Dulquer Salmaan as Adi and Nithya Menen as Tara for the movie OK Kanmani
When a director of a movie turns into a viewers’ most celebrated technician? In my view, a good director sets the trend for the next decade through his movies. Director Mani Ratnam is certainly in that highest category. And OK Kanmani is a trend setting movie. No fictions involved and no commercialization either in this movie. Mani Ratnam here just preluded the culture and dynamism of the generation next.
In 2000 Alaipayuthey (Saathiya in Hindi) of Mani Ratnam was another example, which set the trend for next fifteen years. The love marriages had become part of the norm after this movie. A typical love marriages turned out to be love-cum-arranged marriages. If we go back to past century, another celebrated director Bharathiraja, broke the long standing jinx of inter-community love marriage in one of his movies named Alaigal Oivathillai. These directors are one of the examples absolute legends since they knew the pulse of the people.
Mila Kunis as “Jaime” and Justin Timberlake as “Dylan” in Screen Gems’ FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS.
A Friends with Benefits for Hollywood, a Wake up sid for Bollywood, in the same cadre OK Kanmani is a path breaking movie for the South of India. Until OK Kanmani hit the screens, friends with benefits was considered as a bad word. It might still be a bad word, but OK Kanmani will most likely change this outlook.
One of not so bad thing about OK Kanmani is that it does not advocate Teen Love. A more mature living-together seems more than decent. Adi (Dulquer Salmaan) and Tara (Nithya Menen) are grown-ups, they had prioritized career over the love. There was no room for constraints, hard-feelings, etc. in this relationship. Both of them reflects their mind instead of heart to convince the peers and relatives about the practicality of their relationship.
If X (Female) and Y (Male) have come in terms of living under each other’s care, then Z (Society) has no right to judge or comment on X and Y. I have used Y for Men, since they would be the first one to say “Yes” to the relationship. The numero uno reason and X factor for a lovely relationship is the Kanmani (Dear). So the ultimate question is “Is it Ok Kanmani?”
KARTHIKDAS 