Ezhil Oviya

Jodi (1999) - a nice romantic drama which makes you uncomfortable in certain moments, but is over all worth your time. The story follows a music shop employee Kannan (Prashanth), who dreams about a beautiful girl, and finds that girl in Gayathri (Simran), a music college student. He accompanies her to Bangalore, and after a misunderstanding which takes place there, she reciprocates his feelings. But soon, the lovers realise that their families would not consent to their union, and decide to go to each other's homes and convince them to accept their relationship. Negatives: Annoying supporting characters: This is the only fault that Jodi has. In the first half, you have Kannan's friends who always mouth double-meaning dialogues to every random woman they meet, and veteran actress Ambika stars as Sneha, the principal of Gayathri's college who drools over the much younger Kannan. In the second half, you see Kannan staying in the house of a landlord who has five daughters, and is sure that Kannan will elope with one of them. All of this is passed off as comedy, by the way. Positives: The music: I can rave for years about the music of this film. Of course, AR Rahman has reused his own tunes from the Hindi film 'Doli Saja Ke Rakhna', but they sound equally good with Vairamuthu's poetic lyrics. The romantic tracks 'Velli Malare' and 'Anjathey Jeeva' excite your ears and make you euphoric, and 'Oru Poiyavathu' (the only original song in the album) is the soul of the film. The background score, composed by Sabesh-Murali, also perfectly suits every frame. Performances and chemistry of the leads: You have legends like Nassar and Vijayakumar in the movie, and needless to say, they excel, along with all the supporting actors (except for Ambika and those who play Kannan's friends). The only true comic relief was Ramesh Kanna, and that too only in some scenes. But what pushed me to watch the film was the breathtaking chemistry that Prashanth and Simran shared. Both of them are extremely charming and talented, and dazzle us with their performances. The film has been directed and cinematographed excellently, and is a beautiful love story totally worth your time. But you will have to bear few cringy sequences in order to fully watch it, and it is worth your tolerance as well.