I would want to start off with a small suggestion to Selvaraghavan - He can actually go about registering his brand of stories! Mayakkam Enna is yet another page from Selvaraghavan's "Kadhal kadhaikkal notebook".
So here goes the story. Dhanush (Karthik), an aspiring wildlife photographer (What a transition sirji - from kozhi pandhayam spot fixer to Wildlife photographer!). Genius. Yes, if you can believe Premji amaran being in IIT, you should believe Dhanush is called Genius. Well, in this context Genius is namma hero's patta per because he is a weirdo. Okay, enough of Hero saar! Lets move on to the heroine intro. An ad agency employee in Chennai,Yamini, who agrees to date Dhanush's friend, but finds herself in love with Dhanush. The Bermuda triangle is formed. Things get sorted out quickly, some kadhal konden-ish scenes in between, and Genius gets married to Yamini. (Sadha yamini becomes Genius Yamini :P, Sorry for the PJ, Kinda compensating for the bland humor in the second half) As usual, a bad guy spoils the things in life, and Karthik goes into this Vazhve mayam phase. Mrs Genius Yamini rises up to the situation, and helps her hubby come out in flying colors.
Mayakkum MUSIC. Strikingly, I felt, it was not the Oda oda or Kadhal en Kadhal that took the attention, instead it was the theme and overall BGM which fitted in so well. I would say, this was just another movie made palatable because of Dhanush, Richa and GV, Deepa Venkat(for lending her voice and more so, for doing it so well!!)The heroine deserves an applause. Okay, so the not so good thing about the movie is that its excruciatingly slow. And any tamil film buff would guess what would happen after the interval, Predictable plot. A lot of unwanted uncomfortable lines-the beauty of script writing or dialogues lie in leaving the meaning for the audience to interpret- needn't make things too obvious, kinda spoils the fun. Must mention about the photographs. Really good pictures. I would give the movie a overall 3 on 5.
Ellam ok, but I still don't understand the reason behind Dhanush's kudumi in the last half. Yaarukavudhu purinja sollunga pa!
