Eye am insect why a da???

Confused?? It’s just one of my crazy iterations of a movie title. Reads out as Kannampoochi yenada…which can also be interpreted as Hide n seek why da? :). beginning to sound like a Parle ad.. :P

I know I suddenly seem to be on a movie watching and review writing spree, but rest assured, this torture is about to end for all you folks out there. This is the last one I’ll be writing for sometime, I think. :)

Now about the movie, it has Prithiviraj and Satyaraj playing the male leads. But if you go in expecting it to be loaded with fun like Mozhi, you are bound to be disappointed. If you go in expecting to be entertained for 3 hours, rest assured the money is worth it.

This is a commercial entity in comparison to Mozhi and so you’ll get a tad more melodrama than you might have been expecting. There is more romance, more sentiment and more dumbness in the flow of the story, though I should say it’s not bad at all. It has lots of comedy which will have you laughing throughout the film pretty much till the end, but as I said, it isn’t the perfect comedy film, so it may not really tickle your senses at times with what might have been perceived as comedy by the script.

The roles aren’t impeccable or anything but yeah the artists get the job done pretty decently. Sandhya isn’t really much of a pretty gal, and she doesn’t really emote that well either in this film.

It is a movie to which you can go sit with your family and have a good laugh. A decent commercial family entertainer.

Om Shanti Om.....

Disclaimer:

I don't understand Hindi, and what I've understood about the story is from what I saw. Taking this review at face value may put yourself at considerable risk.

You may wonder what a guy who does not know a word of Hindi was doing at the theatre. Actually I do know a few words coming to think about it, but it isn’t going to make any difference obviously. So the reason as to why I watched to movie starts with D, ends with E, is 5' 9" tall and is Bloody GORGEOUS. Boy does she sizzle on screen as Shantipriya. I was just in awe at the aura that surrounded her. I could just about imagine myself in the exact same position as Shah Rukh in the film when he just switched to another planet completely at the scene of the Premier of Shanti's movie Dreamy Girl. It was for real.

She did justice to the role I believe. Next with Mr. King Khan. I haven't exactly been a fan of his, but yea he is a nice guy with a nice personality and was pretty apt in his role too. Plus he did some sexy Ab showing to let the gals drool as well :) ...

Now for the story. It ain't any great script. But the star studded cast and pretty decent acting make up for it. The little spoofs were fun to watch :) Specially the one with Akshay Kumar.. :D

I kind of nowadays understand the emotions attached with love and what Om feels for Shanti is not something new. It's something we've seen quite often on screen actually, both in Hollywood and Bollywood where a normal guy falls for a star of some sort. But yeah love, hmm it's a delicate topic and am not in the mood to dwell on it so lets move on.

The burning of Shanti with the set is Bizzare though. Pretty dumb actually, didn’t make much of sense to me. The re-incarnation bit dwells on supernatural stuff which have pretty much no answers so that shall be left untouched as well.

Mickey I mean Mikey or Mike as our villain is called in Hollywood does a pretty good job of acting, though I would like to have a word with the Americans who supposedly shrunk Mukesh to Mike. The lack of correlation stumps me. He might as well have been called speaker or tweeter.. :P

I was kind of expecting the Ghost of Shantipriya to show up at some point of time in the climax to give a huge twist and she did not fail me. Her sense of timing impresses me.. :)

The image of Shanti’s ghost looking at Om with a tear in her eye as she leaves still stays. I tell you, Deepika has left a huge impression in my mind….

Disclaimer part 2:

If you don’t understand a word of Hindi, it’s alright, go watch the movie. You should be able to appreciate it for most of the part, but if you don’t wish to be lost like I was at several times, it’s best you take a translator who will sacrifice watching the movie & explain each line or better still just get an original DVD with English subtitles or Learn Hindi….

Vel Vel Vetrivel....

I know there have been a million reviews on this. But since my topic starved blog needed something to give it life, and I could not find anything to write upon, I thought why not this??

So anyways, Vel is one proper entertainer. It has a proper smart looking hero, and a very cute n gorgeous heroine..(:P) plus a regular item- The mostly dumb and hopeless Villain, who finally seeks his own death. there is nothing really special about the movie, but it can keep you glued to the screen and that in itself is its crown. Surya has got all the 'geth' factor he could possibly have. Asin plays her charming self. I do wonder if she is really like that in nature, because i've noticed that most of her characters have similar characteristics. Ok before this becomes a platform for Asin mania, lemme say she is one of those few actors who can really carry off a role decently without too much skin show. She may not be the best actor, but she surely does not put the role into the gutters like several other barbie dolls who can't emote at all.

The case of the lost twin has been the subject of way too many flicks. What does seem confusing or should I say what a coincidence is that in all the movies the twins find their long lost siblings. How on earth is it possible that out of a population of several millions, the twins always find eacch other???! Am sure the Police could take some useful tips from these people. Atleast we might have less missing people in India.

one redeeming factor is that the twins here don't have any birthmarks or family songs to identify each other with. Phew!! One guy just walks up to the other guys family and causes havoc, finally making them agree that the other guy was adopted and not their own!!

Wait. i think i better stop here. Tamil Cinema never works on logic. I should not be looking at logic here. But I can say that this movie has been more logical that most other commercial films. The movie is worth a watch with good dialogue, good action, nice songs, a regular dose of comedy and of course the usual fun n frolic. All in all a movie to watch with the family, and you won't have any regrets.