Cinematographer Gopi Amarnath has tried hard to make the film a classy visual experience, though he is let down by the digital camera, which isn’t able to replicate the sheen of film, and adds to the TV movie feel. You only feel sorry for the composer whose songs, which have become chartbusters, have been wasted in the film. Technically, it is quite a competent effort with Achu’s music being the standout. It is in stark contrast to the beautifully written and directed scene in Pasanga in which two men talk about post marital issues.īut MPM isn’t without merits. There are also ‘advices’ to married couples who are finding the going tough but they are all delivered with the subtlety of a hammer hitting on a nail. (Sample this: Un lover un kooda irukkanumnu illa, unakkulla irundha podhum).įor Narayan, every scene is a means to give out a message which only makes the proceedings preachy. So, you have Ajay lamenting about losing Jiya (she is going to Syndey the next day for higher studies) in the café’s loo one moment and spouting pop philosophies on romance the next. Also, Ajay and Jiya are fairly dull leads whose motivations are never clear. But here, characters converse in a long drawn out fashion that not only feels unnatural but also tests your patience. Characters talking throughout the film can be made exciting ( Before Sunrise and Before Sunset being the classic examples), but for a film to be that, the characters and conversation have to be interesting. It could even be claim to be the proof of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. For a film that is well under two hours, it leaves you with the feeling of watching a never-ending soap opera. But, unfortunately, Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakkathilaey ( MPM) is a largely uninteresting - and also a little pretentious - film that fails in execution, the chief culprit being the pacing.Ī lot can happen over a cup of coffee, you think, but here, nothing much happens. All of these factors should only have made the film an interesting departure from what we are used. The premise isn’t mainstream (almost the entire story takes place inside a coffee shop), the star cast comprises of little-known actors, and it is also aware of its ‘small film’ status. Movie Review: In many ways, Narayan Ragavendra Rao’s debut film is what critics in the west dub as independent cinema. How do the lives of these characters change over the course of the next couple of hours? The only ones in the place are a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, a failed writer, the shop’s owner who is struggling to extend his lease and his two employees. Story: To hide from the person who had financed his promo shoot, Ajay, an aspiring filmmaker, enters a coffee shop on a rainy day and meets Jiya, with whom he falls in love at first sight.
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