OK OK -- Review

Here comes my first movie review. I am on Tamil movie watching spree, this is the second in a month.

The movie -- oru kal oru kannadi ( translates into, one stone one mirror).

Starring -- Udhayanidhi Stalin ( Karunanidhi's grandson ), Hansika Motwani ( it should be moti*- wani ) Santhanam and Saranya. 

The film is fun, the comedian ( has a more prominent role than the main lead ) carried the movie ably on his shoulders. If not for him, the movie would have been worse than RGV ki Aag ( you cannot remake sholay )*

The hero is ok. He doesn't boast of national award winning acting skills but is not a pain on the eyes. He's completely over shadowed by Santhanam. The dialouges are witty and crisp. 

Saranya is amazing. She plays the role of a mother and a troubled wife who’s husband hasn’t spoken for 20 years because her father lied that she was a graduate to the Tee. She steals the show every time she appears on the screen. The father’s character played by Azhagam perumal, is very good. 

About the heroine, she is as fat as a buffalo and her dresses are easily a size or two smaller which makes her look even fatter. Sadly, even the camera angles don’t help, she looks fat from every angle, thus causing grief to the camera man’s talent. He should be awarded for the very fact that he made her fit in the frame. She looks much older than the hero. Her limited expressions and the horrible dubbing do not do much to save her from being laughed at. 

I am remembered of a scene, where she meets a marriage-able guy as per her wants and conditions and also calls the hero to the same restaurant to degrade and insult him. But, the perfect guy comes in and insults and calls her an over weight, badly dressed aunty leaving her baffled. All the guys in the theatre were hooting and clapping hands. Which proves, You have to be more than fair skinned to be an actress.  

Santhanam has shined through the movie. His dialog delivery is hilarious.  And his expressions will only make you laugh more. He has out done himself, considering his role and dialogs in Boss engira Bhaskaran ( Boss alias Bhaskaran ) were trend setters. 

The director who gave movies like siva manasula shakti and Boss engira bhaskaran could have woven a story and cast a better heroine. Anyways his dialogs are crackler and his penchant for comedy is visible. Kudos to him for making movies that has humour throughout and not in bits and pieces.

The songs are strictly OK. The song Vendam macha vendam ( dont want brother dont want ) is listenable.

The background score is good. The movie could have been edited more. There could have been a story. Its just comedy all the way. 

Otherwise what could have been a head banging, foot wear throwing and tears out of pain to the brain affair was actually humourous. On the flip side, the movie drags endlessly. After a point one becomes restless as its 3 hours long. 

Bottomline: Comedy movies are fun. But its best served with a story line. 

* Sholay is considered to be one of the best movies ever made in Indian cinema. I'm sorry to include it in a tamil movie review. But I couldn't help it. I haven't come across a worse movie than aag though drona, saawariya, Azhagiya tamil magan and london dreams come really close.

* moti means fat in Hindi.