Jun 11, 2006 03:43 PM
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The movie starts with a self-parody of the bus conductor questioning “How long you guys are going to show a hero-goes-to-city-to-find and marry-sweetheart movie?” Rather, it should’ve been “How long you guys are going to hang around with sappy love stories?” Such are the number of romantic movies littering the theatres nowadays.
Bharath goes to Chennai to find and marry his ladylove Deepu but she is infatuated with Arunkumar. So, Bharath along with Mallika, (who loves Arunkumar ) plans to break this romance and win back their respective lovers. How they break the relationship and who marries who is the rest of the story.
The thin storyline is rescued by animations which almost succeed in the attempt. The first half is rich in animations (last seen in “Aalavandhaan”). We could see comical dialogue balloons, a childish cat chase and an unwarranted postman sequence. But the other realistic visual treats are more enjoyable than the animations. There is an inherent background comedy throughout the movie that manage us to smile. The hotel owner with a name board “Kandippaana Mudhalali”, Kaadhal Dhandapani and his one-handed brother appearing in a song in synch with the lyric “Kaadhalai pirippadhu eppadi?” are some of the delightful moments. But, the flashback stage song gives us a dizzy feeling. Hope at least the choreographer is aware of what he has directed.
A running comedy of Baskar losing jobs is laughable. The well known radio background theme is used in these scenes, which will sprout smiles if listened hereafter. Baskar’s silent expressions talks hundreds of words. This is a welcome relief from slapstick comedies. But, his later part of the screen time is not as entertaining as the first.
The director has unnecessarily compromised logic and reasoning on picturing scenes like Bharath and Mallika getting acquainted, Arun and Deepu split-up, the flashback, etc. These are the integral part of the movie and should’ve been dealt sensibly. Showing a love story is not an excuse for insulting viewers’ intelligence. Similarly, an implausible action sequence by Bharath’s mother is the least expected.
Arunkumar is forced to play a second fiddle, which he does effortlessly. Deepu looks cute and expresses adequately in spite of her low share of screen time.
Bharath scores once again in dances and emotions. He is the one who performs considerably on almost all occasions among the young heroes. Mallika Kapoor resembles a doll and has a peculiar beauty that gives us a feeling that she is some kind of alien from another planet.
The flashback twist is the lone surprise that holds the otherwise fragile story. But the need for Bharath explaining his flashback to Baskar is inconvincible. He could very well say the same story that he has told to Mallika. The ending is mercifully logical and surprisingly un-clichéd unlike the remaining part of the film. The definitions for love given by Bharath are quite natural and pitiable.
As far as the title is concerned, I would like to repeat what I’ve written for Chithiram Pesudhadi (and hope that the producer of this movie doesn’t have any justification to reply). For further details please read my review and the producer’s comment for Chithiram Pesudhadi
AIBI, gives a lot of bits and pieces of amusing scenes but couldn’t stand for an overall viewing save for the climax. The animations are slightly overdone and many scenes lack logic. Without these drawbacks at least it would have been a believable love story
