3 - Why this kolaveri

After walking out of the theatre having sat through this movie, my only thought was - what would Kamal Hassan have to comment about the film. For one, his daughter is the lead female actor. For another, no-matter-what, he has to awww the film. Poor him !

3 is a classic example of how Tamil films can actually stoop to such unimaginable levels. Almost half a day has passed since I watched the movie and I still cannot figure out what the point of the film was. I doubt if I will. A friend of mine explained the reason behind naming this film so - it portrays the three phases of a person's life - school, college, post-marriage. Going by that logic, the movie did not seem to do justice to any of the three.

We have had heroes in Tamil films falling for a girl the very first time he sees her anywhere. Yes, that is part of the parcel. But the reverse is not so much. Atleast not after just staring at the hero a few times and suddenly the girl wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Imagine this. The guy and girl fall in love, and within a few frames (mind you, the story hadn't moved much), they finish college and decide to make public their love. And the guy is jobless. Thanks to a rich father, he gets his own flat, some weird-suit-wearing job, and he discusses business losses.

I have all respect for Kamal Hassan. Having said that, the only thing common between his acting and that of his daughter's is the fact that, when they both cry, you can hardly make out anything of what they say. Let alone the fact that Kamal is not so well-known for his crying skills. If one were to hope that Shruti Hassan would have improved her acting a teeny-tiny bit after the much hyped 7aum Arivu, don't get fooled. She hasn't. Not a bit !

Dhanush does make you tend to laugh at times, especially in the first half. Well, that half of the movie was atleast a bit watchable. Indeed, the first half was a remote bit interesting in a few scenes. Nothing more. The second half - well, I think it was made only because there had to be something after the interval. Otherwise, it didn't seem to make much sense.

The other seasoned actors of yesteryears like Prabhu, Bhanupriya, Rohini - well, they did justice to the remote role they had to play in the film. Sivakarthikeyan seemed to evoke a bit of humor, but he appeared nowhere in the second half, and by the time one is told the reason, it was way too late.

The last bit I wanted to mention - 3 has taken the sanctity of marrying to an all time low. I never did imagine that the director would make such a condemnable mockery out of the idea of marriage.

Music was a bit fine, but placed at the most inappropriate places in the film. The much hyped Kolaveri song actually failed to succeed visual-wise. It is sad that the young music director Anirudh had to actually debut his career with this movie.

Ayshwarya Dhanush can actually spare the Tamil film industry, to which her father has done much proud, by not making any more films. That is the least I would expect of the Superstar's daughter.

Overall - 3 : 3/100

PS : Purely my opinion