Athu Oru Kana Kalam: Very slow
Srinivasan(Dhanush) runs from one end, Thulasi(Priyamani) runs from the other and they both embrace each other and kiss. A cliched ending to an astonishingly-slow 'Adhu Oru Kanaa Kalam'.
Maybe this is how director Balu Mahendra set about this venture. I have a one-line story, two decent young actors, a cameraman and a gifted musician, so how do I fill scenes so that the one-line is streched for three hours? So, I gotto have the usual erotic song(I have no clue why he chose to put in the the beginning and end up with no songs in the second half), the sober-looking Dhanush, a chase sequence, some 'amma' sentiment, some college 'kalai' ... and that's the end of it.
Rich boy loves poor girl. Families don't approve. Due to some fight, our rich boy hero lands in jail and is, as usual, harassed. Oh, the horrible conditions they have in jail(the director fails to realise that we've been shown such stuff a million times). And then, a kind-hearted policeman re-joins the lovers. People, let's just hope that they are many more inspectors and policemen in our force; then, anybody could committ a crime and rejoin his heart-broken girl.
To make things worse, the movie moves at snail pace. Three long hours taken for what could have been taken in twenty minutes.
Before the release of this movie, it was tipped that it would be career-saving for Dhanush, specially after his 'Dreams' debacle. It certainly isn't. Yes, Dhanush plays his character well but it's hard for such a movie to run to packed houses. I think Dhanush has to bank on his brother Selvaraghavan's 'Puthupettai'.
Priyamani, after wearing hep, modern dresses in 'Kangalal Kaidhi Sei'(remember the 'Aah Aah Thamizhamma..' song?) changes to pavada-davani for this role. And, she looks comfortable in it. She looks very pretty when she raises her right eyebrow. Yet, it's a role that she could have played(sorry, not played, but cried) in a mega serial and not on the mega screen.
'Athu Oru Kanaa Kalam' is a very slow, very insipid movie.
Maybe this is how director Balu Mahendra set about this venture. I have a one-line story, two decent young actors, a cameraman and a gifted musician, so how do I fill scenes so that the one-line is streched for three hours? So, I gotto have the usual erotic song(I have no clue why he chose to put in the the beginning and end up with no songs in the second half), the sober-looking Dhanush, a chase sequence, some 'amma' sentiment, some college 'kalai' ... and that's the end of it.
Rich boy loves poor girl. Families don't approve. Due to some fight, our rich boy hero lands in jail and is, as usual, harassed. Oh, the horrible conditions they have in jail(the director fails to realise that we've been shown such stuff a million times). And then, a kind-hearted policeman re-joins the lovers. People, let's just hope that they are many more inspectors and policemen in our force; then, anybody could committ a crime and rejoin his heart-broken girl.
To make things worse, the movie moves at snail pace. Three long hours taken for what could have been taken in twenty minutes.
Before the release of this movie, it was tipped that it would be career-saving for Dhanush, specially after his 'Dreams' debacle. It certainly isn't. Yes, Dhanush plays his character well but it's hard for such a movie to run to packed houses. I think Dhanush has to bank on his brother Selvaraghavan's 'Puthupettai'.
Priyamani, after wearing hep, modern dresses in 'Kangalal Kaidhi Sei'(remember the 'Aah Aah Thamizhamma..' song?) changes to pavada-davani for this role. And, she looks comfortable in it. She looks very pretty when she raises her right eyebrow. Yet, it's a role that she could have played(sorry, not played, but cried) in a mega serial and not on the mega screen.
'Athu Oru Kanaa Kalam' is a very slow, very insipid movie.
posted by Rim at 4:52 AM
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