![]() ![]() She just has the tendency to look bored sometimes. Personally, I would have preferred a heroine with a brighter face than Reemma Sen. It brings that bright smile of anticipation on your face – as you see the film unfold. Through the film you feel like you’re listening to a "how-this-happened" story that a friend tells you over coffee while you’re catching up after years. ![]() This is achieved mainly because every performance, by Madhavan, Reemma or Aabas is believable and fresh. ![]() This portrayal works because, for a film released in 2000, for once we see romance staying away from cheesy songs with loud expressions. Genuinely smitten by Reena ( Reemma Sen), he convinces you about his mad love, while the camera runs up and down with him on a road, like a love-struck maniac and even more so, when he wants to pull his hair out because he’s “whipped”, to put it colloquially. One of Madhavan’s earlier films, in Minnale, he plays his most charming role. It’s a simple, run-off-the-mill story about a guy who tries to woo a girl he saw once and fell in love with. Minnale, however, is very different from his later films, which have strong themes and hard-cutting performances. His films work because they have a certain universal quality to it, but they still manage to retain the socio-cultural flavor of his roots. There's a point behind me bringing out this incident – Gautam Menon is household name now in most parts of South India with films like Kakka Kakka, VinnaiThandi Varuvaya and Varanam Aayiram. ![]()
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