Vijay Sethupathi Samantha Nayanthara Vignesh Shivan- Cinema express
Life is all about decisions. Over the span of all our lifetimes, we face a number of decisions and much more questions on these mentioned decisions. Invariably we’re given reiterations of binary choices like Idly or Dosai? Rajini or Kamal? Thala, I imply… AK or Thalapathy? Raja or Rahman? Even when we escaped this set of questions, there’s one query that was typically requested of us after we had been children. “Appa pidikkuma, amma pidikkuma,” and we might bashfully say, “Rendu perum.” However then there does come a time when our coronary heart is aware of the reality even when we nonetheless favor saying “rendu perum”. Some may name this indecisiveness, some others may name it being sympathetic, and the remaining may simply name it ‘enjoying good’. Now… is Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal’s Rambo (Vijay Sethupathi) indecisive or sympathetic or only a good alec who needed to haven’t only one cake, however two, and eat it too.
The movie begins in an nearly people tale-ish method and it establishes the idiosyncrasies of a younger Rambo, who is taken into account to be the ill-omen of his total village. He’s so “unfortunate” that his father died on the day he was born, and simply his mere presence makes his mom fall sick. Rambo is unable to even purchase his favorite kind of icecream or go all Minnale Reema Sen throughout rains. He doesn’t get an iota of affection from anybody. Nonetheless, on one fateful however fantastic day, he meets Kanmani (Nayanthara) and Khatija (Samantha), and will get to know them. On one other fateful however fantastic day, each profess their love for him. And he nonetheless considers himself unfortunate. Kindly think about Mumtaj of Kushi saying “Chi Paavam” right here. For the skin world, which is represented by Shihan Hussaini in a hilarious cameo, Rambo’s issues might sound infuriating, however for the self-sympathetic cab driver-cum-bouncer, these are problems with gargantuan nature. It’s the Appa-Amma conundrum once more, and writer-director Vignesh Shivan weaves a story a few man refusing to take up duties and two ladies who nearly enable him to get away with it as a result of he did the naked minimal.
Similar to the damaged man on the centre of issues, the ladies too are damaged in their very own proper. If Kanmani, who’s on their own on her journey to discover a groom, comes throughout households who see her youthful sister and youthful brother as a burden, Khatija has a household that sees her as a prop used to maneuver additional up the socio-economic ladder. And when the suitable man comes on the proper time to say the suitable issues with the suitable look in his eyes, bam! Iru kaadhal vandhucho mode.
Whereas organising of this nearly fantastical premise is completed by the now-boring actuality TV present format, Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal confirmed promise in what it was making an attempt to do. With ready help from his leads, Vignesh Shivan nearly pulls it off too. However the gag is so overstretched that it began displaying indicators of fraying even earlier than we get to the midway level. It doesn’t imply that the blossoming of romance between Rambo-Khatija and Rambo-Kanmani wasn’t charming. It simply wasn’t endearing sufficient. It doesn’t imply that the meet-cutes between the 2 units of {couples} weren’t heartwarming. It simply wasn’t gratifying sufficient. It doesn’t imply that the proposals weren’t daring. It simply wasn’t ingenious sufficient. It doesn’t imply the excessive factors in each these tales weren’t sentimental. It simply wasn’t emotionally stirring sufficient. It doesn’t imply that the humorous moments had been non-existent in Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal. It simply wasn’t constant sufficient. Nonetheless, if this Vignesh Shivan movie does work in elements, it’s largely as a result of good performances by the forged, and the largest weapon within the movie’s arsenal… Anirudh. Be it his background rating, the songs, or his pining voice that sings about love and its loss like a long-lost buddy’s tight hug, Anirudh aces in his milestone movie.
Vijay Sethupathi’s consummate appeal in Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, all doubts about him not being charming sufficient to have the likes of Samantha and Nayanthara swooning over him may be dispelled. If doing the identical issues, many times, makes Vijay Sethupathi ship a scene just like the “lengthy drive” with Nayanthara and redefine charisma along with his effervescent display screen presence in montage numbers like Naan Pizhai, then so be it. A quite poignant but humorous Nayanthara and a cherubic Samantha add gravitas to what are primarily thankless roles within the general scheme of issues. Actually, Kanmani and Khatija are solely given the phantasm of selection and are simply residing in Rambo’s world. Nonetheless, the actors exhibit spectacular comedian timing so as to add yet another feather to their already flurry hats.
However greater than the appeal or the comedy, it’s the quieter moments that actually elevate Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, even whether it is simply a few toes above floor stage. The imagery of a drenched Rambo sitting on the center of the street slurping on icecream not understanding whether or not to chuckle or cry, and Anirudh giving us a pathos quantity elucidating the identical felt extra actual than the reams of dialogues that Vijay Sethupathi rattles on within the title of two, I imply, real love. Nonetheless, neither Khatija nor Kanmani are given even a scene or two of quiet to simply tell us what they’re truly pondering and never what Rambo desires them to assume. It’s nearly just like the movie and its characters performed inside Rambo’s head. Wait… is it??? Anyway, on the comedic entrance, the ultimate act performs out quite Loopy Mohan-esque and the likes of Redin Kingsley and Maaran maintain all of it along with their witty repartees and punchlines. However identical to the whole lot of the movie, the gags that preceded this act too blew cold and hot with out actually settling down on a constant tone.
For nearly half its operating time, Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal explores the thought of a specific psychological sickness. Across the midway level, I assumed we had been accomplished with it, and the makers dodged the ‘wrongful illustration’ bullet. However then, later when it’s introduced again out of nowhere, it did an excellent disservice to Khatija and Kanmani who aren’t given the respect the maker thought he was giving them. It isn’t to say that the premise of two ladies combating over a person is outlandish. Now we have seen it in several varieties over time in our cinemas throughout linguistic obstacles. However there’s one factor that connects nearly each different movie on this subgenre. The Rambos all the time get what they need… What concerning the Khatijas and Kanmanis, you ask? A hopeful me would invoke Karthik from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya and say, “Adutha padathula solren” and the pragmatic me would channelise my interior Rangasamy from Baasha and say, “Avlo Dhaan.” The Appa-amma conundrum, once more.
