Yesterday, when Sundar asked me to come for VTV (vinnaithandi varuvaayaa) tamil version of YMC (ye maya chesave), I was a little apprehensive since I already saw YMC four times and might end up comparing each frame of it. But, I know that I cannot say NO to this invitation as there are lot things that are dragging me to experience this film again, be it the music, the performances, the technical brilliance, the picturization of the songs that I am crazy these days plus the different climax which people are claiming is different from YMC. All put together I ended up in the PVR at 9 pm show yesterday to watch the movie for the fifth time. Sundar for the third time.
As film set to take off, the first thing that strike me was the English subtitles for a regional film, a good idea to improve the market for regional films. It is the first time I am seeing Simbu on big screen and I hardly seen any of his previous films earlier. But, whatever I had heard about him, they say that he has the torturous acting skills that anyone can dare to possess and there comes Trisha and the first impression is not great as I have already seen YMC four times and Samantha is one main reason for watching it so many times or may be the baggage Trisha has will not give you that impression. The first two songs of the films 'Hossana' and 'Omana pennae' are shot beautifully in different locations from what you see in YMC. The film has the same shot making in most of the scenes, though there are couple of scenes which I observed was great taking wise in YMC, one is the scene where Jessie proposes Karthik for the first time right after the marriage broke up(watch for camera work here in YMC) and another scene where Jessie asks Karthik to leave telling its all over. These two scenes are captured brilliantly in YMC and great example in terms of shot making and the actors performed brilliantly. Having said that, I must confess that in some of the scenes in the first half the VTV pair showed their experience and excelled with great ease. It's unfair to compare the acting and the pair between both the versions as both the pairs has dominated each other in some scenes. The bottom line is that both pairs did fantastic job and this Karthik and Jessie characters will remain among the best in their careers. Though, I personally love to see Chaitanya and Samantha than VTV pair as the young pair is lovely to watch on screen and Samantha here will score all the marks with her grace.
The only thing at the end that sets apart between both the films is the climax. Director Gautam really showed his cinematic brilliance at the end of the film when the couple who will give you an impression that they are together and got married are actually going to set apart and is not known till the final scene and ends with Mannippaya lyrics with beautiful Shreya ghoshal voice which perfectly suited the moment. It took some time for me to digest and understand what he has done in the VTV climax as the happy ending in YMC got sink ed into me. When thought of it as a film, I must confess that VTV has a realistic ending that stays with you.
When I go through my memory lane to check when was the last time I came to the theatre to see a film 5 times and I can recollect only one film Shiva which got released in 1989. I was a small kid at that time and I still remember going to theatre more than 20 times to see that film. I must be 7 yrs old when Shiva got released and when I think of it now and question myself what made me to see Shiva so many times at that age when one hardly know anything about films, it leaves me answer-less and the only reason why I must have seen it so many times is because I wanted to cherish the experience of that film again and again and again..and the same thing happening with YMC/VTV now. The language might be different, but the feel remains the same. It's really MAGICAL.
