 The fanfare was
quite low in major cities of Tamil Nadu and of course South
Indian states merely because ‘Nanban’ is a remake of ‘3 Idiots’.
The Hindi blockbuster movie managed to sweep everyone’s senses
for its captivating theme, a strong message conveyed through
hilarious ingredients with a blend of emotional quotient.
Well, when it comes to a remake, of course the filmmakers want
to point one as the protagonist and not all, which indeed is a
major reason, why Kollywood is still behind Bollywood in spite
of having the greatest technicians, best actors, etc…
While the Hindi version had the title ‘3 Idiots’ it gave equal
importance to all the three characters – Aamir Khan, Sharman
Joshi and Madhavan and now ‘Nanban’ is just about Vijay. Let us
not draw conclusions between these movies and now start with the
analysis.
The film opens with Venkata Ramakrishnan (Srikanth) and
Sevalkodi Senthil (Jiiva) starting their journey across the
beautiful locales, not for a leisure trip, but in search of
someone, who changed their lives enlightening them about their
passion, listening to heart and today making them as the most
eminent personalities of the industry. He is none other than
Panchavan Parivendan aka Paari (Vijay).
As the journey begins, the
journey within starts traveling down their memory lane. Amongst
them traveling is Srivatsan (Sathyan), a topper in their class
and today a bigwig in his technological industry. He is here to
inform their buddy Paari that he has won the bet he had placed
before years.
The flashback is about the college days and the machine lives of
engineering students with the toughest professors including
Virumandi Santhanam (Sathyaraj) making it tougher for them.
While the students strive to achieve success in their own terms,
which is about getting highest marks by mugging up the books
without understanding them, Paari crystallizes them to core.
But we have something quite shocking to see as the suspense pops
up when the... [
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