<p>Touting itself as a “different love story”, Gautam Vasudev Menon’s “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya” is a throwback to his heyday mushy movies like “Minnale”. Despite his silken touch and now familiar style of film-making, “VTV” rarely rises above the mundane. <br /><br />“Classy, well read, stylish and sexy” that’s Jessie (Trisha) for you as hero Karthik (Simbu) describes this fiercely independent, strong-willed, conventional Malayali Christian lass. “I accept all girls in the world as my sister except you. One cannot go in search of love. It just has to happen. That is true love,” coos the assistant director to Jessie. Brilliantly photographed by Manoj Paramahamsa and an equally evocative score by A R Rahman, “VTV”, despite the lack of Menon’s Midas touch, is still worth a dekko.</p>
<p>Touting itself as a “different love story”, Gautam Vasudev Menon’s “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya” is a throwback to his heyday mushy movies like “Minnale”. Despite his silken touch and now familiar style of film-making, “VTV” rarely rises above the mundane. <br /><br />“Classy, well read, stylish and sexy” that’s Jessie (Trisha) for you as hero Karthik (Simbu) describes this fiercely independent, strong-willed, conventional Malayali Christian lass. “I accept all girls in the world as my sister except you. One cannot go in search of love. It just has to happen. That is true love,” coos the assistant director to Jessie. Brilliantly photographed by Manoj Paramahamsa and an equally evocative score by A R Rahman, “VTV”, despite the lack of Menon’s Midas touch, is still worth a dekko.</p>
