3BHK

This is the emotion and life of everyday happening in Tamil Nadu. It is sad, in current period, that buying a house is made the life time goal for current times. Previously joint family created savings and co-inhabitation made them achieve other valuable things to the Society. In this film Prabhu's (Siddharth) family with parents in Sarathkumar and Devayani and a very energetic sister, face one problem after another and how they overcome is the story.

The attempt by director to subtly pinpoint the 'norm' of aiming at HSC marks and how averages discourage anybody who has no interest in this rat race. Story portrays how all family members just compromise their ambitions, creativity and own strengths to just be like how others live, in the name of sacrificing for this and that.

It is not one direct story- but every ups and downs that family face each stage of their family lives.

When the goal is achieved, how many mental boundaries and societal norms and escape from servitude and exploitation they overcome is a remarkable lesson we all have to have as take home message, rather than the remembrance of victory. A small ambition of education for big salary and to buy home made generations as slaves, inept and self defeating. This story tells that, but are we listening?

I am sure the bubbly, enthusiastic and decisive Meetha Raghunath as Aarthy will get many films, based on this great performance.

Chaithra J. Achar as Aishwarya is emotional outlet and subtle encouragement for Prabbu (Sidharth). Sidharth role is very difficult and peculiar in recent times. He did justification with his natural acting without any dramatic big emotions. We see an ordinary youth in our neighbourhood in him and not a hero. This is the success of the film. Sarath Kumar, with few word dialogues convey exactly what is important for this film's success. Devayani with minimal dialogue had to deliver through facial expressions that she did very well.

I recommend you to see and please take the message and be united as family and happy and go not as rat racers for flats as success goals.

First question - what is Devayani doing in this movie? The writer/director simply made her a doll that shakes her head, at different intervals!!

Story - we have seen this many times before. Can you not give a different take? The father (Sarathkumar) is so very toxic and irritating. Even in "middle-class" families, people simply dont just shake their heads to dad's every stupid obsessions.

All in all, it was a drag.

This review expresses my deep feelings about the movie:

From beginning to end, it evokes a soft, loving sensation. The cast was excellently selected for each role, and everyone was given their moment to shine at just the right time.

* The film demonstrates that hard work pays off and emphasizes the importance of perseverance.

The 1st half of the film was really gripping and amazing , emotionally touching and the film was close to reality the emotional scenes worked very well in the 1st half but the 2nd had forcely stuffed and dumped in emotion and humour which was not much attractive but it had a good ending and the last 20 mins of the film was really good. Worth for one time watch .

As a story - If you have been through the middleclass struggle, this film draws upon some of your lived experiences and hits you different. Countless people, sadly, strive to buy a house just to earn the society's respect for their family and this film addresses that. Unless you've been driven by such a desire, the film won't hit you in the feels the way it wants to. Those who've not lived that life will likely nitpicks and those who come from a place of privilege may find this film a tad dramatic, but my hope is that they're still able to leave the film with an optimism towards their future.

As a film - the casting for this film was interesting, Sarathkumar plays an understated head of the family, upon whom rest all the pressures, and he continues to stay resilient and move through life. Devayani evoked nostalgia but that's about it; anybody else could have played that role. Siddharth and Meetha shine through, and so does Chaithra, in her limited screentime. She and Siddharth had great chemistry. That scene at the store.......that was intense. I'd totally watch a spinoff about just them.

Aspects of the film felt...'commercial' every now and then; like, nobody in a 'lower-middleclass' family makes a checklist for monthly household savings on a chart-paper and sticks it on the wall (especially when you're in school...?) But gladly, this wasn't overdone to the extent that it took you out of the plot. The writing does enough to make you care enough to see if they end up buying a house or not and what that payoff looks like.

In an age when Tamil cinema seems to rely on bad, done-and-dusted, over-the-top action tropes, a film based on the tried and tested 'family values' isn't easy but the makers of 3BHK do enough to make sure you care for the family, their success and leaves with a feeling of "Ok, that was motivating. I guess figure this out". Watch this with your family!