If Mani's recent movie had been released a twenty years ago, I bet people would have loved it. When Mani came back to the big screen after a few years of gap with KADAL, critics praised him for maintaining his film-making charm, though negatively noting the climax part. His next venture, OK KANMANI was very well received by the audience, especially by the younger ones. Many thought that Mani had regained his long lost form, and were expecting many more super-hits that he had been giving in the past. But, Mani says "NO", which is very evident from the way he has made this movie. Film buffs like me would have expected something good, if not, at least big, given the buzz the movie was creating weeks before its release.
The movie moves in the period of Kargil war. Karthi, with his looks may look stunning at first, but, in those scenes involving subtle yet, strong expressions he clearly fails. Many times, he adorns heavy lipstick make up, that makes him lose his manly charm. And now, Aditi, who did come into limelight with her debut six years ago alongside Ranbir Kapoor in ROCKSTAR (Hindi), steals the show with her looks. She acts good, infact, in some places, great. But, she falls flat when it comes to strong acting scenes, the ones in which she is required to play cool, but show the emotion involved in the script. Ravi Varman has managed to show Kashmir as best as he could. The one thing that you would actually love a lot in this movie is the cinematography.
A. R. Rahman is lovely and soothing as he always is. Songs and the BGMs are major plus points for this film. Frankly speaking, the technical department has done its job quite well. This film looks like some scrapped script that was written twenty years ago. Nothing really great to be said about it. But, there are a lot of failures and Mani has to take responsibility for them. All the actors seemed to have done their part - doing perfectly what the Director insisted.
But, THE DIRECTOR himself is stuck in the 90s. Mani, you got to update yourselves.
The movie moves in the period of Kargil war. Karthi, with his looks may look stunning at first, but, in those scenes involving subtle yet, strong expressions he clearly fails. Many times, he adorns heavy lipstick make up, that makes him lose his manly charm. And now, Aditi, who did come into limelight with her debut six years ago alongside Ranbir Kapoor in ROCKSTAR (Hindi), steals the show with her looks. She acts good, infact, in some places, great. But, she falls flat when it comes to strong acting scenes, the ones in which she is required to play cool, but show the emotion involved in the script. Ravi Varman has managed to show Kashmir as best as he could. The one thing that you would actually love a lot in this movie is the cinematography.
A. R. Rahman is lovely and soothing as he always is. Songs and the BGMs are major plus points for this film. Frankly speaking, the technical department has done its job quite well. This film looks like some scrapped script that was written twenty years ago. Nothing really great to be said about it. But, there are a lot of failures and Mani has to take responsibility for them. All the actors seemed to have done their part - doing perfectly what the Director insisted.
But, THE DIRECTOR himself is stuck in the 90s. Mani, you got to update yourselves.
