Moondru Per Moondru Kadal

My review: Moondru Per Moondru Kadal

After a long hiatus Vasanth is back with what he does best,  love story, not one but three. "Moondru Per Moondru Kadal" is Vasanth's ode to selfless love told through three different love stories that happen in three different landscapes. Each story is contrasting with one another with the central theme of how love is above selfish gratifications. 

Premise is an interesting one but where Vasanth could have done better is in the screenplay which at times tests one's patience. Though the movie runs only a little above two hours, the proceedings which are long drawn out makes for a tiring watch. All said and done, movie is not bad altogether . 

The Cheran-Muktha story is interestingly etched out. The aspects of NGO that Cheran is shown to run and their work which are based on real life incidents makes up for a riveting viewing. Also the love story in this episode is well conceived and made. Muktha is best among the three actresses and she has done her part well. Cheran though doesn't have much to do except to showcase his "close-up" smile in almost every frame he is in. The best song of the movie "Kadhal en kadhal " also finds it's place in this episode. All this make it the best among the three love stories. Though the reasons as to why Muktha doesn't propose her love towards Cheran is not well fleshed out.

  

Next better one is the Arjun- Surveen Chawla's story. Though the love story in this part is not that well written (actually there is not much romantic portions in this story) the dashing Arjun who looks the best among the three male leads and ravishing Surveen make it an interesting watch. Surveen though needs lesson in acting urgently. Somehow the impact that the directer might have intended to create in the audience never comes through in the end as the story concludes, blame it on shoddy writing.

The weakest of the three is Vimal-Lasini story. May be the love here itself is superficial which is why the episode also comes across as one. Wonder whether it is intended by the director to be in that way. Vimal is his usual chirpy self. Criticism that I came across in many reviews about Vimal's characterisation only makes me laugh. Wonder how many of our state's IT professional have better English pronunciation than shown here. Even otherwise what is wrong in director trying to depict a character of an IT professional from Tamil medium background. In that case Vimal's characterization is apt in my opinion. Lasini is pleasant looking but has to work hard on her acting skills.

It is one of the best albums in recent times from Yuvan Shankar Raja. All the songs are chartbusters with "Kadhal en kadhal" the best followed by "Aaha kadhal", "Mazhai mazhai" , "Unakagave uyir" and "Padapadakuthu maname". "Stop the paattu" is a foot-tapping number.

Cinematography is like any other Vasanth's movie is good. Bhojan K.Dinesh is the cinematographer. Here again Cheran-Muktha episode's cinematography is better than the other two.

Vasanth goes overboard with his cutesy dialogues especially in the Vimal-Lasini's as well as in the Cheran-Muktha's story.

On the whole, movie is okayish with its moments in between . Though the movie fails to live up to Vasanth's own standards "Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal" is a one time watch for songs, cinematography and couple of interesting sub-plots.

Bottomline: Unrequited love.

2.5/5