After the amazing VTV , NEP had a great expectation among his fans and many others who detest Gautam style of movie making. Thanks to the inclusion of the Maestro in the team which made many to give this flick a try. But coming to the movie did it live to all its pre-release hype ??? I doubt it !!!!! There was something fundamentally missing in the movie since it started. Romantic flick depends on moments of love, which was lost in most part of the movie. Agreed there are misunderstandings among the couple, but come on give us a break !!!! It seems Gautam directed with this tubular vision, misunderstanding and ego clash builds up the relation. I was waiting for some yearning moments which happened in some set pieces, but there is no connecting thread between these set pieces. All I could see is Varun and Nithya coming together and moving apart and the reason, well you don't need a hard hitting reason for break up, but at least some poignant moments which we could empathize for the couple. The way in which he shot certain sequences was commendable, like the pre-interval break up, it was almost 5-6 min without any break or take, but here also the camera was moving up and down, with no chance of seeing the protagonist emotions. Both Jeeva and Samantha did justice to their portrayal of Varun and Nithya, but that could not sustain till the very end of the movie. Samantha was amazing, probably this could be her best till date, especially the sisters wedding scene !!! Jeeva was grim in all the scene, may be thats what the director has expected of him !!!! And songs, there is no doubts about the quality of the songs which was already a chart buster but the BGM was not the maestros best. This review might seem to be biased to many Gautam fans based on the popular view of the movie in the general public, but being an ardent fan of Gautam Vasudeva Menon I had great expectations from him in this movie, probably that could also be a reason for me getting disappointed after seeing it All I could say is NEP lacked the charm, warmth and heart which was in abundance in VTV. After seeing NEP I came back and saw VTV twice that night to savor the romance !!! Finally a word, there was a magic moment in all his earlier venture be it Kakha Kakha, Minnale or VTV, but that moment was sorely missing in NEP !!!!
Review of Neethaane En Ponvasantham
