Sunday, April 6, 2008

Kannum Kannum - My Review


I sat to watch this movie only for a reason that Prasanna is acting. I was much impressed with his performances in movies like 5 star, kanda naal mudhal, anjaathey, etc. All his movies did quite well in the theaters but I really doubt if this one will pull through.

Technology has advanced even beyond what our previous generation thought was incredible, and we use e-mails, sms etc. to communicate, and it is very fatuous that the director used the same old kadhal kottai ways of beginning love by sending inland letters to each other. I can only find my telephone bills, bank offers and advertisements, my college mark sheets and debit fees details. But ironically in the movie that is titled “Kannum Kannum”, the guy and the girl fall in love without even meeting each other!!

Prasanna decides to go to kutralam to meet her and stays in his friend’s house. From there the film is cloyed with emotions and dramas that are quite close to a seemly natural way and hence doesn’t really bore the viewers. Vadivelu has a comedy track disserved from the usual story and his dreadful jokes delineates vividly that producer has paid him the slightest amount.

But in the second half, for a little amount of time, Santhanam plays his part with his style of humour and that can really bring a smile for a movie that paces too seriously, if not for a laughter. Prasanna has acted well; actually speaking there is no big acting skill that is needed to play this role, so I am happy that he didn’t screw up.

The music was bad, simple and unsophisticated cinematography and the film is devoid of the regular Tamil film formulas like good dance, a good looking heroine, some action scenes and item numbers. They wouldn’t be making much difference to the movie anyways. All in all, a typical light Tamil film of low budget.

*/5 – The only star is for Prasanna and Santhanam’s parts and to the director who made sure that the movie doesn’t progress in a boring way.

Verdict: There is just nothing in the film!

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2 comments:

Kay said...

Hi

I saw this movie on DVD yesterday. I am a big fan of Prasanna too. He is a clean , decent actor and has the boy next door looks to recommend him. I had great expectations for the movie after seeing Kanda Naal Mudhal and Anjathey. I was disappointed too. You are absolutely right when you say that in these days of the SMS and email, two people fall in love via snail mail. A little too incredulous for comfort..

I had reservations about the lead pair not revealing their emotions to the whole family. What's the big deal? Just tell them that they fell in love before he became their adopted "Anna"!! Nothing is easy in life. Everyting is tough. Not leading your life according to your wishes because of a small misunderstanding/ deciet seems too ridiculous in this computer world. We live in a world , where people get married on the sly and intercaste, inter community marriages are becoming the norm. A welcome change..

I could not digest the ending.. It was too silly for words...

Suraj said...

Very true...the ending belittled the whole movie entirely....the biggest error in the film...