In an Ooty school full of boys high on testosterone, a boy loves a girl. Years later, he falls in love with another. She hears about girl number one and calls off the wedding, stating first love can never be forgotten.
Does puppy love last? That’s the question director Ravilallin tries hard to tackle in Madras Enterprises’ Valentine’s Day release Sillunu Oru Sandhippu. He answers it using the stories of a few couples, including senior citizens (Charuhaasan is wasted), but the film meanders.
As for the actors, you look on in disbelief as Vemal as Ashok and Oviyaa as Geetha (hair streaks, eye shadow and all) play school kids. Later, Vemal is a U.S.-returned boy who has made his money, but the character lacks polish. He looks disinterested through the film, and you wonder where the consummate actor of Pasanga and Kalavani is! Oviyaa is heavily made-up; her character sketch allows for little acting. The only person who shows some spark is Deepa Shah, who plays Charumathi, girl number two.
There’s a whole bunch of supporting actors. If one crass Manobala is not enough, you have two in this film. The dialogues, sprinkled with ‘rape’ and ‘figure’, are an affront. The only things that work are the cinematography (Rajesh Yadav and Aaro), and sometimes, the music (F.S. Faizal). There are half-hearted hugs and liplocks that leave you positively bored. That’s sign enough that this is one meeting you should avoid.
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Genre: Romance
Director: Ravilallin
Cast: Vemal, Deepa Shah, Oviyaa, Manobala
Storyline: A girl breaks her engagement on hearing about her fiance’s first love. Does puppy love translate into real love?
Bottomline: This meeting is neither cool nor happening
At the outset, it is shown that even though it is a 'puppy love', reasonably lot of seriousness and commitment is projected there. Later, it is being shown that even after serious hugging and liplocks with the first girl, upon completely ignoring the previous intimacy with the first one, the hero gets attracted towards the second one.
And later it is concluded that whatever u do in your school days are quite completely childish (even the liplocks, hugging, etc etc....??) and the first love never possess any commitment and would never succeed. I really wonder where are we in our Indian culture and civilization.I think the director and the producers of the film never know the value of the real love though it's first or second.Infatuation is always just infatuation. But LOVE is always a LOVE. If LOVE(be it is first one or second one or puppy one irrespective of age and time), if this given a chance IT ALWAYS SUCCEEDS.PLEASE DONT BE CHILDISH AND IMMATURE IN MAKING & CONVEYING A MESSAGE
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