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| Bhoomika & Srikant |
Director: Sasi
Cast: Srikant, Bhumika, Akash, Vijay Athiraj, Vivek, Raghuvaran, Rekha, Radhika
It is yet another love triangle, where most of the earlier scenes give one a sense of deja vu, for one has seen them in recently released films like 'Shahjahan'. Of the hero mooning over a girl he has seen just once, and then happening to see her a few more times. His hopes get kindled when she later responds in easy camaraderie. But then comes the shocking discovery that she loves his best friend and vice versa. For some frivilous reason, the duo had never thought it prudent to inform him of it. And then for the rest of the film, the guy walks around with the look of a martyr.
It is when Akash is flying abroad on his job assignment, and Srikant sees the girl of his dreams at the airport, that he realises that Akash and Bhumika were in love. Bhumika, forced into a distasteful marriage by her avaricious mother (Rekha), turns to Srikant to get her out of it. The script tolerable till then, takes a nose-dive from which it never recovers. Scenes like Srikant keeping silent when his family and the cops believe Bhumika to be his wife, Akash's return and volt face with no convincing reason, the thrusting in of a third admirer of Bhumika's in the narration all reveal the confusion of the director.
But whatever the predictability of the scenes, at least the narration moves at a steady pace, and then there is the exotic-looking Bhumika paired with the handsome debutant Srikant to engage our attention. Srikant does show promise, but needs to work more on his expressions and dance movements.
Akash begins promisingly, but with the character not etched well in the second half, fizzles out of our attention. Rekha (the Bharatiraja discovery) returns to acting after a long gap as the heroine's mother. But the director having given her an unusually harsh, venomous role and no convincing reason for the character's actions, the actress can hardly do much with it. Except for a couple of scenes, Vivek's desperate attempts at comedy is pathetic. Bharadwaj's lively tunes have been well picturised against exotic backdrops. In his debut film 'Sollamale' Sasi had revealed a lot of promise as a director with novel ideas and a fresh narrative style. But there's only glimpses of it here!
Badri
(Source : www.screenindia.com ) April 27, 2001
Vijay excels in the role of a good-for-nothing, black sheep of the family who finally redeems the family prestige in the kick boxing ring while Bhoomika, as the innocent girl in love, makes a mark as an actress of good calibre. Monal,
as the oomph girl, does her job well. Vijay who is weak in studies is a roadside Romeo. His brother, Riaz Khan, is a kick boxer on whom his father
has pinned lot of hopes. To woo Monal, a rich girl, Vijay poses as a rich guy and she falls for his charms. On the other hand is Bhoomika, the next-door girl loves him but Vijay sees her as only a source to get money and a shoulder to lean on. Vijays facade is ripped off and Monal ditches him for a rich guy Bhoopinder who is a kickboxing champion. Vijay is thrown out of the house. Riaz is
bashed up and crippled by Bhoopinder in retaliation for his sidekicks being beaten up. Vijay now undergoes training and enters the ring to settle scores.
The action scenes, the song-dance sequences and the comedy is done well by Vijay who plays the title role. Music by Gokula Krishna, cinematography by Jayanan Vincent, comedy by Vivek is blended well by director Arun Prasad.
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