GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Pollu Prashi Not sure feels like Mani has run out of good ideas. The movie mostly feels like rip of from Friends with Benefits. The screenplay and cinematography are good in parts but never keeps you engrossed like it used to in a typical Maniratnam movie. Maniratnam always comes up with love story angle. Why cant the director think of something beyond Bollywood with advent of so much graphics in the digital movie production. He should create something that we will remember for the next 25 years. The ARR magic too is gone these days. After few months of watching this movie I don't even recollect any songs. Producers should real think before investing on these Oscar genius.

nan kumar Full disclosure- I am an avid mani ratnam fan and really think that the genre that he excels in is Romance.This movie in a nutshell is about a guy and a girl taking an instant liking to each other, decide to live together. Each has their own separate path planned out and both have agreed to live-in for the few months they have together.I really wanted to like this movie. I did. But too many aspects of this movie are jarring and have left me wondering what the point of this movie was in the first place. It could have been a movie about living in, how two people who jump in headlong without too much thought navigate relationship difficulties. It could have illustrated the point that has many believers these days - that life could be perfectly fine even if they don't have that piece of paper that ties them together. But no. The movie which starts off on a promising note, albeit unconvincing in the situations and settings, devolves into the typical story of a couple in love.What were left unexplored and could have made the movie more convincing and interesting are : What causes the couple to change their mind or the way they feel about marriage ? What issues did the couple face that reinforced their notions of how boring marriage can be ? All these are glossed over, with montages of the love struck couple in the early throes of relationship bliss. Plot twists are weak and don't change the status quo that much or throw new light on the character's personas, their motivations. In fact there is no plot twist ! The lives of the characters are so easily laid out with a background of traditional minded family members who don't really pose a threat to the relationship and thus it appears that the characters do not have much by way of challenges to overcome that makes them come face to face with their convictions or changed emotions.But the biggest flaw in my opinion is the lack of 'stickiness' of the romance in this 'romance' genre movie. The banter lacks the crackle and chemistry that would justify the blink-and-we've-moved-in-together movie. The romance is not heartfelt and insipid. In fact, that the story is set in middle-class India about a modern-day man and woman, one even begins to wonder how the two characters readily jump into bed and move in with someone they just met. Perhaps if the romance arc was strong, such brashness could be justified but sadly there is no fire. This story could easily have been inspired by any anonymised young mumbai couple who live in for a few months or years and then things proceed smoothly from that point onwards - as they say, 'happily ever after'. But the more interesting stories are ones where people's initial ideas about marriage were dramatically challenged due to the nature of their relationship or even by external obstacles.Did mani ratnam think that had he taken that route that this would become 'Alaipayuthey - part 2' ? After all the centerpiece of that movie was about what happens when the 'happily ever after' unfolds and how the strength of the protagonists' relationship is tested by an unexpected event.Perhaps my disappointments stem from my higher expectations from mani ratnam movies.There are other quibbles I have about this movie - the first of which is how it tries to be 'cool', that it's totally in with the lingo of the young generation. The word 'buddy' is bandied about by a middle aged looking dude trying to look cool and then used randomly on anyone from a colleague to an elderly lady. And if this movie is trying to be realistic, what defies explanation is the snap turn-around of the landlord in allowing the young couple to live together after voicing protest. Is a sweet voiced woman singing a pleasant carnatic song so convincing ? Why would a couple who is 'living in sin' as the heroine puts it, live together in a home with privacy limited to the single room they have rented ? If this is about 2015 Mumbai, upwardly mobile couples in a no strings attached relationship, moving into a rented apartment is more the norm rather than as a paying guest at a single room accommodation.But all said and done, what I liked about the movie was how it showed the couple handling competing professional ambitions that takes them to take them far away from each other. At least the movie did not devolve into the many Hollywood and Indian movie endings with one or both parties deeming the love relationship to be more important than their own goals. This is perhaps the only realistic element of the story that was handled well, reflected not only the changing times but also that the director has his pulse on how the young 'uns balance work and life.This is a modern day alaipayuthey with none of the original's romance or gripping storyline elements.

Ram NRI I don't normally write reviews. I like watching movies and rating them, but looking at the downpour of adulation, I got disgusted enough to write this. Mani Ratnam is one overrated director. And this movie is absolutely the bottom of the barrel. Good-looking people fall in love, act like whiny school kids, are mostly annoying stupid characters with no substance whatsoever, and have no guts to act out what they think is right. That's the movie for you. Every character is plastic, every situation is OTT, every face that comes on screen is full of it. You just want to throw up all over the screen.The problem which I had with this film is the artificiality which just creeps in, when the protagonists converse is simply irritating to say the least. The dialogues are simply horrendous and the master has to really chisel on this major aspect if he wants any of his future projects to work. I personally think his raavan and kadal didn't work because of poor dialogues. I couldn't root for the lead pair which is very essential in a romantic movie. I want to tell maniratnam that a romantic couple in whatever relatioship they have talk sensibly than they do in his films.In this movie, I literally wanted to throw up when maniratnam portrays his stupid notion about a live in relationship. I was longing for scenes where the lead pair would come out of their shell and talk sensibly and those were very few.All the realistic utterance of dialogues are taken care by the supporting actors. The positive was prakash raj who saves this film from drowning by his flawless performance. The realism which enters into this film when he utters the dialogues is tremendous in this otherwise ordinary film. He is such a delight to watch and a treasure for the Indian film fraternity. His wife played by a new comer gives him some competition.The cinematography and music is great but couldn't praise it fully because of the director's lacklustre narration. Lastly maniratnam's latest take on live in relationship is awful to say the least.

Gokul Nath One of the best Tamil movie in recent times. A Mani Ratnam' timely reflection of our society. Awesome casting, story line, music, cinematography, screenplay, dialogue and direction. There is no fault in the movie. A complete movie in a long time. Not a single minute is wasted. No unnecessary fights, cursing.Soundtracks are just out of the world. AR tries to outscore himself every time. Single year, two hit albums in Tamil. "I" and "OK Kanmani".A must watch movie, but only for targeted audience.