I went with very little expectations and I was just right about it. Unnale Unnale (roughly translated "Because of you, Because of you") is just candy floss that has a story line that is wafer-thin. The film opens with quite a promise with a couple arguing in an office, while colleagues look on bemused.
The film then goes travels to the past and the reasons for the confrontation between the young lovers Jhansi (Sada) and Karthik (debutant Vinay). The handsome Vinay does justice to his role as an easy-going youth who is unable to choose between Jhansi and Tanisha (Kajol's sis).
The couple part ways in India only to meet again in Australia while Karthik is on way on a business trip. The cinematography captures the landscape very well and provides the perfect foil for Harris Jeyaraj's peppy and melodious numbers.
The first part of the film runs smooth until the hero meets Tanisha, who is shown as an extrovert. (Soon her immature pranks did get on my nerves.) She makes a half-hearted attempt to re-unite the couple but fails. The pace of film flounders after the intial half and the scenes soon turn repetitive.
Tanisha first attempts in histronics is noteworthy but her lip-sync appears awful in a few scenes. The comedy track of Rajusundaaram, Satish and Shrinath has very few laughs in between, with most of the crassy jokes clearly targetting the front benchers.
Finally, Sada lets go of her lover, Karthik, who gets married to Tanisha. The begining and the end were good, though one wishes director, Jeeva, had give more attention to the story as well. This film is for people who wish to tour Australia without taking the trip or paying for the airline fare. A one-time fare for those who have nothing to do at weekends.
1 comment:
Dear Sir,
Sada's name in the movie is Jhansi, and the guy's name, Karthik. You can call them either by their reel names or real names. Use one. :)
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