SOK - Shock!

Be warned, spoilers ahead!

There are some movies that excel in every single department. And still, you have that feeling of emptiness, telling you that something is missing, giving you that dissatisfaction that makes you wonder why. Sillunu Oru Kadhal belongs to that genre. The music is captivating, the camera mesmerising, the editing perfect and the story too, is refreshingly different with the best possible climax. And yet it lacks something.

In this movie, Surya joins hands with director Krishna, who worked as an assistant under director Gautham. If you are fiercely romantic, or a die-hard fan of Surya (or Jyothika), you would just love this movie. You might even watch it more than once. But if you're the neutral viewer who doesn't wanna take sides, you wouldn't consider watching it the second time. You might not even like the movie in the first place.

Romance being the main theme of the story, there have been some unnecessary "cutey - sweety" scenes added here and there. And it's too obvious and made up. These scenes stand out from the story separately - not blending with it. If you're the type that loves the mushy stuff, you'll probably like it, but I was totally exasperated. Looks like they wanted to reason out why they had kept a title like that and added such scenes in the movie!

The performances by Surya and Jyothika need special mention. Their off-screen chemistry does reflect on screen too. The emotions of a wife as a result of the knowledge of not being the first woman to stay in her husband's heart have been brought out by Jyothika really well. Surya excels both as the responsible husband of Jyothika and the arrogant lover of Bhoomika. Bhoomika, though not very expressive, manages to play her role just right. Vadivelu fails to impress much, but Santhanam, with his witty, sarcastic one-liners is hilarious.

R.D.Rajasekar's camera, as usual, is a feast to the eyes. I expected that the song "New york nagaram urangum naeram" would be taken in the night (going by the lyrics, I have every reason to do so), but it's not so. But still, to say the camera work in that song is extraordinary would be an understatement. Add to this Anthony's editing and you get a song that you wouldn't mind watching a thousand times. Reminds me of "Suttum vizhi" from Ghajini which also had amazing visuals with the same Rajasekar - Antony combination.

On the whole, I wasn't satisfied with this movie very much, though all the elements of the movie were good. Maybe because I had too much expectations about it. Maybe there's too much romance in this movie that I got bored. Maybe there was too much crying in the second half. Watch it not expecting much and maybe you'll be satisfied. Maybe.