Ms. Janaki
Here is the situation on a Saturday afternoon. Bored with the usual countdown program, I am playing with the TV remote surfing channels. Next minute I see an old black & white tamil comedy film from the 50s. Something makes me to stick on to it for a while.
"Man! This ain't an old film, but a recent movie that talks about a period story in monochrome film" - I say to myself. "Keep the volume down" - says my mom from the kitchen. I start looking for the remote and I cannot find it. When I look at the clock it is almost five...and the end credits roll on. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Sometimes surprises are not as colorful as we expect.
The above two paragraphs are totally my imagination. I have never experienced such a situation which I would love to. But, I can say a word. I was embraced by a wave of similar emotions when I read Devan's "Miss.Janaki". What I started as a safe-bet Devan's comedy, turned out to be an uncoventional romantic classic. I was completely bowled over right in the fifth page, where the story starts to grow. While I was wondering about the pace at which the story was moving at the end of first chapter, the second chapter was another surprise. Devan never writes an unusal story. He writes stories in an unusual way.
Fearing of letting out any spoilers, I am not writing much about Miss.Janaki here (afterall this is my maiden attempt to write a review about a book!). In a simpler way I could say, Ms. Janaki is nothing but an usual feel good romantic comedy with a Quentin style of screenplay.
The bunch of characters that the writer introduces in the first few chapters (for providing enough twists in the plot(s)) may seem to appear as sportspoilers that provide enough confusion and digression to the main plot. Again the smart story structure and intelligent narration reduces it.
On the whole the story of Miss. Janaki becoming Mrs.Janaki is one of the must reads for all Tamil book lovers.
Before I forget, did I say the title of the movie that I watched on that Saturday? BINGO! It is "Miss.Janaki". And a few names from the end credits. Story by Devan, Screenplay by Sujatha and Maniratnam, Dialogues by Crazy Mohan (ofcourse, the female protoganist name is Janaki) and Directed by Maniratnam. "Wow! what a team. Who said we don't have movies like Devdas and Parineeta in tamil" - I said to myself, when my mom told, "enough of day dreaming and go to the post office".
"Man! This ain't an old film, but a recent movie that talks about a period story in monochrome film" - I say to myself. "Keep the volume down" - says my mom from the kitchen. I start looking for the remote and I cannot find it. When I look at the clock it is almost five...and the end credits roll on. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Sometimes surprises are not as colorful as we expect.
The above two paragraphs are totally my imagination. I have never experienced such a situation which I would love to. But, I can say a word. I was embraced by a wave of similar emotions when I read Devan's "Miss.Janaki". What I started as a safe-bet Devan's comedy, turned out to be an uncoventional romantic classic. I was completely bowled over right in the fifth page, where the story starts to grow. While I was wondering about the pace at which the story was moving at the end of first chapter, the second chapter was another surprise. Devan never writes an unusal story. He writes stories in an unusual way.
Fearing of letting out any spoilers, I am not writing much about Miss.Janaki here (afterall this is my maiden attempt to write a review about a book!). In a simpler way I could say, Ms. Janaki is nothing but an usual feel good romantic comedy with a Quentin style of screenplay.
The bunch of characters that the writer introduces in the first few chapters (for providing enough twists in the plot(s)) may seem to appear as sportspoilers that provide enough confusion and digression to the main plot. Again the smart story structure and intelligent narration reduces it.
On the whole the story of Miss. Janaki becoming Mrs.Janaki is one of the must reads for all Tamil book lovers.
Before I forget, did I say the title of the movie that I watched on that Saturday? BINGO! It is "Miss.Janaki". And a few names from the end credits. Story by Devan, Screenplay by Sujatha and Maniratnam, Dialogues by Crazy Mohan (ofcourse, the female protoganist name is Janaki) and Directed by Maniratnam. "Wow! what a team. Who said we don't have movies like Devdas and Parineeta in tamil" - I said to myself, when my mom told, "enough of day dreaming and go to the post office".
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