June 26, 2009 Y. Sunita Chowdary
Cast : Varun Sandesh, Vimala Raman, Ramaprabha, Shakuntala, Ali, Venumadhav and others.
Banner: AVM Productions.
Music: Mani Sharma.
Producer(s): M. Saravanan, MS Guhan, Aparna Guhan, Aruna Guhan.
Director: Marthand K. Shankar.
Release Date: June 26, 2009.
Varun Sandesh throws some object onto a mirror disappointed about missing the heroine, you would want to do the same to the screen, throw something for being treated to a lackluster story. But what is the story. To put it in a nutshell, the hero and the heroine have a conversation, the heroine leaves. The hero tells himself that by the time he counts ten, the lady will turn around and see him and if she does she is in love with him. He counts four, but breaks the vase beside and the lady turns..whether to see what the noise is all about or if she has really fallen for him one doesn't know.
Here the act means, the hero wants to make it happen, love happen, even if it means breaking the vase to get her attention or play dirty by breaking the heroine's engagement.
Varun Sandesh is a happy-go-lucky type, collects info of the weak points of individuals and blackmails them. On one occasion he spots the heroine, falls for her and when he decides to propose to her she declares she is in love with his friend whom he introduced once. Not losing heart, he resolves to play spoilsport by creating a misunderstanding, situation where in all the people begin to hate Varun's friend or the would-be groom.
The rest of the story is about Varun's retribution, there is a parallel story of a villain that keeps running amuck. Though the hero is Varun, the audience gets an overdose of him from frame one. He is everywhere all over the screen, chattering, talking nineteen to the dozen. He is full of energy but he elicits very few genuine laughing moments, courtesy a boring script.
The humour track involving Ramaprabha and Shakuntala is a yawn and will not be able to latch onto anything mildly interesting. Ali, Venumadhav struggle to keep you engaged but the overdrawn second half and a pathetic screenplay cannot salvage the film.
One will have to keep guessing Varun's character every scene and there is no consistency. The hero shows a lot of ease in his dances, melancholic situations and did spring energy whenever required but sadly the promise which he showed in the initial scene doesn't continue till the end courtesy an uninteresting screenplay.
The heroine (Vimala Raman) who seemed okay in Poi seemed to have put on weight and is a miscast for this film. The pair just didn't seem right. There is a huge ensemble cast which failed to liven up the proceedings. No punch in the dialogues, the film looks superficial all through, songs are okay at times, stop abruptly and overall, it looks like the film was made to spring some laughs and then the thought to work out a story must have crept into the creative unit. It's okay such lapses happen to 'that that' people or..anybody, anytime.
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