Let’s get it straight at the outset: ‘Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya’ (VTV) is an excellent effort on the part of Gautam Vasudev Menon in narrating a clean romantic story without any deviation from the plot.
Karthick (Simbu), an engineering graduate, dreaming to become a director, falls for Jesse (Trisha) instantly. It doesn’t take much time for Jesse to falls for Karthick’s charms but she doesn’t want to pursue the love, as she doesn’t want to hurt her conservative father, who is against love. But she is courageous enough to break away from the marriage arrangements made by her family.
Karthik is thrilled by this development but Jesse wants more time to convince her father. The film drags on with no significant happenings but it takes an artificial break when Jesse decides to break the affair for no substantial reason. The rest of the movie deals with what happens to the affair and the lovers.
As is Menon’s forte, the dialogues and the execution of scenes are top-notch. The joys of falling of love and the pangs of separation have been portrayed well. The way Simbu nurtures his love for Jesse and the positive but ambiguous reactions from Trisha to his overtures are very nice indeed.
The screenplay starts faltering from the stage when Jesse decides to part ways. The reasons cited by Jesse for parting of ways are far from convincing. Jesse says she would try her best to convince her father of her love affair but doesn’t seem to be doing anything in this regard. A story is made weaker by sequences like this which lack the ‘punch’ in them. As the reason for separation is not a solid one, the viewers feel detached from the goings-on including the climax, which has an unexpected turn.
The idea behind the twist in the climax is interesting but it hasn’t been executed well.
A.R. Rahman’s music is a class apart. The audio of the film is already a huge hit, which might boost its box-office standing in the coming weeks. Manoj’s cinematography is spectacular and Nalini Sriram’s costumes (particularly for Trisha) are mind-boggling. The title song and the ‘Omanapennae’ songs are very good.
For Trisha, this might turn out to be a very important film in her career. She is everywhere: in her mischievous looks, soft but flooring smile, minute and delicate change of facial expressions and the way she has draped the sarees on her for the entire length of the film a la a model for a saree store. Trisha’s fans have a lot to cheer for, no doubt. Trisha’s performance in the climax stands out.
For Simbu, it’s a very different film from his roles. Menon has managed to bring out the actor in Simbu sans his usual ‘punch dialogues’ and ‘finger gimmicks’. As a young lover who does his best to impress his girl and later as one who suffers from the agony of separation, Simbu has delivered an excellent performance.
The movie is appealing in the first half but slightly loses its grip in the second half thanks to redundancy and unconvincing twists.
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