Film Review: ''Kaadhal Vaanilae''

THANJAI RAJAN'S witty and impressive dialogue is an indisputable high point of ``Kaadhal Vaanilae'' dubbed in Tamil.

This Ram Gopal Varma film, originally made in Telugu, has Sumanth and Anthara in the lead. The story is run-of-the-mill no doubt, dealing as it does with the love that blossoms between a rich, beautiful girl and a poor, young man. It is the treatment that is different. Situations have been conceptualised in such a way that they are not always predictable. But the tragedy that befalls the lovers eventually, is. Surya (Sumanth) is a fun loving prankster, who goes about the village with his group of friends without a care in the world. Radhika is the doting mother of the hero. Divya (Anthara) comes to her aunt's house in the village for a short visit and happens to meet Surya. Soon the two fall in love. Divya's brother Shankar (Manoj Bajpai) is enraged by the affair and plans to take her away from the village. That the brother is an unscrupulous villain is established in the very first scene he is introduced. So what awaits the ill-fated lovers is easy to guess. Manoj Bajpai makes an impact with his sinister expressions, ominous threats and emotional outbursts.

Radhika as the mother of the hero portrays warmth, affection, liveliness, listlessness and misery, all with equal elan.

Anthara, of ``Mast'' fame, exudes glamour, an aspect which is accented by her attire most of the time. Sumanth's portrayal of the role of Surya is adequate.

The entire film is a flash-back... recollections of an old, deranged mother of Surya (Radhika), who recounts the past to a young group of boys and girls. But because the entire film is a narrative of the past, the climax becomes predictable even at the outset.

MALATHI RANGARAJAN

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