After Jiiva’s lengthy Dialogue
Trisha: You said everything but the word
“sorry”. That’s why life with you is tough and impossible.
Audience: Say Sorry Dammit. We will
leave soon.
Jiiva (To Trisha): I Love You
Audience: You could have said this
before interval. We could have, at least, left early.
If you are not a big fan of reading, the
above lines will sum up the movie, in short. Ahmed’s “Endrendum Punnagai” is
the story of a man, with ego on a garangutan scale, refusing to budge for
others even if it is his best buddies of 20 years or his father or his
new-found love. It is this ego stretched in 150 minutes that is both cause and
loss for the movie.
Jiiva excels well in his role despite
one of the characters remarking, “You can’t act, why try unnecessarily?”. Vinay
and Santhanam gel with Jiiva and create a laughter riot out of the first half.
But the bromance ends in first half. The second half leaves you in South Pole.
You will feel cold deserted and, for a lack of better word, boring.
The second half is, the 60 years of
Tamil Cinema revisited again. Heroine walks in the middle of snowfall when the
hero sees an angel out of her, a romantic number with the Alps behind, hero
realising his mistakes and then comes the first few lines of this review.
Trisha bonds with her character and one
expects her to see on screen more often. Andrea is a one-song girl with three
extra scenes where she is nothing but a catalyst between the lead pairs. Vinay
is good and Santhanam is excellent with his ridicule-humour. Harris Jeyaraj is very
badly missed when the audience exit the hall for a fresh air during the songs.
Buddies will revisit their life in the
first half only to accept the harsh reality in the second.
A very generous 2.5/5
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