Morning colors through a glass painting. Best buddies in the same city. An ever inspiring RJ on the air every day. A young westerner (who learns Bharatanatyam) is crazy about “malligai poo” (Jasmine flowers). Our innate tendency to search for native language speakers in any place we go. A girl smokes for the first time just before her marriage because she is tensed about the whole event (:O). Come on, how frequently do we get to see all this. Feeling good already? That’s Bangalore Days for you.
Das (Fahaad in another meaty role) prefers his private space, Aju (Dulquer cast perfectly) is a little brash, Kuttan (Nivin the narrator as well) is shy, Divya (Nazriya not overacting thankfully) is fickle minded and Sarah(Parvathy fitting the role to a ‘T’) is egoistic. But, they bond with each other in different ways and make us relate to them through their characterization. The falling-in-love is neither through lighting of a bulb nor through helping blind people cross the road (RIP Tamil Cinema). It’s through friendship and matching expectations.
When Divya comes to know about Das’s past, she finds a beautiful way to help him. Watch the movie to see what she does. When Sarah’s mom finds that her daughter is attracted to Aju, she makes him keep away from Sarah by just asking a few mundane questions. When Kuttan finds that his girlfriend was not serious about their relationship, he silently walks away. Moments!
With all this and some brilliant cinematography and music, the movie’s effect nullifies its length. There are so many scenes which have scope for melodrama but they are quite naturally underplayed. And this is exactly why I wish this movie doesn’t get remade in Tamil or Hindi. I don’t want to see a fight scene and item number added to this fabulous attempt at portraying urban relationships. Anjali Menon is growing on a different level by setting the bar high for her forthcoming movies.
– Sai Vikneshwar
