Engeyum Kaadhal delivers little

Friday, May 6, 2011


There are several plusses to the romantically titled Engeyum Kaadhal (Love Everywhere), produced by AGS Entertainment and directed by Prabhu Deva .
The first of which, undoubtedly, is the scintillating location: Paris. Nirav Shah's camera-work is brilliant, capturing the colours in a way that thrills everyone.
Another advantage is Nalini Sriram's pretty costumes that show off the leads in a very favourable light.
Editor Anthony shows his skill, while Harris Jeyaraj's foot-tapping numbers, already chartbusters, have been picturized very well.
The minus: the story is practically non-existent.

This means that in the place of an engaging screenplay, you've got to fill approximately two-and-half hours with plenty of gimmicks. Like director Prabhu Deva himself making a guest appearance, singing Engeyum Kaadhal along the streets of Paris, with couples kissing each other every two seconds. You also have Prakash Raj  with no real role whatsoever except to give the director his call-sheet dates.
You have perky, bubbly, enthusiastic Kayalvizhi aka Kayal (Hansika Motwani ), resident of Paris, a music college student who plays the cello on the streets to help the infirm, speaks with a baby voice to her father, private detective Rajasekhar (Suman).
One fine day, she sees multi-billionaire Indian businessman Kamal (Jayam Ravi) on the streets, waltzing with gorgeous women and instantly falls for him. It's love at first sight.
Kamal has no time for love; he believes in working hard for 1 [...]



 
 
 

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