Watched the movie Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer(AKS) yesterday. The theatre was not even 25% filled, and this was the first weekend. The director has had a 50-50% success at the box office so far. His first movie Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu was a run away hit. Who can forget that parotta comedy?
Story is about the teenage or I should say college love and the larger impact that it leaves the next generation. The hero loves the heroine in college but she treats him more as a friend. He threatens to commit suicide and she relents. They go on an outing and she gets pregnant. The parents get involved and they agree initially to get them married but there are some conditions laid out. The girls parents don't agree and in the interim the lovers decide that they don't want to get married. And then the climax scene leaves a huge lump in your throat. There is a baby that is born and the girls parents leave the kid at an orphanage and after a couple of years try to get the heroine married of to another guy and the hero is shown flirting with another girl. Cut to show the baby who is without any footwear picking up a ball in hot sun and running and stops and cries because he couldn't bear the heat of the sand.
In terms of performances - The hero(Ramesh) unless he is related to the producer or director, not sure how he got this role. Cannot emote. Heroine(Manisha) in her second outing after Vazhakku en has done a decent job. In terms of support cast the heroines mother played by Tulasi has done a very good job. All other parents including the much acclaimed Poornima Bhagyaraj and Jayaprakash don't have much to do. The heroines friend Jenny (not sure who the actor is) has done a very good job. She continuously opposes the relationship. Arjun (Kadhalil sodhapuvadhu eppadi fame) also does a very good job as a friend of both the hero and heroine.
Songs are good and have been a hit.
There are some scenes which are good, like where an uncle of the hero comes and wishes him on becoming an uncle and Arjun says seekaram appa kuda ayiduvan sir. Also the scene where the heroine before they fall in love advising the hero that once you get a bike any girl will fall in love and the next scene we have the hero asking his parents for a bike.
On the whole the movie is short and runs less than 2 hours and it doesn't bore you. To me personally except for a few laughs here and there and climax scene, there was not much in this movie. Much more was expected from the director (who I personally feel has not lived up to the high standards he set for himself with his first two films - Vennila kabadi kuzhu and Azhagar samiyin kudhirai).
Story is about the teenage or I should say college love and the larger impact that it leaves the next generation. The hero loves the heroine in college but she treats him more as a friend. He threatens to commit suicide and she relents. They go on an outing and she gets pregnant. The parents get involved and they agree initially to get them married but there are some conditions laid out. The girls parents don't agree and in the interim the lovers decide that they don't want to get married. And then the climax scene leaves a huge lump in your throat. There is a baby that is born and the girls parents leave the kid at an orphanage and after a couple of years try to get the heroine married of to another guy and the hero is shown flirting with another girl. Cut to show the baby who is without any footwear picking up a ball in hot sun and running and stops and cries because he couldn't bear the heat of the sand.
In terms of performances - The hero(Ramesh) unless he is related to the producer or director, not sure how he got this role. Cannot emote. Heroine(Manisha) in her second outing after Vazhakku en has done a decent job. In terms of support cast the heroines mother played by Tulasi has done a very good job. All other parents including the much acclaimed Poornima Bhagyaraj and Jayaprakash don't have much to do. The heroines friend Jenny (not sure who the actor is) has done a very good job. She continuously opposes the relationship. Arjun (Kadhalil sodhapuvadhu eppadi fame) also does a very good job as a friend of both the hero and heroine.
Songs are good and have been a hit.
There are some scenes which are good, like where an uncle of the hero comes and wishes him on becoming an uncle and Arjun says seekaram appa kuda ayiduvan sir. Also the scene where the heroine before they fall in love advising the hero that once you get a bike any girl will fall in love and the next scene we have the hero asking his parents for a bike.
On the whole the movie is short and runs less than 2 hours and it doesn't bore you. To me personally except for a few laughs here and there and climax scene, there was not much in this movie. Much more was expected from the director (who I personally feel has not lived up to the high standards he set for himself with his first two films - Vennila kabadi kuzhu and Azhagar samiyin kudhirai).
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