But it lacks emotional core of previous Mani Ratnam efforts. This review is like decades late, but I finally got around to see it, especially every now and then the song tune play inside my head. So I just had to see what's the background for a great soundtrack.
When you've come out from watching Mani Ratnam's other monumental efforts like Nayagan or Thalapathi, you'd expect similar emotional turbo from subsequent outputs by the movie maker. Unfortunately, no. Partly due to the story itself, which revolves around a love relationship between newly weds played by Around and Madhoo with the background of terrorism in Kashmir. Somehow I didn't quite latch on to that as I did with the former efforts. A love story in the snowy mountains of Kashmir that face a terrorist threat, somehow felt forced. Hence, the dialogue that followed; it just felt somewhat unreal. As a result, one could not expect much emotional attachment to the central characters, although, every one of the actors and actresses do their best with what is given to them. Compare this with Nayagan and Thalapathi, where the story is enhanced by its central characters played by Kamal Hasan and Rajnikanth respectively, combined with great story telling and soundtrack, and you can understand why Roja falls short.
When you've come out from watching Mani Ratnam's other monumental efforts like Nayagan or Thalapathi, you'd expect similar emotional turbo from subsequent outputs by the movie maker. Unfortunately, no. Partly due to the story itself, which revolves around a love relationship between newly weds played by Around and Madhoo with the background of terrorism in Kashmir. Somehow I didn't quite latch on to that as I did with the former efforts. A love story in the snowy mountains of Kashmir that face a terrorist threat, somehow felt forced. Hence, the dialogue that followed; it just felt somewhat unreal. As a result, one could not expect much emotional attachment to the central characters, although, every one of the actors and actresses do their best with what is given to them. Compare this with Nayagan and Thalapathi, where the story is enhanced by its central characters played by Kamal Hasan and Rajnikanth respectively, combined with great story telling and soundtrack, and you can understand why Roja falls short.