Release date –21'st June 2013
One Word which describes the film – Intriguing
Best Dialogue –
"Mere piche scooter mai baithna padega. Main break maarunga toh mujhpe girna padega. Mere saath naachna-gaana padega. Girlfriend na sahi..feel hi dede"
Genre – Romance /Drama
Story - Himanshu Sharma
Music – A. R. Rahman
Producer - Krishika Lulla
Direction - Anand L. Rai
Cast – Dhanush , Sonam Kapoor , Abhay Deol , Swara Bhaskar , Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Budget - 35 crores
The promos of the film showed a love story in a rustic background and melodious music by A.R.Rehman . The film starts with the dialogue ,"Ek baat main samajh gaya hoon. Ladki aur rocket aapko kahin bhi le jaa sakte hain"
We are presented with a hero who knows he is dark and not very good looking and still is madly in love with a pretty girl and wants to get her by hook or crook . Till interval the film has lots of comic moments.
Dhanush has done full justice to his role. It's hard to imagine any other 30 year actor play the role of a 17 year old. In his school dress and clean shaven look he looks like a teenager who is desperate to express his feelings to his crush.
Dhanush and Zeeshan as childhood friends share an amazing chemistry . The dialogues they share like , "Tumhara pyaar na ho gaya..UPSC ka exam ho gaya. 10 saal se paas hi nai ho raha" is an important factor in the film's success .
Sonam Kapoor as the manipulative Zoya has given a good performance though in the second half most of the time she has the same expressions on her face .
Abhay Deol has a short role and totally fades in front of Dhanush.
In a line though the love story may not be perfect with everyone using everyone else for their benefit but the characters of the film are so real and down to earth that you can relate with them .
Must watch for a totally paisa-vasool first half .
Rank - 15 ( out of the 54 films I have seen in 2013 )
