The average guy in the panel will be a person will not have friends , neither cannot hold steady conversation with anyone or he will be from the person from the states where they are representing. 

 7 )  The Film should have an ending either the hero dies or leave it the audiences , so that they could break their head. 

8 ) Very very Important !! a NORMAL PERSON SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FILM. 

9 ) The movie should be very very slow ( I remember watching in a bengali film , where they show a old lady having a smile on her face, the entire focus in on her face and around 10 minutes she starts to laugh , going to laugh , ..... and then u patiently wait and then she smiles!! Voila !! , my goodness I would have shot myself)

P.S 

Jolna bags definition. You might have seen them everywhere in India. Typical looks are in the following 

1 ) Very powerful glasses 

2 ) always have a bag with them , which will have pens and a notepad. 

3 ) Will wear a Veshti/Jibba.

4 ) 4 day beard. 

5 ) Never say any good things about anything , always criticize about establishment.

6 ) In the young years , they must  be good smokers of Ganja and then later on the life they will criticize of people smoking ganja. 

7 ) Biggest Hypcrites of all. 

8 ) If you know about Tamil Writes , typical one is Gnani , he writes in Kumudam(O Pakkangal).

9 ) They must be crazy RSS idealogues. 

10 ) They are well educated , most of them have masters or Ph.ds.