After waiting 2 years for the next Mani Ratnam movie, Kaatru Veliyidai comes and casts a spell on all of us.The movie begins as a tribute to the martyrs of the "Kargil war's Martyrs" and polarizes into a divine love between a fighter pilot and an army doctor.
Kaatru Veliyidai a flow and it transcends like a poem, each and every scene is connected to the other, and that flow never ceases.
Like any other typical Mani Ratnam movie, it has the perfect cast, cinematographer, musician, lyricist, choreographer,etc. Coming to the plot, its too simple for the audience who expect more from movies. The highlight of the movie was the characterization, the two characters "VC" and "Leela" is not just what they are shown on the screen, they have a life in their character and they carry the film on their shoulders till the end.
VC aka Varun Chakrapani, is an Airline pilot who is a selfish jerk who tries very hard to clean up after he screws thing up and the name VC, not Varun Chakrapani, because Mani Ratnam's specialty of using abbrevation for the name. Leela Abraham is an army doctor who is an extreme opposite of VC's character and the story is how VC goes on a self-transforming journey.
Mani Ratnam who is known for complexity in relationships, in movies like Mounaragam and OK Kanmani has tried his best to bring a certain depth in this too, by showing that Leela doesn't like women treated inferior by men and demands equal respect.
Ravi Varman, the cinematographer has kept the audience mesmerized till the end. Aditi is shown like a snow-flake with white blizzard in the background. Visually it was ravishing.
A.R.Rahman has given us the best of his, all the songs just perfectly blend with the story and the BGM at the end were too epic. Even after coming out of the theaters, you will be singing the song vaan.
This movie filled in the gaps of what OK Kanmani failed to show, a pure unadulterated love that everyone longs for, Mani Ratnam has taken love in every posibble way and we badly need movies like Iruvar , Nayagan and Nayagan now. For a good comeback, he needs to know the pulse of the current generation and has to make a movie that everybody can enjoy.
The first half was perfect in every way and the second half was felt lengthy and the romance should have been toned down a bit. Overall, it is tough for audience of all types to gain satisfaction from this movie, So, I suggest you to watch this movie if you look for romance in movies more than action.
Kaatru Veliyidai a flow and it transcends like a poem, each and every scene is connected to the other, and that flow never ceases.
Like any other typical Mani Ratnam movie, it has the perfect cast, cinematographer, musician, lyricist, choreographer,etc. Coming to the plot, its too simple for the audience who expect more from movies. The highlight of the movie was the characterization, the two characters "VC" and "Leela" is not just what they are shown on the screen, they have a life in their character and they carry the film on their shoulders till the end.
VC aka Varun Chakrapani, is an Airline pilot who is a selfish jerk who tries very hard to clean up after he screws thing up and the name VC, not Varun Chakrapani, because Mani Ratnam's specialty of using abbrevation for the name. Leela Abraham is an army doctor who is an extreme opposite of VC's character and the story is how VC goes on a self-transforming journey.
Mani Ratnam who is known for complexity in relationships, in movies like Mounaragam and OK Kanmani has tried his best to bring a certain depth in this too, by showing that Leela doesn't like women treated inferior by men and demands equal respect.
Ravi Varman, the cinematographer has kept the audience mesmerized till the end. Aditi is shown like a snow-flake with white blizzard in the background. Visually it was ravishing.
A.R.Rahman has given us the best of his, all the songs just perfectly blend with the story and the BGM at the end were too epic. Even after coming out of the theaters, you will be singing the song vaan.
This movie filled in the gaps of what OK Kanmani failed to show, a pure unadulterated love that everyone longs for, Mani Ratnam has taken love in every posibble way and we badly need movies like Iruvar , Nayagan and Nayagan now. For a good comeback, he needs to know the pulse of the current generation and has to make a movie that everybody can enjoy.
The first half was perfect in every way and the second half was felt lengthy and the romance should have been toned down a bit. Overall, it is tough for audience of all types to gain satisfaction from this movie, So, I suggest you to watch this movie if you look for romance in movies more than action.