I love acronyms and this one is the latest, though not commonly used, this one is for "Pachai Kili Muthu Charam", Gautham Menon's new Tamil flick after his last blockbuster, Vettaiyadu Vilayadu!
Gautham's taken a break from his usual Cops & Robbers storyline and ventured into a family (?) subject. The movie has Sarathkumar, Jyothika, Milind Soman and Andrea (debut) in the cast। Inspired by the book, Derailed, which was later done as movie in 2005 with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston leading the pack. IMHO, Pachai Kili Muthu Charam is definitely not for the conservative Tamil audiences, maybe would have remained a good fiction to read!
Sarath too does a different role, a soft one, something different from his usual Nattamai and larger than life characters. He seems to have done a decent job. Jyothika's plays Jennifer Aniston's role and I must say that it is a pretty strong performance and most importantly, effortless! Milind Soman plays the villain and is not too impressive. New comer Andrea, playing Sarath's dispirited wife does not add any pace to the movie. Both Milind & Andrea looked out of sorts throughout the movie. Gautham, once again, has lended his voice to his villain, last time being for Jeevan in Kakka Kakka.
The movie is really slow! I just could not resist the last 15 minutes, it was a big drag and Jyothika over doing (as always!) her character. The songs were also a let down, with just the Unakkul Nanae by Bombay Jayashree and Karu Karu by Karthik and others being just okay. All this for the successful Gautham Menon - Harris Jeyaraj combination in Minnalae, Kakka Kakka and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu. The entire movie seems to have been shot in the dark, especially the first half of it. More of Manirathnam's inspiration I guess (Joke!). Comedy goes on a vacation this time, never seen anywhere near the movie or the dialogues. I only wish Gautham spends more time for his next venture to make up for what he has messed up with PKMC.
PS: Grapevine says that Gautham Menon's next venture Varanam Ayiram (I just love this title) is also an inspiration from Hollywood, this time its Forrest Gump!
