Kaatru Veliyidai music review: AR Rahman, Mani Ratnam spin ’90s magic! His father calls him “mental,” and he looks demented in his close-ups. It forebodes the nature of the relationship we’re going to witness…VC is broken and Leela can’t help but fix him. I was expecting a little more depth in those areas as it plays a key role in Varun’s transformation as a more sensitive emotional guy. There are reasons why Kaatru Veliyidai is certainly no classic. If he sees that Leela is in danger of heading into a snowstorm, he will try to rescue her, with brute force, rather than try to reason with her into coming away with him. We’ve seen so many “I love you” scenes, but how many so resigned, so tentative that there’s actually a barrier between the couple? Kaatru Veliyidai cast: Karthi, Aditi Rao Hydari, RJ Balaji, Rukmini Vijaykumar Kaatru Veliyidai director : Mani Ratnam Kaatru Veliyidai rating: 1.5 We’ve seen many chirpy love songs, but how many, like Azhagiye, infuse the yes-or-no question from the lyric into the subsequent stages of the relationship, like marriage, like having  a baby? It felt like I was watching a novel, in a good sense; I didn't want the book to finish, as I had an achingly worrying idea how it could end. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. The characters Leela and VC are beautifully portrayed by the respective actress and the actor. This film is an effing joke. The Arvind Swamy character was two words: a cryptographer, a patriot. From the start to end the movie is a beautiful poem. But there are depth issues in the writing in some key areas which makes the film look a tad perfect. Much of Mani Ratnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai unravels in the form of memories. And then we get a glimpse of why he is this way. Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2020. unfortunately, there is no better tamil movie to watch in 2019-2020. Aditi Rao Hydari also pulls off a stunning performance as Leela. (She’s a romantic, so it’s easy to see why she’d refuse to let go. Review: Kaatru Veliyidai: A beautiful romance. We soon learn that it’s easier to fall in love with VC than to stay in love with him. It had a terrible plot, movies like this contribute to the patriarchal culture in India. Its Mani Ratnam and he doesn’t create scenes that will describe characters through verbal explanations. Ask Leela, the girl who’s had a thing for VC since school (she heard about the star pilot from her brother). The euphoria is so much that the entire industry wants Mani Ratnam to emerge as a winner. A major, major disappointment from Mani Ratnam, who has also made some of the best, most progressive Tamil movies I've ever seen (OK Kanmani being at the top of that list). It’s coming to terms with the fact that the director is in his mature phase (the odd OK Kanmani notwithstanding), and that he is trying to mainstream complex narratives (and characters) – something like what David Lean did with Doctor Zhivago. Baradwaj Rangan is a National Award-winning film critic. It’s destiny that made him skip a fatal sortie, so he could now be with her. Sreekar Prasad’s cuts were pretty effective. All he has is his duty to the nation, hatred towards his enemies and undying love for Leela. Kaatru Veliyidai review Each time Mani Ratnam comes up with something unique, it's a celebration for cinephiles across the state of Tamil Nadu. Like some of Mani Ratnam’s recent films, Kaatru Veliyidai feels abstracted, as though there was an entire story and then pages were ripped off and now it’s up to us to join the dots in our head. The biggest challenge Kaatru Veliyidai throws at us is to buy this beauty-and-beast dynamic. It’s no coincidence that the first meeting between Squadron Leader VC (Karthi) and Dr. Leela Abraham (Aditi Rao Hydari) takes place in a hospital. Kaatru Veliyidai rating: 1.5. They end up driving to the air force quarters, where he boasts to his friends, “See, I told you she’d come back.” You think he’d be relieved she’s forgiven him, happy that she’s back. The impulsive reactions of the couple are a bit mad, but it has that warmth of love in it. She’s drawn to him as though by a siren call. Orange: Okay, Watchable, Experimental Films, Your email address will not be published. Love story. So, how is it like to be in love with someone like that? It’s a can’t-live-with-you, can’t-live-without-you story mounted on an epic scale – not just in the sense that one of VC-Leela’s many meetings is framed against mountains, earth and sky, as if it’s just them and Nature, but also because the story is reminiscent of Ulysses making his way back to Penelope. When it comes to his latest movie Kaatru Veliyidai, we do get to experience these elements in Mani Ratnam’s narrative. If I am not wrong Karthi hasn’t done a role like VC in his entire career. The pattern, again, is familiar – Kaatru Veliyidai is a romance – but only in the broadest sense. I watched the movie with subtitles as I dont speak Tamil and absolutely loved it! Kaatru Veliyidai Movie Review: Kaatru Veliyidai, is a rehashed version, packaged beautifully deceiving the audiences!!! The Hindu has always stood for journalism that is in the public interest. Please Click Here to subscribe other newsletters that may interest you, and you'll always find stories you want to read in your inbox. When the writing is that good, one also wishes every scene had come together in the heart as well as it does in the head. This question is voiced by VC’s friend (RJ Balaji, squirming in a serious role), and he gets the answer that it’s love. Is he fit to be a parent? The writing seems to be a product of a person that clearly has no respect for women, not even their own mother or female relatives. Someone calls VC selfish, self-centred, arrogant. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Directed by Mani Ratnam. Kaatru Veliyidai is a spin on the abusive relationship between Inba/Shashi that formed a third of Aaydha Ezhuthu (Lallan/Shashi in the Hindi version, Yuva. The vulnerabilities and the demanding nature of Leela were portrayed very impressively by the actress. The filmography of Mani Ratnam is such that you as a viewer automatically tend to dwell in to the inner statements of an expression on a character’s face or the composition or framing of a scene. What lets down Kaatru Veliyidai and stops it from being the film it wants to be is the narrative device that Mani Ratnam employs to tell his story — intercutting a romance with a sub-plot about the protagonist, Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved |, Delhi Times, Aurangabad Times, Maharashtra Times. Kaatru Veliyidai Movie Review: What lets down Kaatru Veliyidai and stops it from being the film it wants to be is the narrative device that Mani Ratnam employs to tell his story. Your support for our journalism is invaluable. The movie is about VC’s odyssey, the physical journey back to Leela after war separates them (the film is set in 1999, during the Kargil conflict), and the psychological journey from who he is to who she wants him to be. 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