Kaadhal

A First Class Motion pic after a long long long period...!!! Bharath, Sandhya, Sugumar & the little chap Arun... Amazing performance, thank you for giving us a chance of watching a golden film after a long long time. Thank you Mr. Bhalaji Shakthivel, thanks for bringing up such a true story into the screen, all credits for you and for your troop, also thank you Mr. Joshua, it's great to see you working with the additional programming experience and bringing the motions through your melodies... excellent work, and the entire crowd, for me it's more than 10 out of 10 ! and at last but not least thank you S Pictures Shankar Sir, still it's your movie ! wishing you the very great success in your forthcoming blockbuster Anniyan...!!! thank you !!!

i saw this movie just an hour back ,so one can understand my urgency in writing this comment so soon.

what can i say about this movie...perfect screenplay,great music,amazing cinematography and also good performances.

movies like this are rare in Indian cinema nowadays.Even though this a normal love story about a rich girl and poor boy,the treatment is different and also what adds up,is that this is based on a true story.

The first half of the movie is about how they fall in love.well there is enough entertainment in the first half, the second half is realistic.one performance that stands out is that of the heroine-sandhya.she gives a knockout performance in her very first film.

this movie deserves its entry in London film festival.8/10.

Vanakkam,

A story of true love. Many new faces in the movie in turn marketing the movie - grass root marketing. (Is it viral marketing model or is it open source model - either way the beneficiaries are the Tamil speaking people, myself included). The native Madurai is well portrayed with many subtle aspects. Did I miss out Chennai scenes too done equally well. The contrast looked more like dual specialty done by Balaji Shaktivel.

Music - Joshua Sridhar The supporting cast - Alex, Amsaveni Paatti, Arun Kumar, Dandapani, Jaidurga, Kausalya, Krishnamurthy, Meenakshi & Sukumar. Producer C. Shankar Camera - Vijay Milton Art Director - K Veerasami Editor - G Sasikumar.

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.

There's nothing so special in this film.In this 140 minutes saga,the first 130 minutes is something which we find in innumerable love stories(Boy and girl run away etc.),only in the last 10 minutes there's something 'different',a twist.For this,it gets so much of acclaim.Also,another reason why it was 'acclaimed' is that dark lights are used to shoot this film.(To give a 'realistic look'.) The reason is the loud manner in which each and every relative of the heroine talks.(Cannot bear it.)It's waste of time.Cannot believe that this is praised so highly.Bharat and the heroine look good though. 4/10.That's all it deserves.