And a semi-biographical story should be told with nice amount of dramatization like Mani Ratnam did for Guru film. People enjoy the good moments of life, but are little averse to the bitterness life offers. But making a biographical film in India has a strong drawback. Director tried to narrate the story of a life time in ‘Forrest Gump’ style.
Life is not like a box of chocolates it has many bitter moments too.
Story - screenplay - direction: It is pretty hard to incorporate a life story into 3 hour film. Simran is excellent and you can see the transformation of her from a teen girl to 50-year old lady. Divya Spandana (Ramya of Kannada films) is adequate. The dubbing done to her has a sexy huskiness in voice. She is looking ravishingly sexy (no exposing). Others: Sameera Reddy sweeps you off your feet with her looks in this film. He applied minimal/realistic make-up unlike Kamal Hassan and came up with fabulous histrionics. He portrayed various shades in a highly impressive style. He is an extremely gifted actor and he plays two roles of varied dimensions without imitating anybody. Surya: Surya played the role that spans a lifetime. The rest of the story is all about how his parents motivate to redeem himself. Something terrible happens and it forces Surya into a depression. He goes to the extent of going to USA to see that girl. Surya falls in love with Meghan who he met on train. For Surya, his father is a role model and a motivator. Krishnan becomes a more responsible person after giving birth to Surya (Surya). Krishnan (Surya) loves Malini (Simran) and marries her.