Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Goa* - A venkat Prabhu holiday- Conditions Apply *

Call it spoof, Call it madness, Call it fun, Call it Goa. Goa is a non-stop fun film that will make you laugh all the time. This is Mr Venkat prabhu's third offering after the Cult film chennai-28 and the comedy thriller saroja. Venkat has created a set of character's based upon current generation of youngsters and made it look simple. He has kept the plot simple. Four individuals in Goa, finding their love life and understand relationship's. He has taken the bunch of guys from his well known cast & asked them to chill out at Goa, as if they are on a holiday. Believe it or not, they have done exactly that and delivered big time. Venkat keeps it simple and straight when it comes the screenplay as well as the character sketches. It sinks effortlessly in the screenplay of the film.

Jai, Vaibhav and Premji are from the same village, where the traditions and customs are still like the 1980's ramarajan/ Gangai amaren films. They get tired of answering questions in the town panchayat & leave the village. Jai meets his friend at a wedding to know that, he has married a foriegn girl from Goa. The three friends flee to Goa in search of their love and the way they find their love has been portrayed hilariously.

Jai- Pia's love story is the best of all. Jai finds what he wants in Pia, but refuses to accept her because of the stupid reason that he wants to marry a foriegner. Pia has fallen for Jai on the first meeting. The scene where Pia takes Jai to an empty theater for listening her sing was a beautifully constructed sequence. At last Jai accepts Pia as she is even after knowing that she had an affair with Vaibhav( Jai doesnt know vaibhav lied). That's the way it is today. This generation does not care about the past. This is venkat prabhu's take. Pia has a certain charm in her & she looks good with those curls and outfits even though she is short.

Vaibhav-Sneha 's story is about two concepts that prevails in this generation's men-women. Vaibhav badly wants to be in a relationship and have sex, for that he chooses sneha. Sneha is full of attitude and chauvinism. They both get married and divorced. Vaibhav accepts to sneha that he was never in love with her and it does not work out for hm. Vaibhav and sneha both have come out with a solid performance.

Premji-Melanie - This will bring the roof's down as well as make some sob at the end. It takes guts to portray a love story between a guy from a village and a foriegner. Melanie is beautiful and refreshing to see in the screen. She has done her part well, except for the dialogues in tamil. Premji has spoofed a lot in the past two films and has continued the same way in the third.

The fourth one is a gay relationship between Aravind Akash & Sampath. Sampath has given a mind blowing performance. He has made people believe that they are a gay couple. Aravind Akash has hit gym & put a six pack abb's, Both him & the six pack Abb's shines throughout the film.


There were a few drags, a very few dull moments that could have been taken care in the edit of the film. This film has the potential to acheive cult status. Our audience are very different these days, no one is not sure what to accept ?. Applause for the bravery of Soundarya Rajnikanth and venkat Prabhu to make a film like Goa. They have succeeded in reaching the films to the hearts of A center audience. I believe venkat will not continue with the same kind of films, which he has made till now in his next offering.

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