- Moone Moonu Varthai starts off with some good old Bhagyaraj humour. It also has a sneaky comment about a recent release which is a copy of a Bhagyaraj film. Ok, now they have my attention.
- This Arjun Chidambaram is high on energy. Also sounds a little like Siddharth.
- Arjun wakes up late. Arjun is annoying. His grandmother loves him. Basically, Arjun is a spoiled brat.
- Arjun meets Karna. We meet Karna. Oh! Why is Karna making weird faces?
- Arjun hosts a party. There’s booze, there’s a CSK match, some maama mami jokes and annoyed neighbours.
- SPB is unhappy with Arjun. Lakshmi is unhappy with SPB. They fight, they’re loud. My head begins to pound.
- Is it just me or are these dialogues very long?
- Arjun meets Karna again. He offers his friend some beer. Friend doesn’t want one. That’s when they start re-instating the title. “Moone Moonu Varthai la sollu yen beer vendam?”
- How does Arjun meet his love interest? In the midst of an earthquake, of course.
- Arjun begins doing Arjun things again. Some more waking up late, some more excuses and a lot more irresponsibility.
- But hey! He’s the hero. So at some point, he has to get responsible. Teary-eyed grandparents leave to the USA and leave him homeless and penniless.
- Arjun does what he knows best. He meets Karna. Karna is like Donald Duck on drugs. Too many animated reactions. Not able to handle.
- Karna loses his job. They go to the bar. They run into SP Charan. Oh, that was all? Will Charan come back?
- These boys have an idea. They want to start a bad news delivery agency. Yes! You read that right.
- Anything you have to say but cannot bring yourself to say? Pay them and they will say it for you.
- Arjun meets Anjali again. Only this time, they are in love. How did that happen? And when?
- SPB and Lakshmi look cute together. But they’re too melodramatic.
- Ok, what is with this background score? It’s very …leading. Sometimes, even before the lead couple could get romantic, BGM begins. Sort of like a cue.
- Hey, we see MS Bhaskar.
- MS Bhaskar falls out of love with his wife Aarthi (Ramani Kutty in the film). Dead wife, to be precise.
- “Ramani kutty-a illa chatti-a?” Karna wonders. There it is, the fat joke.
- Robo Shankar is a rowdy. If you don’t believe me, look at his necklace.
- This guy is really inconsistent. Also, confused. We have some intended comedy (that falls flat) and unintended jokes that are actually funny. Along with lines from Guna and Nayagan, and a little from every other genre (they even have a few close-up shots of Robert master).
- Arjun Chidambaram makes up for it, though. He can dance, romance, joke and cry, and has all the qualities of a good mainstream actor.
- But still, that’s no headache cure.
*****
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