Let’s begin with the Trailer of the Movie: Click Here

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is one long flow of emotions and events. As the tagline says (“A different love story, yet again!”) it is a different as well as an interesting story about falling in love, the emotions, the confusions, and the innumerable roller coaster sensations associated with it. The movie title “Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa” means “Will You Cross The Skies And Come To Me?” and is inspired from the lyrics of the song ‘Vennilave Vennilave’ from Minsara Kanavu (Sapnay). Gautham Menon is the writer and directer of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. In this movie, Silambarasan Rajendar plays the main character as Karthik. Trisha Krishnan plays the role of Jessie. Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman is the music director of the Movie.

Our Hero is Karthik, a Mechanical Engineer (yet again!) who dreams of making it big as a Movie Director. And our Heroine Jessie, a Malayaali Christian is an IT Professional. Karthik falls in love with the gorgeous Jessie at first sight, similar to Surya’s Love at First Sight for Meghna in the director’s previous movie Vaaranam Aayiram. He comes to know that she’s a year older than him, but still proposes her. Jesse doesn’t want to pursue the love, as she doesn’t want to hurt her conservative father, who is against love. But she is courageous enough to break away from the marriage arrangements made by her family. Karthik is thrilled by this development but Jesse wants more time to convince her father. The film drags on with no significant happenings but it takes an artificial break when Jesse decides to break the affair for an unconvincing reason, which as my friend Srivats explained, showed the character’s indecisiveness and uncertainty about choosing love over family. The rest of the movie deals with what happens to them and their love. And we also have a twist in the climax.

I wondered what the title Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (Will you Cross the Skies for Me?) implies. After watching the movie, I guess it is about Jessie’s reluctance to come into the life of Karthik, crossing the distance between them, because she can’t decide what to do.

The dialogs and the execution of scenes are top-notch. Simbu and Trisha perfectly fit in the Characters. Simbu has given us a nuanced performance, never seen from him before. He steals the show with what I would call, an underplayed overacting! Trisha looks her ravishing best, in Saree. Good Job by Nalini Sriram as the Costume Designer. Chinmayi has lent her wonderful voice to Trisha which needs a special mention for the exact Tamil and Malayalam accents. Love her Voice! ARR’s music is one of the main reasons to the much acclaimed hype. Music has been the greatest asset of the movie right from the beginning till the end. The re-recording and the background score are really amazing. Though, I didn’t like the songs initially, I am hooked to it now.  Cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa is Brilliant and is a Visual Treat to Watch. I didn’t see Gautham Menon giving his trademark guest appearance in the Movie, though he had given his voice to the rugged brother (bad casting here!) of Jessie. Did any of you see him in the Movie?

Verdict: On the whole, the Movie is a Must-Watch (atleast once )!

To sum it all up in a few words, I am quoting Sudish Kamat here: Well Written & Performed, Stretched & Indulgent but very Romantic!