No! I take back my words! It is not a gender-changed remake of HDDCS! I don’t want to insult HDDCS. Not that HDDCS was a classic, but “Silly”ana oru kadhai oops sorry “Sillunu Oru Kadhal” is not even anywhere near it. HDDCS and Silly (Short for “Sillunu Oru Kadhal”) have only one thing in common – legendary music. Period.
Not only was my evening ruined, I ruined it for my in-laws too. Is there any provision under the Indian judiciary to sue the film-makers for attempt to mass extreme mental torture? “Silly” will be first movie to go into that list whenever they make the provision. When the movie ends, there is a slide “Written and Directed by Krishna” as if he has made “Titanic” or something. Bugger Krishna, you better stay indoors for a good amount of time, atleast till Kollywood has a hit and forgets this divine offering of yours!
The story: Surya(Gowtham) marries Jyothika(imaginatively named Kundali) in a village. They move to Mumbai after marriage. And we are 6 years fast forward into the future where Gowtham is a chief mechanic at the Maruti Suzuki plant while Kundali works in a jazzy office with well-done-up-interiors and females running around everywhere. They have a daughter, Ishu, who is 5 years old – that cute kid who is the brand ambassador for all the silk shops in Pondy Bazaar. Gowtham daily drops the kid at school, Kundali at office and head to Gurgaon Haryana and back in his Maruti Swift! Shocked? Check this out, Maruti Suzuki’s only manufacturing plant is in Gurgaon!
Well, if I continue with my nit-picking in the movie, then this review can never end. So, I will let them pass. Let me get on with the story. Kundali reads Gowtham’s diary (bad manners?!) to take the story further. Gowtham was in love with a girl called Ishwarya aka Ishu (Bhoomika) during his engineering days (@ PSB Engineering College, Coimbatore. Probably PSG Tech, the original, didn’t need a product placement ala Maruti since they are already a force to reckon with in the Country!). Ishu was the daughter of an MP – docile and studious while Gowtham was the typical LLB (Lord of Last Bench) at college playing football, driving fancy bikes and drinking beer like water (or was it water itself?!). The way and the context in which she discloses her love for him is so out-of-place and out-of-imagination that I wanted to literally go and shout carefully chosen expletives at the director. Then, what happens? Even that kid Ishu will tell you. Big Ishu and Gowtham get married at the registered office and right there, Big Ishu’s bigger father comes and you have a fight scene where Gowtham is beaten till he is almost dead.
But guess what? The healthcare services in Coimbatore are so good that within days there are no scars on Gowtham’s face where he was beaten with a hockey stick or something similar(that I remember this much is a credit to me!). Just when Gowtham was about to recover and charge to search for Ishu, his chitappa (uncle) falls from the staircase. Probably he had also had enough of the movie. So, he decided to take a fatal fall. But before dying he takes a promise from Gowtham (like all good characters) that he will live a noble life ever after with that girl called “Kundali” from the village.
If you haven’t smashed your monitor to pieces, I shall dare to continue. Maybe I need to call for insurance. Thinking of insurance, I can suggest a new product to the insurance companies. They can insure movie-goers like us against bad movies like these. But yeah, there’s every probability they might go bankrupt if one person like Krishna decides to take them on!
Anyways story is story. I have suffered for 3 hours plus commuting time also, please share my suffering like good friends! After reading all this from the diary, Kundali lands up in Coimbatore in search of Big Ishu. She arranges for Big Ishu to come to Mumbai to spend a “Day” with Gowtham. You know why? In that diary Gowtham would have written, “Even if I had spent a day of my life with you, I would have had the pleasure of having lived for ages. But that was not to be.”
Now what happens in that day? How does Krishna The Great manage to waste your time completely? I forgot the name of the producer, but very soon we will hear of someone going underground unable to bear the wrath of audience and I will know who is the producer. This producer hasn’t paid anyone except Krishna. A R Rahman would anyway deliver. Money or otherwise!
Surya and Jo wanted to give their audience a memorable movie before they enter into wedlock the day after tomorrow. Well, they have achieved their objective. This movie is memorable in more ways than one.
Memorable way #1: The guy sitting in the row in front of me, at one point during the movie, shouted, “I could have rather thrown this Rs. 100/- down the drain!”. The sheer hopelessness of the situation was evident in his voice.
