MOZHI

You go for a night show with your family. If after watching the movie and in the wee hours when you come out of the auditorium you find yourself so refreshed,light hearted after going through a gamut of emotions, with a tithe of a smile persisting in your lips, and you just wishing the feel to persist for moments as long as possible. No what you would call that kind of movie. A Feel good film eh. But Mozhi scores more than that. In the sense that its a movie with neatly etched clearly defined characters which is a rarity in tamil movies. The movie scores in various aspects as the undetering pace, extremely enjoyable light hearted deliveries, a subtle apt performance by each and every cast, a soothing scintillating music, a pleasant outlook, ...come on that is more than enough man. Again here the story or plot is simple a guy falling in love with a gal and winning her. However the scenarios are different, the gal being a differently abled person, a widowed friend of the gal, simple easily identifiable apartment life. Nothing is complex. Simple is the mantra and that works wonders for the movie. Prithiviraj has definitely improved a lot when compared to his earlier movie parijatham which in itself was quite a dignified acting exhibit. It is only his mallu slang at certain instances which takes away the tamil flavour. However that is not a indispensable crime. Nonetheless the neat performer is he. Prakash Raj , we find it hard initially to absorb him into the character of being young and being a friend to the hero. But then he connives so easily and definitely tends to steal the scenes at many a moments. This is definitely a challenging role and she has done her homework and hard work. But she holds on to a couple of expressions and recycles them. In that sense she definitely has missed once in a life time opportunity to prove her acting prowess. May be she never intended to. The comparison of her character with Rani's character in black is inevitable and JO is no way near the mark. Swarnamalya makes you wonder what could be wrong with her. If only she is such a decent performer like this she could make a much better filmy career for herself. She is perfect cast. There are other interesting character like Brahmanandham (The Apartment Secretary) who bumps in with prakashraj for a couple of hilarious scenes. Bhaskar (sevuttu pattabhi) proves once again how versatile a actor he is with an impeccable timing sense of humor. You will sympathize with his character more than Jo's and that proves the point. Guhan's camera is pleasaing. So is the art direction. The houses shown be it that of prithviraj, jyothika, swarnamalya each depict a different mood with usage of different shades. Music by vidhya sagar and lyrics by Vairamuthu are yet another highlight of this movie. Barring the paesa madanthayae song all songs fit in place and don't disturb the narration as such. If the song kaatrin mozhi is submerging in your heart, Sevvanam jingles a few bells in your heart. However the song i liked the most though not the best is Kannal paesum pennae, a good song taken to dizzying heights by S.P.B's stunning vocals. I just could not stop wondering how much this legend has to offer. All the individual praise do add up to the praises for director radhamohan and producer prakashraj. Radhamohan reinforces faith of ordinary man in tamil cinema.