July 22nd Sunday
Nanban Movie Review News
Story: Venkat (Srikanth) is on a flight when he gets a call from fellow college student Srivathsan (Sathyan) saying that their long-lost friend Paari (Vijay) had been found.
Venkat fakes a heart problem, gets off the plane and takes a cab waiting for someone else. On the way to the Ideal College of Engineering, where they studied, he picks up another friend Senthil (Jiiva). When they reach, they find only Srivathsan waiting for them to gloat about winning a bet he had made during a drunken night 10 years ago -- that he would turn out to be the most successful in life in comparison to the other three. But Venkat and Senthil are more excited about reconnecting with Paari and embark on a search for their friend, who taught them valuable lessons about education and life.
Movie Review: All is well with Shankar's remake of Rajkumar Hirani's 2009 feature " 3 Idiots", and a major reason for this is the perfect casting. Vijay, Srikanth and Jiiva are as endearing the three buddies and display terrific chemistry much like Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the original. The same goes for Sathyaraj, who plays Professor Virumandi Sandhanam alias Virus, the dean of the engineering college, (played by Boman Irani in the original) and Sathyan, who reprises the role of Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya) and also delivers the hilarious "balaatkar" speech.
All is well with Vijay, who plays the part of Paari with perfection, never going over the top with the histrionics. Such quiet confidence can come only from an actor who is sure of his craft and is at the peak of his form. " Nanban" will mark a hat-trick of hits after "Kaavalan" and "Velayutham" last year, reiterating his pull at the box office.
All is well also with Srikanth. The star, whose career had been floundering a bit and who had been missing from the screens for most of last year, makes a strong comeback. He shines in the emotional scene where he has a heart-to-heart with his father about his career choice and ambition, and provides an able foil with Jiiva to Vijay in all his escapades. Jiiva brings an emotional vulnerability into play while portraying Senthil, who is forced to carry the burden of his family's expectations even as he comes to grips with falling grades at college.
All is well with Ileana too and she cements her position in Kollywood after a dismal performance in her debut "Kedi". She has a terrific chemistry with Vijay, and the scene where she lands in his hostel room completely drunk is a roar, much better than that of Kareena Kapoor in the original.
All is well with Harris Jayaraj too and he comes up two hummable numbers in "Yen frienda pole" (Krish and Suchith Suresan) and "Asku laska" (Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi and Suvi) and Manoj Paramahamsa, who is in charge of cinematography, and Anthony, who takes care of editing.
But all is not well with the numerous anachronisms found throughout the movie. I-pads are shown being used in 2008, when they did not even exist. Ileana shows a Youtube video in 2002, but the video-sharing site was launched only in 2005. Such minor cribbing apart, all is well with "Nanban" because Shankar's retelling of "3 Idiots" retains its soul and has its heart in the right place.
Venkat fakes a heart problem, gets off the plane and takes a cab waiting for someone else. On the way to the Ideal College of Engineering, where they studied, he picks up another friend Senthil (Jiiva). When they reach, they find only Srivathsan waiting for them to gloat about winning a bet he had made during a drunken night 10 years ago -- that he would turn out to be the most successful in life in comparison to the other three. But Venkat and Senthil are more excited about reconnecting with Paari and embark on a search for their friend, who taught them valuable lessons about education and life.
Movie Review: All is well with Shankar's remake of Rajkumar Hirani's 2009 feature " 3 Idiots", and a major reason for this is the perfect casting. Vijay, Srikanth and Jiiva are as endearing the three buddies and display terrific chemistry much like Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the original. The same goes for Sathyaraj, who plays Professor Virumandi Sandhanam alias Virus, the dean of the engineering college, (played by Boman Irani in the original) and Sathyan, who reprises the role of Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya) and also delivers the hilarious "balaatkar" speech.
All is well with Vijay, who plays the part of Paari with perfection, never going over the top with the histrionics. Such quiet confidence can come only from an actor who is sure of his craft and is at the peak of his form. " Nanban" will mark a hat-trick of hits after "Kaavalan" and "Velayutham" last year, reiterating his pull at the box office.
All is well also with Srikanth. The star, whose career had been floundering a bit and who had been missing from the screens for most of last year, makes a strong comeback. He shines in the emotional scene where he has a heart-to-heart with his father about his career choice and ambition, and provides an able foil with Jiiva to Vijay in all his escapades. Jiiva brings an emotional vulnerability into play while portraying Senthil, who is forced to carry the burden of his family's expectations even as he comes to grips with falling grades at college.
All is well with Ileana too and she cements her position in Kollywood after a dismal performance in her debut "Kedi". She has a terrific chemistry with Vijay, and the scene where she lands in his hostel room completely drunk is a roar, much better than that of Kareena Kapoor in the original.
All is well with Harris Jayaraj too and he comes up two hummable numbers in "Yen frienda pole" (Krish and Suchith Suresan) and "Asku laska" (Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi and Suvi) and Manoj Paramahamsa, who is in charge of cinematography, and Anthony, who takes care of editing.
But all is not well with the numerous anachronisms found throughout the movie. I-pads are shown being used in 2008, when they did not even exist. Ileana shows a Youtube video in 2002, but the video-sharing site was launched only in 2005. Such minor cribbing apart, all is well with "Nanban" because Shankar's retelling of "3 Idiots" retains its soul and has its heart in the right place.
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