Senseless Syndrome

ramanujam February 22nd, 2007

That Four Letter Word is a movie by first time director Sudhish Kamath. People who have been in the blog world would definitely know that the movie is Sudhish’s dream of life and it transforms his real life into reels(Oops!…It’s a digital film). After a seven year long struggle and 2 and 1/2 failed attempts and many changes in the crew the movie made it to the theatres fresh as ever. The movie is a perfect portrayal of relationships, friendship, LOVE and LIFE in the early 20’s. Everyone could relate any one of the movie characters to their life.

The movie opens with Sunil(Aashil Nayar) wielding his camera trying to make a movie and also convey his love to a girl. Incidentally this happens to be the real life Sudhish and all other characters are his own gang of friends who revolved around his life. Vishal(VJ Cary Edwards),Prashant (Praveen Bharadwaj) and Zebra(’Evam’ Sunil) are the three of his friends who have their own methodologies in life. Vishal wanted to be a heart surgeon but ended up with a broken heart. Prashant is a guy of principles and had a five year plan for how to succeed in life. Zebra wants nothing but SEX.

Their life gets spiced up when the two girls Isha(Usha Seetharam) and Sara/saraswati( VJ Paloma Rao) enter into their lives. Isha is a typical modern girl and Sara was excellently portrayed as the right mix of modernity and tradition. I personally liked Sara’s characterisation and her way of acting very much. It was at the beach influenced by alcohol when everyone feels that they have lost something in life and decide to take the break. Everybody works hard to achieve the goal of their life and diverge in their own ways and end happily.

Here is my SWOT:

STRENGTHS:
-Excellent dialogues and characterisation
-The “TFLW” Rap by Blazee
-The locations which makes you get the feel(Mainly to Chennai vaasis!)
-Sunil and Cary’s down to earth acting. Man Zebra(sunil) was crazy!
-Equal importance to all characters that the audience don’t feel he/she is the main cast.

WEAKNESS:
-Poor/Bad lighting in some of the scenes( Explanation: Fim made at the cost of a small car)
-Abrupt transition between the scenes and the comic strips
-The strips ran too fast that some parts were not readable.

OPPORTUNITIES:
-The quiz scene involving Zebra could have been made better.

THREATS:
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Sudhish has established that independent cinema will also have good reception and paved way for many such talented directors. The movie is officially releasing in Sathyam Cinemas on 23rd February. Go watch it!

Jump’s score: 5.5/10
Here is the trailer of the movie:

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