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Love told with a difference
NAME SAYS IT ALL: Agra
Agra
Genre: Divine love
Director: Chithirai Selvan
Cast: Vikas, Emi Mohan, Nasser Y.Gee.Mahendra, Anjali, Gayithri and Abhinaya Shree.
Storyline: A young man falls in love with a girl whose family custom is against love before marriage. He runs for his life only to come back to meet her after forty years.
Bottomline: The love story lags in different places.
One can see the best of Taj Mahal, beautiful Emi Mohan and the acting prowess of Nasser and Y.Gee.Mahendra who come at the fag end of the film. But director Chithirai Selvan, who has thought of divine love, need not have mixed it with obscenity. <
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Kannan (Vikash-son of dance master John Babu), a violin player, comes to Agra for a performance. There he meets Pooja (Emi Mohan) and love blossoms between the two.
But for those who live near the Taj Mahal, an epitome of love, it is customary that those unmarried should not fall in love. And the boy whom the girl falls in love with will be burnt to death. This is what exactly happens to Kannan when his love for Pooja comes to light. He runs for his life with an assurance from his ladylove that she will write to him on when he should return to take her back with him.
Vikash as young Kannan has done his job in a neat way. Emi Mohan as his ladylove Pooja breathes life into her character.
The subsequent scene where Kannan and Pooja express their love for each other and the dialogue are good. Good script, in bits and pieces, has made the film interesting, but for the two seductive songs which project a different image of the film that talks about divine love.
Excellent performances
Nasser has excelled in his performance as the 60-year-old Kannan, who still waits for a message from his beloved. Another noteworthy performance is by Y.Gee.Mahendra who comes in the climax. The few lines uttered by him end the film on a beautiful note.
The editor ought to have chopped some of the unwanted scenes taken by the director as the film is not only lengthy but also lags in different places.
The music by C.S.Balu is up to the mark while the camera work by P. Selvakumar brings to life the beautiful locations at Delhi, Agra, Mathura, Kulu-Manali and Alappuzha boat house. M. Balu has penned the dialogue, while the story and screenplay besides direction are also by Chithirai Selvan who should have worked more on the screenplay and avoided the crude elements.
S.R.ASHOK KUMAR
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Chennai and Tamil Nadu
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Thiruvananthapuram
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