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Priya V |
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Cast: Satyaraj, Radhika, Prithviraj, Sandhya, Sripriya,
Radharavi, Manobala |
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Genre: Comic entertainer |
 The
story is about the happenings that follow when Deva (Sandhya)
brings home boy friend Harish (Prithviraj) to meet her parents
and get their approval.
But her father Arumugham is determined not to like the new man
in his daughter's life, and tries to prove Harish a charlatan.
Whether Harish comes out of all the parental traps set for him
and gets the man's approval forms the rest of the story.
Inspired by the Hollywood flick 'Meet The Parents', it's the
director's attempt to fit it into the Indian milieu and give a
fun-filled entertainer.
The film opens in Malaysia where the lovers meet, shifts to
Chennai, and then to Ooty. The earlier part has romance weaved
in with some humour and with Pritha's (she's apprenticed Under P
C Sriram) camera giving it a visually appealing feel, it's a
fairly pleasant watch.
But then it's as if the script deteriorates as it shifts
locations, the earlier watchable part steadily petering out to a
rambling scenario as the narration proceeds.
In a comic entertainer one can expect some slapstick comedy and
some over-the-top performances.
But here it is a lot overdone. Satyaraj and Prithviraj go
overboard in their buffoonery, with their respective characters
Arumugham and Harish looking more like clowns in a circus.
Prithviraj
is getting stereotyped in his roles and repetitive in his
mannerisms. The actor is still on way to being comfortable in
delivering his dialogues in Tamil, and getting him to speak the
Brahmin lingo is putting a bit too much of a strain on him.
Sandhya's spontaneouty is missing here. One wouldn't have missed
the Sripriya episode (she plays Satyaraj's twin sister) even if
it was edited out.
A semblance of sensible acting comes from Radhika as Satyaraj's
wife. The actress comes out well in the scene where, under the
influence of a drug, she blurts out some home truths to the
consternation of her husband. Director Priya's debut venture
'Kanda Naal Mudhal' was a classy, sensibly handled film. 'Kannamoochi...'
comes as a disappointment, the director not quite in tune with
or comfortable in the genre she has chosen.
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Satyaraj |
Radhika |
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Prithviraj |
Sandhya |
Malini Mannath
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