YAARUDA MAHESH MOVIE REVIEW

From a relatively new team, 'Yaaruda Mahesh' earned some brownie points with the youngster's for its naughty and cheeky trailer. Judging by the adverts, this film clearly indicates that it is strictly only for adults, as it contains plenty of adult jokes. A rarity in Tamizh cinema indeed, but it is worth fulfilling the vacant place of a proper and enjoyable adult film ?

The lead roles are done by relatively newcomers, Sundeep Kishan and Dimple Chopade. Sundeep, who did a role in 'Maranthen Mannithen', just passes muster with his role, of an irresponsible and good-for-nothing sort of hero. As for the heroine, Dimple was just adequate and is another addition to the various new-coming glam dolls of Tamizh cinema. The only person who actually catches your attention throughout the film is Jagan. He carries the film on his shoulders, and his humorous with his funny one-liners, dialogue delivery and body language. He definitely keeps us in splits with his near-perfect timing ! The film has a host of character artistes such as Livingston, Vijay, Srinath, Uma Padhmanabhan, Swaminathan, Singamuthu, Nellai Siva, Venkat Sundar and etc, who were functional.

The film's technical works were adequate as well and have worked well, within the shoe-string budget allocated to them. Sathya N.J's costume designing was spot on, making all the characters to look lively and colorful, which was a necessity for the script, as the characters were suppose to be loud. Vanaraj's art designing was simple but cool. His interiors for the posh bungalow house sets and also the simple bar and street sets were, well brought out. Sathya Narayanan's editing was smooth and crispy, but he should have chopped off many sequences which were inconsequential to the overall script and storyline. Raana's cinematography was adequate as and very much functional, but his work for some of the songs are noteworthy. 

Malayalam composer Gopi Sundar, takes care of the music score. His tracks were pretty lukewarm and uninteresting to listen to. "Odum Unakithu" was a loud, item song, featuring Sana Oberoi. The bright lighting and the clean bar set-up was cool on the eyes. "Pudhu Paarvai" was a duet, picturized on the lead pair, romancing in top hillside areas, and Raana's soft color tone, worked well for the song, as his framing and angles were just nice for the song. "Vayadhai Keduthu" is a sensuous situational song, where the lead pair gets into some steamy actions. Dimple Chopade shows no inhibitions in shedding her clothes and the lighting and camera movements, together with efficient editing, was very professionally done. The modern bedroom set work complemented the song's mood, as well. "Yemathitta" was a loud and boring song, shot on Sundeep and Jagan dancing in a bar set-up. Vanaraj's props for the street set, was spot on, with good detailing. "Yaaruda Mahesh" was shot on the lead pair and was done like a music video, with very smooth editing and lighting for the picturization, which had a warehouse like background. The background score was too loud, which should have been toned down.

Written and directed by debutante, R.Madhan Kumar, 'Yaaruda Mahesh' does not live up to the mild expectations it evoked through its trailer. The jokes and gags, which were sexually suggestive in nature, is there but the second half of the film is littered with unnecessary comedy sequences and songs as well ! The film does not get any direction, until late into the second half. Most of the jokes of the character artistes, fall flat except for Jagan's. Unfortunately, his one-liners alone will not be sufficient enough for the audiences to go through this ordeal. The film carries no logic progression in its screenplay and the climax was a big let-down. A well plotted screenplay, with strong story presentation could have done mini-wonders, to the film ! A sincerest advice to the director: Youths do lap up for adult contents but that alone will not fixate them to a film, for its entire duration (unless its a plain, simple porno) !

'Yaaruda Mahesh' -  Disappointing adult comedy film.


Ratings: 2/5 STARS

BY:TAMIL