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Ponmaalai Pozhudhu Review
- 9/9/2013 11:34:49 AM
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Synopsis: Classmates Arjun and Divya fall in love out of defiance to her father's handling of their friendship. With fathers who are polar opposites, will this romance end in smiles or tears?
Review: Here's yet another coming-of-age tale that talks about teenage love and the need for parents to understand their adolescent children and guide them through these impressionable years. The first few minutes of Ponmaalai Pozhudhu instantly bring to mind the recent Aadhalal Kaadhal Seiveer with scenes of youngsters lying to their parents, goggling at girls and partying hard. But these scenes and the performances lack the deftness of the earlier film and for a moment you cringe at the crude filmmaking.
But Durai finds his feet as he gets to the actual story. Arjun's interest in Divya, his classmate and friend, is just like that of any other 16-year-old boy towards his opposite sex. But when the girl's volatile father, in a fit of anger, thrashes the lad in his classroom for sharing a kulfi with his daughter, the youngsters fall in love for real as an act of defiance. Naturally, when her father comes to know of this development, he gets livid but the lovers are determined to fight till the last.
Intriguingly, for a romantic film, it is the romantic portions that are a downer. Once Arjun and Divya have fallen in love and expressed their feelings, Durai depicts their romance in very typical ways —
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