Memorable way #2: Another guy, at a considerably important scene in the movie, “Vaaak Thooooo!!”. I don’t think he only spat anger out!
Memorable way #3: Two intelligent people, 15 minutes before the ending, walked out of the theatre so that they could take their vehicles away easily out of the theatre. I did have a brotherly feeling toward them!
Finally, since my wife fervently pleaded with me that I shouldn’t give a single star rating on my blog for a “Surya” movie, I am going to rate it mathematically. Paapi pet ka sawaal hai yar, samjha karo!
My rating: ***** – **** (That’s 5 stars minus 4 stars)
Legend:
*Stay at home
**If you have the time to kill, go ahead, but not recommended
***Watch if you are a film buff!
****Go watch it on the big screen!
*****Don’t miss watching this one on the big screen! Avoid piracy!
Very good review, excellent!! Just the same as what I thought. Could not sit in the theater in the second half…. But that does not mean the first half was exceptional ;-) anyway that ONE STAR goes to SURYA!! What say??
How bad. Common surya is done a good job only in the movie. I accept that the story was bad, so u can’t rate his movie with one star…:-( Hey and A.R.Rahaman’s music men for that sake at least u should have rated a bit high. Anyway your review was 100% right I totally accept with u. it spoilt our evening.
Naveena:
I agree, Surya was good and all that. But what’s the use? A film is not about one person alone, right?!
That one star is for us. For seeing the movie and spreading the news about the movie and preventing more people from wasting 100 bucks or even more!
Kirthana:
What?? Just because story is bad aa? What about dialogues, screenplay, editing, cinematography, etc? Everything was horrible.
So, you accept with my review. That’s like a good girl! :)
Btw, people that’s my wife!
Lived thru Hell, eh? Funny movie review though :)
C’mon Adi, you should be surprised if the movie is good. Almost 90% of our movies are like this…
LOL!!! hilarious review
Hmmm . . . Wel to start wit. .
It was an excellent review. . It featured d “ Velli thirai” ryt b 4 me. I really hav 2 appreciate ur gutts in reviewing d silly movie (acc to u ) n wasting ur precious tym. I can understand hw bugging it wud ve been 4 u 2 watch it wit ur in-laws.
Even tho I hav nt watched d movie I hav som pts to tel on hw dis film is gonna b a “Super Duper” hit.
“Surya” d heart throbe of young gals
“Jo” d heart throbe of young guys
Craze 4 “Surya-Jyothika” pair which z viewed as d made for each other pair
Jo d ultimate who can no more b starred as heroine
A.R.Rahman’s music which really rocks.
So am here to say tat even flop shows hits. And I wud also lik to say tat u hav an alternate job in hand. I suggest tat u can host TV shows as film reviewer. (Real complement). Ur style of narrating is too gud.
Ok I want u to conduct contest 4 best response to ur blog (hopin to get 1st prize ).
Wel its tym 4 me to canvass my frens 4 a weekend hang out to “Sillunu oru kaadhal”. Hope naveena wil also accompany me
Sudhu:
Absolute Hell! No second thoughts on that! ;)
Thanks!
Sudhakar:
*Nodding my head on a disappointed note*
Agree with you!
But see, 90% of the movies don’t hype themselves up so much. That 90% movie-makers know their market and their price, so they do it silently and make their money and push off. There was so much of hype and hoopla that you almost that you were made to believe that this is going to be classic of the millennium. And it was the dud of the millennium. Sadly their last movie before marriage turned out to be such a damp squib. Feel sorry for Surya and Jyotika. They will regret this movie for the rest of their lives! Their children might even laugh at them if they find a copy of this movie somewhere that is! ;)
ramya_sukan:
First of all, thanks for your comment and so many compliments!:)
To watch the movie itself was a bugging experience overall! In-laws or no in-laws it was still a bad movie. The movie failed in all aspects of visual communication!
I have some points to make because of which this movie will fail big time:
1. Surya, the heart-throb of young girls, gets to spend a day with his ex-girl friend even after marriage. This is strictly against the ethics of the typical tamilian audience. It will never get accepted.
2. Jo, the heart-throb of young guys, arranges for her husband to spend a day with another girl and willingly goes away from the house so that they can do whatever they want. Well, well, well, blasphemy to the tamil audience. You can see expressions of outright rejection in the audience esp with the female audience.
