Case in point, for you Tamil folks, it’s the original version of "Santosh Subramaniyam".
After Mozhi, expectations were high for the daring and different director, Radha Mohan. Him
and his favorite teammate, Prakash Raj join hands again for this next tackling subject. Azhagiye Theeye tackle "Struggles within Human emotions."Mozhi taught us the perspective of deaf people and the power of loss.
Now, in Abhiyum, they tackle the father-daughter bonding. A special bonding between Abhi(Trisha)
and her father. As the backdrop takes place in the locales of the chilly ooty, Prakash raj
narrates his tale to the upcoming father, Prithiviraj(guest appearance) about his relation
-ship with Abhi. From playful times to preparation of the Pre-KG times to adopting their family
beggar, everything was like a dream come true for Prakash Raj. Everything was going well in
his way, that is.until Abhi got older and wanted to pursue her MBA in Delhi for 2 years. But
of course, that wasn’t dragged on for too long. The main problem was just her new boyfriend,
by the name of Joginder "Jogi" Singh. What follows is a comedic process of acceptance and
a journey from daughter to marriage.
Prakash Raj must be give the maximum applause for accepting such a task to produce a nice and
feel good type of family entertainer. Every frame and aspect of the film grips you so well.
Unlike the masalas that are associated with big stars of today(Vijay’s Villu, Ajith’s Aegan)
Radha Mohan DOES NOT steer away from the plot line of the film with a comedy side-track that
is usually Vadivelu or a Vivek can ham into 10-15 minutes of film footage. The comedy
here is done well and it’s weaved into the plot perfectly.
Good to see Ishwarya(Actress Lakshmi’s daughter) on the screen again after a not-so-great
outing with her last him AARU. But it’s Trisha who shines the most in the film after giving
forgettable roles, that of a glamorous moll to the superstar/hero. She really put a lot
of effort into the film, that too, not made to be commercial. Watch her in the climax, that’s
all I’m going to say.
If Melody King Vidyasagar’s tunes left you cold during the Audio launch, the placement here
in the film is picture perfect. Now I want to add these to my ipod playlist!
Bommarillu was a take on Father-son bonding, Abhiyum Naanam does the entire opposite. Do
yourself a favor a go watch this.
With all the crap surrounding hyped crappers like Slumdog Millionaire [I’ll be honest, it portrays India in a very bad way.], Villu and all, this film is the perfect outing. Unlike biased sites like Behindwoods and Sify, who are VERY BIASED towards Rajnikanth and formuliac buffoons like Simbu, VIshal, Vijay, etc, if you got an OPEN MIND, there’s no point in the movie where it gets dragging AT ALL.