0 / 4 STARS
DIRECTOR: KAVI KALIDAAS
ACTOR: AJIT KUMAR
ACTRESS: SIMRAN
MUSIC DIRECTOR: S.A. RAJKUMAR
STORYLINE:
Ajit is an army man who falls in love with Simran, who around the interval, decides that she doesn't like the army. So she forces Ajit to pick -- do you want the army or do you want me? Ajit first says he loves her more, and decides to quit, but when the colonel that raised him (Nasser) tells him the truth about his past -- a sordid affair between a nun and a death-row inmate -- Ajit gets very patriotic and says he wants the army. Simran, of course, then says, "That's okay; I love you too much to let you go; you can have both the army and me."
A statement which proves that "Unnai Kodu Yennai Tharuvaen" had no storyline.
COMMENTS:
This is the Ajit movie I hate most of all his recent ones. In most boring movies, you can at least say, "It had a boring storyline," but the conclusion to "Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuvaen" says "I'm sorry--you thought we had a story, I guess we didn't after all."
There is absolutely no interest in the main characters -- a far-too-overweight Ajit and a "I don't want to be here" Simran. The comedy is okay -- possibly the only redeeming feature of the entire movie -- and the "I love Indhu" to "I love Muslim" joke is flat-out hilarious.
My favorite funny-man, Parthipan, makes a very depressing cameo appearance as a death-row inmate and so does Suganya as an all-too-caring nun. Their back-story doesn't make me feel patriotic, as the director intended -- rather, it makes me feel disgusted.
Lawrence's cameo is unnecessary and he should stick to dancing alone.
NOTE ON THE MUSIC:
S.A. Rajkumar has done an average job. "Idhayathai kaanavillai" is melodious, but the rest of it is pretty mediocre.
RECOMMENDATION:
Skip it, by God. Skip it.
VIJAY VANNIARAJAN