Kaadhal is a director's movie all the way...His take on this teen-love story can be commended. The story is strong but than the director, Balaji, concentrates more on the happy moments, 20% of the story, taking abt 80% of the play time. His analysis of the lives of the rich-college-girl and the Auto-Mechanic is excellent..One can observe this at the time the boy,Muruga waits for the girl,Aiswarya at the shopping complex, his nails having a bit of grease. Most part of the story happens in the last 20 mins or so with huge pace giving less chance for the sentiment showing out of ur eyes.
The cast and the crew are a right combination...Every one assisted each other well in the technical department.Sandhya and Bharat portrayed the teen protagonists. Both the characters are etched excellent and are realistic.The Bachelorhood at the Mansion is excellently and realistically depicted without much explicitness.
The Tamil used in the movie is a bit funny for a non-Tamilian like me("Ais ka Iceaa"). The kid at the Repair shop did a remarkable job.All in all this is a good movie worth a watch...Though it seems a bit dragged in the middle but thats necessary to get the feel in the climax.