Hridayam

Vineeth Srinivasan has mesmerized millions and touched the 'hridayam' of the audience with his latest movie 'Hridayam'.

What's new in the movie? Nothing. That's it's beauty.  Realistic. Curiosity and not confidence has been his guiding factor, and he has followed his fathers advise of having 'Common Sense'. He says- 'Dil Chathe hey' had inspired him, and he wanted to be like Farhan Akthar someday, writing and directing movie. He is a living proof that dreams and goals do come true. Man the way this guy speaks with conviction is so nice.. and it is reflecting in his films too!! 

Vineeth is a complete film book a director,writer, singer, lyricist ,actor ,producer  talented person, simple son of a Simple father,  of which both can be proud of . One of the polymaths of malayalam cinema. Started his career as a musician, then as an actor, then as a scriptwriter, as a  wonderful director and as a producer. All his films gives us a heart warming experience.

His father, Sreenivasan, another legend can be proud of his son❤️

He says Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu is his- favourate place. Ask people How are you in Kerala - kozhapam illa - Tamila Nadu - Super. That's the difference between two place.

First half and second half - 2 film : Train comming to chennai and going out, 2nd half - feel good - Tweek to clishe situations - Simplify the surface lever and deeper inside. 

Darshana - first sight, Maya - Illusion, Nithya - Constant. Three girls in the life of Arun Neelakandan - punch in surname, as the names were then, and when he has a son he name him Selva Nitya Arun. Selva- son of the soil, Sambar Sadam are other prime characters of the movie.

The movie starts with a soulful background violin music composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab, which transports you to this surreal environment.  This bgm later comes in a song and never fails to make us fall in love with it. The film revolves around the life of Arun Neelakandan, starring Pranav Mohanlal, the love, ego battles, self-realisation and transformation he faces during his young adult phase. Arun, a Keralite comes to the happening Chennai for his four year college term. He falls for Dharshana, played by Dharshana Rajendran herself and we see an organic relationship brewing at first. Arun boasts of a love-power in him, that he can find out whether the girl he loves is single or commited, by just looking at her eyes.

The college setting is quite cliché and has several "seen before" tropes like intense ragging, boys fighting over girls, occasional drinking and porn, but it doesn't seem to affect the overall impact the movie makes on us. Suddenly, a silly, ridiculous fight ensues between Arun and Dharshana, after which they separate. Egoism and personal crisis never lets them be together. Arun struggles at a point for the guy, the break-up made him become which puts him in a dark phase and makes him do stupid mistakes. Fortunately, he gets a wake-up call, a chance to change his messed-up self, under the solace and good company of Selva, a Vada Chennai student from an humble background, who plays a major part in his extremely heart-warming transformation. This Selva character provides many breakthrough moments. One of which is when Arun asks Selva, how can an Engineer marry a lady who comes to Iron, Selva says, "Ellathaiyum plan panni panna naan enna Malayali ya? Thamizhan Da!!" (I am not some Malayali to plan and do something like you, I am Thamizhan Da"), a goosebump moment to the Thamizhians who would be watching this movie. Selva - Arun conversation "Enna dream selva "Amma Appa nimmathiya thoonganum ". Cycle  two broken people.

The whole intermission sequence, after the conclusion of his college life, goes right into your heart and plays with your emotions in a sweet way.  The post college life sees Arun choosing a career, different from his degree, as if it is a trend among engineering folks. Though Dharshana and him do not get reunited, they become the best of friends. Life finally leads Arun to become a wedding photographer, after which he meets Nithya, played by Kalyani Priyadharshan, and gets married to her.Podiye uru logam (hook) - cold play song - spirit is lifted. 2nd half - 2 years later . Bathekaro, bathekaro, man me jo hey, marriage changes everything - Nitya - do not over think, nice sweet person, understand people come with baggage, child birth, is not easy , but to be enjoyed and is second life. 

In the climax moments, Dharshana gets cold feet on her marriage, and decides to meet up with Arun to the place where they sneaked out during college, and asks him if marriage really matters. When you watch that scene on the film, you would know that it cannot get more real.

Coming to the technical aspects, as I said before obviously the music and the bgm is the USP of the movie. Hesham has done a brilliant job with 15 beautiful songs and one from Chitram - Nagmo . Dharshana Rajendran shines as she is a total badass in this film. Kalyani Priyadharshan delivers a commendable performance too, especially during the back and forth between her and Dharshana's character, the tension between the wife and ex-girlfriend is well-portrayed. The cinematography, the colour pallette chosen and editing offers ultimate artwork. Arun goes to the alley where he had not written anything before 

and now writes:

"Thank you for making me who I am."

Thankfully, Hridayam is now available on Disney+ Hotstar Streaming Platform, I was waiting,  as I was unable to go to theaters, but am sure with the amazing music, it would be much better there.

Arun and Dharshana similar people - deep, confused, - very similar but cant be a couple. Push the limit - want to hurt each other, exptemen emotions. Chip of the old block, parents generation, express love differently, - angry, say nasty things but deep love inside May had to go through grief of lossing a father, and lossing the person you love. Her character was honest and real. The question and the timing 'have you every loved me like you have loved Darshana?' She then attends Arun's wedding,  how pretty she looked then. Her new boy friend asks Arun why he left Maya, he says, she deserved someone better. That's the positivity of the film. She wanted genuine relationship, and she got it. Let go. 

Theme - abheri Raga  - Pleasent on surface and meloncoly inside evoking nostalgia. Ragdurga - Happiness.