Paiyaa

The story is below average. But the the songs are too good

In all honesty, there is not much of a story here other than a hero who gets a chance to drop his crush to Bombay. While there is not much going on in the film, two factors have carried the film immensely. The second one is the lead actors Karthi and Thamanna. They are the movie and they did an exceptional job in their role. There was nothing much in terms of acting but Karthi has a charm which attracts the audience and makes the audience watch him, and Thamana as the quiet homely girl makes an impact (mostly due to her beauty but it still seems she is living the character). Their bond in the film really works and you really hope that Thamana will eventually fall for Karthi. The main carrying factor of the film is definitely the music. Yuvan single handedly carried the whole movie and without him, the movie may have not actually been so engaging or entertaining. The 6 songs in the movie are chartbusters and will still be in the future years, and the background music is beautiful. Be it the Charulatha humming bgm, the BGM when they are stuck in a forest, or even when they are doing nothing but driving, Yuvan brings a life to the scene which would have otherwise made the movie nothing. One entertaining ride thanks to Karthi, Thamana and Yuvan.

I saw this movie recently in Telugu and loved it...It was a Fresh story and an Awesome silent love story.... loved it for its simple treatment and its awesome Music....

Karthik was awesome in the role of an Engineering graduate who falls for a simple girl whom he sees on the road, a true example of Love at First Sight.... Tamanna has never looked so beautiful and her styling was awesome, she has come a long way since Happy Days and her performance as Charu was awesome... Milind Soman dint had much scope to act in this movie..

Music is the biggest highlight of the movie and the songs were presented wonderfully on the Screen especially the "Aray Re Vaana" and "Nee Yadalo"... Aray re vaana had wonderful dance steps and they were wonderfully synchronized with the music and lyrics of the song... Yuvan Shankar Raja rocks... Hats off...

The Direction was awesome, This was my first Lingusamy movie after watching this I became his fan and would love to watch his movies...

Music.... 10/10, Performances... 8/10, Overall.... 8/10...

Entertaining!

Kudos to great chemistry between Charu (Tamannaah)-Shiva (Karthi), also Shiva and Shiva's friends. Very well album (Adada Mazhada is definitely timeless), and all cast really lift the story.

Even though most of the set is on the car and road, it doesn't make me bored. I really like the way they showed the gang who ran after Charu, but didn't show Charu's dad or the 'mom master' behind the phone. It made the characters portrayal more focus (well, at least from my POV). And the way Charu-Shiva tricked both gangs; classic way but still make sense and the slow-mo shot added the vibe & nuance!!

I'm a new audience (I watched it on today's age), so the ending is predictable. But if I watched it at that time of the release, it definitely gave that 'surprise' element after Shiva drove Charu to her grandma's house.

I watched this movie after a month it came out on DVD. it was a really great entertainer. people say the music tracks are the ones that made the movie a success but I think they're only part of the success. This is a great adventure story about a guy taking a beautiful girl that he met for a long drive to bombay. this is every guys dream to ride a car with a girl like that and karthik pulled it off excellently. the fight scenes were really incredible, and I really enjoyed the suspense music that is used every time a fight is about to happen. I am actually from the USA and this would really please foreigners as well, if they had dub this move in English it would have been a great success like transporter which has a similar car drive storyline.