Picture postcard shots of a happy family

R. Gayathridevi (Chennai, India) @ PassionForCinema

Even though Gautham Menon has made a reflective movie, he fails to give us concrete scenes. Mani Ratnam had succeeded in this brilliantly through Alaipayuthe.

We are never given any details of Krishnan’s work life and why he is such a hero to his son. His pursuit of Malini ends with that beautiful song “Mundhinam Paarthene” and all that is left of their relationship is scattered dialogues of he calling her darling and Malini exclaiming they are mad over each other even after so many years of marriage.

I strongly felt Gautham could have built the Krishnan-Malini relationship as a parallel to Surya’s own love life, the way Mira Nair beautifully nurtured Ashoke and Ashima’s life along with Gogol’s life in the sensitive The Namesake.