Vinod is a college student from Kanyakumari and an activist with a leftist outfit who is not-so-bright in academics. When he literally stumbles into Ayesha at the marriage of a friend, he is smitten by her angelic looks and vows to win her heart come what may. His approaches are compounded by massive differences between their lifestyles on multiple grounds including religion and social status. With help and oppositions coming from unexpected quarters, his struggle ridden attempts to unite with her forms the rest of the story.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
143 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
26 August 2016
Directed by:
Mithran Jawahar
Produced by:
Sangili Murugan
Written by:
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Based on:
Thattathin Marayathu by
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Starring:
Walter Phillips
Isha Talwar
Arjunan
Manoj K. Jayan
Thalaivasal Vijay
Vidyullekha Raman
Thalaivasal Vijay
Nasser
Singamuthu
Sangili Murugan
Music by:
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Shot by:
Vishnu Sharma
Editing by:
Thiyagarajan
Distributed by:
Kalaippuli Films International

What’s Hot

  • The visuals from Vishnu Sharma are delightful and captivate the audience to keep them in some kind of a spell. The attempts to show Isha Talwar as that eternal beauty have worked very well with pleasant tones used all over the movie. Even in low light/night, the shots are filmed to perfection to achieve the desired effect.
  • While G V Prakash’s opening song is quite enjoyable along with Velmurugan’s vocals, its Shaan Rahman’s background score that keeps the intensity building throughout the movie to carry the romantic mood even when songs are regrettably placed.
  • Isha Talwar as the damsel in love is quite the eye-candy that the role demands and along with the support cast headed by Manoj K Jayan, they have done more than a decent job to make the movie watchable.

What’s Not

  • Such a leisurely paced romantic story where the lead characters rarely meet and converse mostly through written communication, the dialogues which form a pivotal role to engage the audience. It remained ordinary to poor in many places of this movie, including the all-important climax especially when the characters try to break cultural and caste barriers.
  • Mithran Jawahar fails miserably with his characterizations that lack depth or even credibility for that matter. A protagonist who is an activist is not shown participating in activism, the girl’s uncle who is a political and religious powerhouse is not shown exercising his powers are just to name a few.
  • Newcomer Walter Phillips as the protagonist gets the raw end of the deal as he is unable to shoulder the huge responsibility unloaded on him. While his performance is quite good in isolation, it is grossly inadequate to do justice to his character that needed more flair.
  • The director’s dilemma in deciding to make the movie emotional or playful makes him get caught somewhere in limbo as the output is neither, with the movie not making the impact it should have. His choice of having distracting songs interlace the screenplay at crucial moments is indicative of that.

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Verdict

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‘Meednum oru Kaadhal Kadhai’, as the title literally suggest is nothing but another love story which suffers the wrath of unimaginative treatment to the plot, making it a borderline movie that lacks the vitality to provide a poignant experience for the audience.