Manmadhan Ambu - review

The long awaited movie of the Universal star - Kamal Hassan, has finally graced the cinema halls across the state. And as the story, screenplay and dialogues were penned by Kamal, everyone expected a rollicking joy-ride at the theaters. Everyone speculated that the movie was indeed a remake of Hitch and as I stepped inside the dark hall i was praying that it should probably be a rumor and I see an original Romantic comedy as its trailer promised. And at the end of the movie I was just thinking that if it had been a remake of Hitch it would have been much much better.

Kamal Hassan the dialogue and screenplay writer has indeed taken the audience for granted as the movie which promised to be a rom-com was neither romantic nor did it have any laugh-out-loud moments. There are several problems with this movie, be it the timeline problem(three years of bad relationship and she goes for a vocation now?) or for the very fact that we still don't know when Kamal and Trisha fell in love.

Its a plain mediocre script which has nothing new to offer to the audience and Crazy mohan was heavily missed in the dialogue department for a Kamal comedy. Cinematography was tacky most of the times, music was decent and the editing was lifeless. Neela Vaanam song was amazingly picturized. Kamal Hassan who has also penned the lyrics has indeed made a strong statement with his words- kudos.

Kamal Hassan, the actor has done a good job(as usual) and so has Madhavan. The pre-climax and climax sequences, Madhavan has outdone himself. Trisha was alright. Sangeetha was real good and the boy who played Sangeetha's son was adorable and funny. Oorvasi and Arvind were wasted in an insignificant roles.

Overall the movie lacked the punch and people who are expecting a MMKR or a Panchathanthiram or a P.K.S is sure to get hugely disappointed.

missing the CRAZY element

Stars - 1.5/5