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"Once a person reaches the heights of success, there is an ample of chance that one might forget what they truly were before they started walking on a path that brought them to that position, so I made this film searching my true self as a director, tracking back my initial self." These were the words spoken by the Magician Trivikram at the audio launch event of this flick. And he never lied. One can see that vintage Trivikram style of dialogues which don't necessarily have 'punches' in them but often carry a deeper meaning were present in tonnes in this film, which were hard to find since 'Khaleja', barring 'SOS' to an extent. Similar to his first film ever as a director, 'Nuvve Nuvve' this flick has that slow story narration but never bores you. The first half was at a good pace with a lot of entertainment, good songs and soothing BGM. The second half lacked the speed and was dragged towards the end. Coming to the story, its complete family drama with ample of comedy. I somewhat felt it was like 'Attarintiki Daredi' in reverse. The art direction by A S Prakash was commendable, thanks to the high production values. Cinematography was really good too. Mickey's compositions for both soundtrack and BGM were a big asset, and probably this movie might give him the correct breakthrough that he deserves. All actors did their part well, special mention to Anupama Parameshwaran and Rao Ramesh. Unlike Trivikram's previous films as a writer, this time the female lead played by Samantha, is more sophisticated in terms of characterization. And the male lead was relatively not. That came to me as a surprise. None the less, its a perfect watch for family audience. Why wait then, go grab a seat in your nearest theaters.

Trivikram expressed the movie in the best possible way.His magic of words goes uninterrupted until the climax. It's devoid of most routine commercial aspects such as item song, entry song, fights to elevate hero. One can't stop laughing in the movie but that does not mean that the movie is just a comedy. The music is a perfect fit, one would start loving the songs after seeing the movie. I never thought Samantha had this much in her, hats-off to her and Trivikram sir for brining that out. Nithin did more than justice to his role as expected. All in all it's definitely worth watching. Whether Trivikram's fan or not? ONE would leave the theater fully satisfied..

We may feel movie was had routine story but not.

This movie pushed a good family story and very chemistry between two leads.

Every character was good and very good story and nice.

Synopsis: Why isn't Anu's mom repentant? Why is Nagavalli (Anupama Parameswaran) reduced to a caricature? What happened to the ferocity of Pallam Venkanna (Rao Ramesh) and well, didn't we deserve a better ending?

Movie Review: There's There's a really interesting dialogue by Rao Ramesh in A... Aa: "Road widening lo sagam kottesina building la undi paristiti... Undadaaniki veelu kadhu. Vadaladaniki manasu raadu," he says. Why interesting? Because it perfectly sums up how you feel about the film after watching it! Because Trivikram takes you on this ride which will leave you with mixed emotions making you both like it for its simplicity and freshness and dislike it for not being told well enough.

If you've watched Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala's Meena (1979), then A... Aa will be a story you know, albeit with a modern take. The adaptation of Yeddanapudi's novel of the same name, the film had the story of a rich, city-bred girl who is wants to break free unable to bear her overpowering mother. She falls for her bava when she happens to go on a trip to his village but that's when trouble begins because their families have long running differences.

Well, Trivikram really gives this modern take an edge of its own and sets it apart from both the book and the earlier film. In fact, the contemporary take of the adaptation is done extremely well by And rehashing that tale, Trivikram takes us into the lives of Anasuya Ramalingam (A - Samantha) and Aanand Vihari (Aa - Nithiin) and of course, their families. And in terms of adaptation to suit the present times, the director does a fabulous job weaving in new characters and giving the old characters a new spin. In fact, despite being a very old story, he makes it feel extremely new and the first half of the film is a treat to watch.

He is called the matala mantrikudu for a reason and enthuses us with some quirky one liners, the best being mouthed by Rao Ramesh. But there's one that Nithiin says which did get quite a few whistles: "Watch unna prativadu time ostundanukuntadu... Kani chuskuntadante." Cool, eh? And his narrative and writing are aided by Mickey J Meyer's music which is refreshing and the camerawork of Natarajan and Dudley who give the film a visual splendour.

He brings in the likes of Naresh (makes us wonder why anyone doesn't give him more to do!), Rao Ramesh (does his brilliance need an explanation?) and Anupama Parameswaran (she's vivacious despite the patchy character sketch) who stand out from the rest.

But then, there's a downside for this film too. Somehow, the chemistry between Nithiin and Samantha doesn't really work. Both of them individually do a great job, especially Nithiin who has given his best ever performance, but as a pair there's an evident awkwardness which is sad considering the film's prime plot is their love story. But that's probably because Trivikram doesn't really establish how and why they fall for each other. You even wonder if he is actually in love with her or is just plotting revenge from her mother.

Otherwise, it's not like A... Aa is perfect because it has its own little niggles. The countryside is reduced into something unreal with excessive graphics and the flavour of the village doesn't really hit the viewer. Trivikram takes his own pace in narrating the second half, so much so, it becomes tedious and then, all of a sudden, he hurriedly ends the film making you wonder what just happened. And just as the end titles roll, you are getting up from your seat with so many doubts in mind - Why isn't Anu's mom repentant? Why is Nagavalli (Anupama Parameswaran) reduced to a caricature? What happened to the ferocity of Pallam Venkanna (Rao Ramesh) and well, didn't we deserve a better ending?

This is a great movie to watch.

The whole movie follows trivikram's family style narration. Samantha's performance as a female lead was exceptionally well. Her character design is very interesting and makes the movie have more depth. Nitin is dominated by her.

The highlight is Rao Ramesh. His comedy is exceptional and his dialogues at the end cannot be ignored at the end

1st half starts with a suicide and gets us into the story. After that is just a build up of Samantha and her family. Shows samantha's mom as "villian" throughout the story. Nithin and samantha meet and Movie starts out slow but the comedy constantly entertains us.

The second half of the movie is building up what happened between Anand's Family and Anasuya's family The excellent direction adding an extra weight of depth here should be remembered for such a routine plot. Jai trivikram!

Minus points: The plot is too plain and routine (trivikram's narration with humor covers most of it). 2nd half is dragged on for too much time.

Overall movie is very engaging and funny but would've been better if the plot was a little more complex.

A must watch movie! (Definitely can watch more than one time)