YA YAA MOVIE REVIEW

Here we go ! Another week and another comedy film being released in Tamizh cinema. Creativity seems to be lacking, where producers are only thinking of pouncing on quick-bucks by producing comedy capers. But hey, a comedy film is still a film and it has to be good, in order to be successful. Shiva and Santhanam, are 'deadly' combination comes together after a brief flirt in 'Thillu Mullu'. Directed by I.Rajasekaran, a former associate of M.Rajesh, each comedian has a heroine each, but how did the movie live up to, in the end ?

Performance wise, Shiva and Santhanam were very pretty much in their comfort zone. Too much of comfort, frankly speaking ! Shiva with his poker-face reactions and Santhanam with his one-liners, are complementary to each other with their distinctively different styles and timing. But their gags together were not of rip-roaring quality, but just plain-silly gags. As for the heroines, Dhanshikaa, has the meatier role and, for an actress of her potential and substance, this was just a pathetic show. Though she could have wanted to do a simpler, attractive-looking, easy-going role, such roles doesn't not offer her much, other than a pay-packet. Sandhya makes her return after quite some time, and she was okay with her comic timing and in a limited portion of sequences. 'Powerstar' Dr.S.Srinivasan makes a cameo and does plenty of spoof gags, though he is improving with his dialogue delivery and comic timing. Devadarshini's role was just insipid and ridiculous. The rest such as Ilavarasu, Rekha, Manohar, Aarthi, Chitra Letchumanan and etc were just there to fill up the spaces.

Shanmugapriya.S's costume designing sufficed the need of the script, especially with the lead pairs looking good. 'Thalapathy' Dinesh's stunt choreography was over-the-top, though the script warranted it. T.S Suresh's editing has nothing to shout about, apart from the fact that it was just neat and the length of the film was short. K.Kathir's production design was okay, trying his best to make the surroundings to look convincing enough. Especially with the props. Vetri's cinematography was average but pleasant in a few shots.

Vijay Ebenezer's songs were below average and none of them were interesting to listen to. "Friendae" was shot on both Shiva and Santhanam, with a swanky shopping complex as a backdrop. "Needhane Endru" is a dream song on Shiva and Dhanshikaa, which had montages and was shot in common places such as beach, malls and theme parks. "Boomi Nalla" was also picturized on Shiva and Dhanshikaa, in a colorful, rural setting done by K.Kathir. While Dhanshikaa showed the glamorous side of her's, Shiva dabbled in real dancing ! "Oru Kannadi" was picturized on a bar setup, erected by K.Kathir. The song was shot on Shiva boozing around and also had Dinesh, the choreographer, throughout the song. "Yaaru Kitta" was like a face-off song, between Shiva and Santhanam and was shot in a wedding atmosphere-like, decorated home. "Nothing Wantu" appears during the end credits. 

I.Rajasekaran is clearly motivated by his mentor's style of writing scripts, that is without a proper story but full of funny gags. There's nothing wrong in aping the same methodology, but the execution goes horribly wrong in 'Ya Yaa'. I.Rajasekaran tried to fuse both slapstick comedy and serious story-telling into one screenplay and both elements did not stick well. The film slowly wanders no where, and the screenplay goes completely haywire with farcical and unwanted sequences dished out for no apparent reasons. Some of the gags are filled with double entendres, which could have been avoided. Also, there is a lackaidisical attitude with the final product, with badly done post-production. Many sequences had the dubbing and lip-sync going completely non-sync !

'Ya Yaa' - A half-baked attempt in making quick-bucks, by harping on to the recent trend of comedy films being release.


Ratings: 1.75/5 STARS

BY:TAMIL