Jessie is driving me crazy..

"Kadhala Thedi Poga Mudiyuma Enna"

A simple saying that means a lot. As the makers of "Vinnaithandi Varuvaya" claim it as a feel-good light-hearted entertainer, they made sure that they stick to that very seriously and hence the outcome.
This movie with usual trademark Gautham's style, starts off with the intermission scene followed by the introduction of protagonist and subsequently the other characters and the sequences that leads to the intermission. The casting of a movie is so important, that Gautham usually plays with ,well quite naturally and with ease.

This post is just another HOSANNA , that I am singing in praise of Gautham, AR Rahman and the entire team of VTV.

The title music, backwaters during daybreak in Kerala with credits afloat over the water in Tamil and the shadow in English.(I noticed this only the 2ND time I watched the movie).The unique creativity of Gautham's that is really laudable. The next is the song "Hosanna" where he tries to impart that the girl is a Christian through his spellbound locations with mostly churches in the backdrop. I wonder how many of you would have understood that when watched for the first time. This what makes him so different in the way he narrates.

The gamble of casting Ganesh as the slapstick comedian worked out amazingly that gelled very much aptly to the script.Although he had played some short roles in PachaiKilli Muthucharam as the baddie alongside Milind Soman as the taxi driver and in Vaaranam Aayiram as the librarian.(If you can remember "Krishnan , unna romba pudicirukunu solla sonnan, sollitaen").The lime light showered on him only after VTV.If you had observed keenly there are no other friends to Karthik except him that is exposed in the movie. Ganesh from his part has justified to his very best to the character. Not just his voice, his body language where he deep sighs every time in the event of any mishaps/embarrassment really tickles one's ribs. The every dialogue where he starts with "Dai Thambi..." has gone well down with the audience.(I am trying hard to mimic his voice).

"Inga enna solluthu, Jessie Jessie sollutha", was everybody's favourite. I am not sure how many of you have taken notice of the Gautham's appearance just before that scene. I found the dialogue interesting where he says to Karthik in the boat house in Kerala to enquire about Jessie's place to her mother through his sister ."Unga veedu enga irukku, aunty. Veeta suthi enna lam irukkum, aunty. Puttu Kadalai kadai irukka, aunty". I don't know why, but I really love the way he delivers this piece of dialogue.


Now the take on protagonists,Simbu definitely qualifies a huge applause for choosing the script in the first place. With talent in abundance, he was brooding with usual commercial films,alas this really rationalized his stature, in the process, proving his versatility.Presumption is that Gautham would have casted Simbu , believing the fact that he can perpetuate his personal life failure in love onto the screen. If not Gautham, Simbu would have accepted as he can relate himself well to the bottomline.
Trisha can be equated to Sachin Tendulkar here, "Older they grow, better is their performance". As a vulnerable girl, she crosses even the skies(Vinnai) in her matured portrayal of the character.

A.R.Rahman, it would become very long if I had to start writing about his contribution. His BGMs really elevate the essence of every scene and the places where he had left it with no musical chords even makes volumes of sense to the scenes. It's bad if I leave the cinematography without mentioning. Being Manoj's second movie he had made very detailing to every frame of his so that it adds more value to the script and the fantastic chemistry between the lead pair.

Here are some of the front-runner scenes that I would like to dig upon,

1. The scene at the gate of coffee shop after heated arguments on the happenings in the train. "Jessie come here" says Karthik with a very stylish stance. But Jessie ignores its completely and keeps walking. This depicts that the seniorly attitude of Jessie.

2. After the movie, where Jessie talks about being friends without ego in the restaurant. The BGM preceding that scene is an epitome of A.R.Rahman's ingeniousness.

3. Coming out of police station, Karthik meets Jessie at her home. They try to hide themselves and sit behind a white curtain where their shadows are still seeable.Realistic.Innovative.

4. Parallel scenes, where KS Ravikumar heeds to the assistant director's dialogue and Jessie's father reiterates the same in his style of opposing the marriage saying "Karthik will be over my dead body, Jessie".

5. All the lip-lock scenes which were naturalistic and which did not create wrinkles in the viewers face that makes them so much more authentic.

These are some scenes, I feel that stands out. The most refreshing part is that the lead actor not turning violent nor becoming a drug addict and taking on life as it comes and pursuing his dream of film making. This I would even claim it the USP of VTV.

The one more thing I don't think most of you would have taken notice of is that, the end credits where they show the banner on top of Satyam Cinemas "Jessie, a film by Karthik" the cinematography has Manoj Paramahamsa's name against it, where it should have been Ganesh. Ignoring that what does this movie convey. In a lighter sense "Love the neighbour , but don't get caught!"...ROFL.