weather history says that the December is the coldest month in bangalore. frequent haze over weather and drizzling is quite common.
but recent low pressure across changed weather pattern dramatically.
'Kallori' is a simple story told in a straight forward manner. It revolves around a group of friends. The portrayal of these friends with varied background provides you an experience of living amidst the circle. The various colours and shades of each person and the emotional ups and downs keep the movie going. The depiction of the sublime friendship is near perfect.
The film begins in a bus that has a lot of collage students heading towards Government Arts Collage in a small town. A set of friends are introduced as long term friends. There is a small build up to the introduction of the hero (Muthu played by newcomer Akhil), who is part and parcel of the circle. All are studying in the same class. They enter into the collage for the first time.
In the class room they see a new girl (Shobhana played by Tamanna), who is strikingly different from the lot. She looks fair. She looks sad. She is aloof. The group sympathizes for her and brings her into its fold. The girl soon becomes part and parcel of the group.
The movie goes on to narrate the collage life with fun and colour. It shows the strength of the friendship besides showing the backgrounds of the friends. Most of them are from poor background. The protagonist has an aim in his life. Being an athlete, he wants to excel in sports and get a good job through sports quota to give his poor family a new lease of life.
Shobhana, a rich girl rich family feels for the boy and helps him achieve his goal. In fact every friend does the same thing but Shobhana does it with some sort of special attachment. Slowly the love develops in the minds of both but they chose to put it on the back seat for the sake of the larger friendship they share with the group. In fact the poor lovers don’t even share their feelings.
The narration moves on to a point when they are compelled by the circumstances to come out with their feelings but life has some other designs. Balaji Saktivel has remarkably recreated the collage atmosphere and the bondage between the friends. The script has deftly handled the struggle between love and friendship. No scene or turning point seems to be unnatural and contrived. He has amazingly extracted natural performances from the cast that is full of newcomers. He has thankfully avoided melodrama and clichéd sentiments.
He has executed some scenes with aplomb. The death in Saleema’s house and the game in the rain stay in our memory. The development of love looks natural. Balaji has worked well in minute things. The grandma of Shobhana sounds proud when she tells about her ancestors. She suddenly turns shy when she mentions about her husband.
Tamanna, who looks remarkably like Kareena Kapoor fulfils the part of a pretty lass very well. To them, she's a goddess straight from heaven. Soon enough, though, she shows herself to be an ordinary young girl with no extraordinary airs -- and becomes a part of them. And during those moments, when she suspects her friends of stealing an opportunity of expressing her love for one of the group, her mutinous face and angry expressions are perfect. And when she finally realizes that her love is not all that one-sided, her face is a treat to watch. She's obviously been told to cut down on the melodrama as the rest of the group's so natural that they hardly seem to be speaking dialogues. For all you know, a camera might have been stuck into an ordinary college gang, and you wouldn't have noticed the difference. It makes you want to yearn to be a part of them. Kayal, who's forever ensuring that everyone's on their best behaviour plays the part of the well-intentioned friend who confuses issues so well, that you wonder if she's even acting. Chezhian's cinematography is perfection itself, capturing the dustiness of the surrounds and the college accurately. Joshua Sridhar's music has been used well, and in the style of Kaadhal -- montages of college life and young love flitting through the song, especially Sariya Thavaraa.சரியா தவறா No unnecessary dance numbers mar the proceedings, and violence, except when it adds colour to the story, is devoid of gore. The climax is unexpected -- as is the whole movie, pretty much. Balaji Sakthivel has made clever use of unlooked for twists and little turns top make sure no part of the movie appears stale. And here he is doing what comes best to him: take an ordinary plot and weave a believable story around it. Kalloori might be devoid of action, item songs and glitzy costumes -- but what it gives you is the real deal. And reality is always much more interesting than fiction.
you are not only entertainer to me
i got confidence my on myself while referring your passed years
you are not only a film star but icon for me..
many more happy returns of the day