3. Craze for the surya-jo pair is there. I agree. That will bring in the initial audience to the movie. And the story is what will sustain the revenue. Sadly, the story doesn’t know where its bearings are. So, there you go.
4. No, even A R Rahman’s music can’t save this one. You remember “Kangalal Kaidhu Sei”? Beautiful music and equally ugly execution. This one belongs to the same genre.
I don’t think this movie will survive the first week at any of the theatres.
And reg the best response contest, with my wife having responded (rarely it happens!) you don’t really expect to win the first prize, do you? Anyways, keep trying. I do write reviews quite regularly.
I know you are a Surya fan, so you will watch the movie whatever I might say. But just listen to me this one time. Don’t waste money. Instead, if you understand hindi, please go and watch Lage Raho munnabhai. It’s a laugh riot! Just too good!
Thanks for your comment once again! Felt good replying to it too!
this movie is based on true incidents, so i wonder is its jo or surya who had previous lover…..hmmmm
Adi:
“90% of the movies don’t hype themselves up so much.”
I agree those producers spend less on the movie and don’t expect much ,but this kind of producers spend more ,so they have to hype it .. (they keep on changing their strategy, poor we ,don’t understand much of them and endup in watching all the crap)
This is a new strategy, I tell you.. Make an film with leding hero(s) and heroione(s), Release it in India, U.S.U.K,APAC, Uganda, kenya.. Arctic, antarctic.. pluto… and the producer will get his returns in the first week itself..
Even KANK collection is much more than what they invested…
Vatsan:
Who said that it was based on true incidents? I agree truth can be stranger than fiction, but this is stranger than crap! ;)
Btw, true story means it must be surya having a previous lover, right?!
Sudhakar:
That’s an interesting observation!
Put in all the big stars on all the fronts, and make a movie and release it with maximum number of prints. Gather whatever’s possible within the first week as a result of advance bookings (of fools like me;)) and smile all the way to the bank while we cry all the way everywhere we go about this movie! :(
KANK will get back its movie for sure!
I was suprise to read this review in Hindu, said its disapoint.
Nice review adi, “there is a slide “Written and Directed by Krishna” as if he has made “Titanic” or something” cant stop laughing:))
I think this movie has taken, aiming on Jo & Surya’s marrage, other than anything.
Jeevan:
Thanks for your comment!:)
I don’t think they have aimed at anything at particular except burning up money! LOL! :)
Ah, you suffered similarly. The audience comments were equaly hilarious during the show I saw. When Surya returns from NY and Jo won’t talk to him, he gives his daughter a diary and asks her to give it to Jo to read. At that point, the guy in front yelled, “Ada paavi… Innooru diary-aa?” ROFL
i was so expectant…..to watch the movie…..but after reading the story,,,,i understand there is no point!!!
baradwaj:
ROFLOL!
Thanks for your comment! :)
shubha:
The objective of writing a review like this is to prevent further wastage of money. I have spent enough on it. Enough for the entire lifetime of that movie. So, you please watch something more sensible! Glad to have saved one good soul’s money!
Thanks for your comment! :)
Very good review Aditya!
Thanks for saving some more money. Not that I would have gone and watched this movie anyway, but still its the thought that counts ;)
I wonder some international terrorist organization hired these guys to make movie and use it as a ‘psychological’ bomb on the lines of WMD. Those guys who took their vehicles out 15 mins earlier did a good thing. I am sure that otherwise people would be in such a frenzy state of mind when they come out that you would have seen at least 4 fights in the parking lot just to take vehicles out. See, the movie ought to be designed by terrorists to deteriorate Indian psyche.
Shastri:
When did you join ToI? LOL! LOL!
Btw, did you see Lage Raho Munnabhai?
Che… full flop show na? Hogli bidu… wait for the next over-hyped one..;-)
Shark:
Haudu. Full flopu! Utter flopu! Atleast music kelkondu bande aste full volume nalli! ;)
Thanks for warning. I thought of wasting my week end on that movie.. now I could look for something useful.
SOK, Adi, (it)SOK. Shit happens.
Magesh:
Yes! Good you got warned! Now you can watch something sensible atleast!
Viky:
I know! :(
ROFL
Superb diction u’ve got. I bumped into your blog while googling for the movie’s story.
I guess am gonna be a regular on this side of the blog world.
Tweety:
Thanks! Please keep coming! :)