Sillunu Oru Sandhippu Movie Review

by Raven

After getting postponed few times, Sillunu Oru Sandhippu has been released for the Valentine’s day weekend. The movie is directed by newcomer Ravi Lallin. Vemal (formerly known as Vimal), Dipa Shah and Oviya play the lead roles in the film. Going by the title, one might expect the movie to be a romantic entertainer, but it turns out to be a tedious and uninteresting affair.

Plot

The first scene comes as a shocker to the audience where Vemal is shown as a school student. Ashok (Vemal) and Geetha (Oviya) are classmates in a high school at Ooty and they fall for each other. They decide to get married but their age is less than the legally prescribed age for marriage. Few years later, Ashok is shown to be settled in the USA and he comes back to India. He then falls for Charu (Dipa Shah), who happens to be his sister in law’s sister (how many more films will have the same concept?). When their marriage is on the cards, Geetha comes back in Ashok’s life and what happens then forms the rest of the story.  

Screenplay and Direction - Ravi Lallin

Debutant director Ravi Lallin’s screenplay is outdated and most of the scenes appear amateurish. For instance, Geetha punctures her cycle’s tyre to get a lift from hero and Charu asks 'sorry' by writing on the coffee-serving tray. (Never seen before?) The so-called comedy sequences fall flat and appear old-fashioned.

What is more disturbing is the way how many scenes and dialogues demean women. The double entendres throughout the movie are irritating. The cleavage show and the item song are unwarranted. One would wonder why such scenes are conceived in the first place. There is no high point in the movie. The screenplay meanders along aimlessly and does not entertain the audience at all.

Cast and Crew

There is nothing to write home about the cast or crew, as the script lets them all down. Vemal looks very uncomfortable in urban milieu and his timing sense is clearly missing. Dipa Shah does a fair job while Oviya tries to appear glamorous in her cameo act. Manobala in a dual role (but why?) is not entertaining at all due to poor characterization. All the actors seem to recite their by-hearted dialogues.

Music by F S Faizal is disappointing. The songs are loud and often disturb the flow of the movie. Background score is a letdown too. Cinematographers Rajesh Yadav and Aaro have captured Ooty aesthetically.

Bottomline

Ironically, ‘Sillunu Oru Sandhippu’ is not a pleasant encounter for the audience.   

Rating - 1 / 5