Emakku Thozhil Romance Movie Review: A mediocre outing that has more misses than hits
Emakku Thozhil Romance Movie Review: Critics Rating: 2.5 stars, click to give your rating/review,The film's plot has immense opportunities to make it into a full-fledged popcorn entertainer, but th
Critic's Rating: 2.5/5
Emakku Thozhil Romance Movie Review: Romcoms are always a safe bet provided the conflict-laden sequences succeed in entertaining the target audience. Balaji Kesavan's Emakku Thozhil Romance follows the tried-and-tested format in the genre in terms of character design and situations. However, the attempt turns out to be futile, thanks to the predictable set of events.
Umashankar (Ashok Selvan) is an assistant filmmaker reeling from the colossal failure of a film in which he'd worked for. Lady Luck smiles on the happy-go-lucky youngster when he falls in love with Leo (Avantika Mishra), a nurse who has plans to shift to Delhi owing to career reasons. However, it's her destiny to fall for him. The couple's exciting love life goes downhill when Uma decides to help one of his friends. What follows is a concoction of confusion, drama, and emotions.
Some of the neatly staged sequences laced with humour, though they do not offer novelty, are enjoyable. Playing the protagonist's character is a cakewalk for Ashok Selvan and he has aced it. His boy-next-door character is something that we have seen in several films, but the ease with which he slips into the role here is interesting to watch. Avantika is decent as the female lead. A few portions involving Bhagavathi Perumal and Urvashi work to an extent.
The film's plot has immense opportunities to make it into a full-fledged popcorn entertainer, but the shallow screenplay doesn't do justice to the bevy of talented actors in the movie. They save the movie from becoming a tiring watch though. The emotional aspects, too, fall flat. Emakku Thozhil Romance reminds us of various yesteryear rom-coms that had an appealing screenplay and convincing performances.
The filmmaker makes the same old wine in a new bottle here, but without developing situations that have immense potential to bring the roof down. The conflicts are stretched out beyond a point, leaving the tension diluted. The film ends up as a mediocre outing that has more misses than hits.
Emakku Thozhil Romance Movie Review: Romcoms are always a safe bet provided the conflict-laden sequences succeed in entertaining the target audience. Balaji Kesavan's Emakku Thozhil Romance follows the tried-and-tested format in the genre in terms of character design and situations. However, the attempt turns out to be futile, thanks to the predictable set of events.
Umashankar (Ashok Selvan) is an assistant filmmaker reeling from the colossal failure of a film in which he'd worked for. Lady Luck smiles on the happy-go-lucky youngster when he falls in love with Leo (Avantika Mishra), a nurse who has plans to shift to Delhi owing to career reasons. However, it's her destiny to fall for him. The couple's exciting love life goes downhill when Uma decides to help one of his friends. What follows is a concoction of confusion, drama, and emotions.
Some of the neatly staged sequences laced with humour, though they do not offer novelty, are enjoyable. Playing the protagonist's character is a cakewalk for Ashok Selvan and he has aced it. His boy-next-door character is something that we have seen in several films, but the ease with which he slips into the role here is interesting to watch. Avantika is decent as the female lead. A few portions involving Bhagavathi Perumal and Urvashi work to an extent.
The film's plot has immense opportunities to make it into a full-fledged popcorn entertainer, but the shallow screenplay doesn't do justice to the bevy of talented actors in the movie. They save the movie from becoming a tiring watch though. The emotional aspects, too, fall flat. Emakku Thozhil Romance reminds us of various yesteryear rom-coms that had an appealing screenplay and convincing performances.
The filmmaker makes the same old wine in a new bottle here, but without developing situations that have immense potential to bring the roof down. The conflicts are stretched out beyond a point, leaving the tension diluted. The film ends up as a mediocre outing that has more misses than hits.
