Shankar's magic works again. True to the hype, his latest film, BOYS, is a youthful musical entertainer. Trendy, urban youth flick. It's the tested sentiments that click and not the pre-publicity hype of about techno-graphics, virgin-foreign locales, and camerawork.

The first half of the film is amalgam of so many teeny flicks that have flooded Indian theatres recently. The second half of the film gathers momentum and its logical conclusion is amazing. In fact the film is heavily inspired by flicks like Fast Forward-Hollywood, Chitram-Telugu and Thulluvatho Ilamai-Tamil, but director Shanker has finally concentrated on showing the tribulations of success and failures. Precisely, this worked for the film. The lewd jokes, MTV-style camera angles all are passed. Five teenage youngsters...      [ More ]