Best movie of this year hands down!

Better Late Then Never

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is not a movie,its an experience of a lifetime,an experience for Kamal,Madhavan,Nasser and even a dog.This movie takes you on a journey that may change your lives forever.The story is simple,two people meeting each other under certain circumstances that takes them on an unusual journey across India from Bhubaneshwar to Chennai.Madhavan who plays Anbarasu AKA Ars a modern day youth.Kamal who plays Nallasivam a matured experienced man with a rather disfigured character and has gone through a lot in his life.What happens when these two meet each other? The rest of the story unfolds on how these two get along with each other.The highlight in this movie is the chemistry between the characters played by Kamal and Madhavan ,how do they change along this Topsy-tourney journey.Madhavan learns a lot from the well experienced Kamal.Kamal is a person who understands the part and puzzle of life and takes every incident,even the worst in the best way possible,he sees love in and God in love.How did he get this maturity?The story moves to a flashback,where Kamal is communist who does not believe in God,loves a capitalist's(Nasser) daughter.He goes against Nasser regarding less salary as a worker.As her father is against their relationship,they plan to elope to Kerala,the bus meets in an accident which was cause by a dog but she was not in,Kamal was injured and subsequently became the incident that made his body disfigured.Nasser meets him and speaks in a rude manner that hurt him even badly.Kamal sees God in the nurses(sister) that helped him through his recovery and many other people who show love.After his recovery,he went to meet Nasser for meeting his daughter,Nasser states that his daughter is married to a foreign groom and Kamal walks away in disappointment.Then the story returns to present time,where a train derails on the way and a boy is on the verge of dying who is in the same blood group as Madhavan,Madhavan donates blood to the boy,eventually the boy dies,Madhavan starts crying and scolding God on this situation,Madhavan asks Kamal''You don't believe in God,don't you?''.Kamal replies''I do believe in God''.''Which God?''Madhavan asks.''You,a person who is crying for someone you do not know,that is God''Kamal replies.This shows the maturity of Kamal along the development of his character in this movie.When Madhavan asks if Kamal has a child,he says yes,then he finds out the child is actually a dog,the dog that caused the accident that Kamal was disfigured.There are many scenes in this movie that will touch your heart,amazing dialogs that come along with it.Cinematography is awesome.The music by Vidyasagar is purely brilliant.The title soundtrack ''Anbe Sivam'' will certainly gave me goosebumps all the way.I am nobody to rate this movie because I've learnt a lot from this movie,to give respect even if you are not given so.Final say,a person who wants to learn the part and puzzle of life must definitely watch this movie.Learn to live,learn to love,Love is God.

I'd like to begin this review by saying that although the movie is loosely "inspired" from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (i.e just the basic premise of two very different strangers chancing to meet and using this as a plot device to let the story flow), the rest of the movie has absolutely nothing to do with the Steve Martin classic, and stands on its own as a masterpiece of film-making. It's hard to pin down one single aspect that this movie is about, because it covers so many aspects of the human condition. The most prominent theme of the movie - as the title suggests - is the transformative power of love. Madhavan (Anbarasu) goes from being a cynical, city-bred spoilt brat used to having things done for him, to a humble, down-to-earth human being who finally acknowledges and appreciates the little things in life. His journey in many ways reminds me of the journey of Siddhartha on his way to transforming into the Buddha - a rich prince sheltered from the evils and realities of the world suddenly cast into a dose of realism. Anbarasu, with the help of Nalla Sivam (brilliantly played by Kamal Hassan, who also wrote the movie) finds himself lost in a place affected by floods and heavy rain, which acts as a purgatory of sorts for him to discover his own humanity. The story of Nalla Sivam, however is what makes a more lasting impression on the viewer. From being an able-bodied labourer and a talented artist who actively opposed the hegemony of his boss, Kandasamy Padayachi (played by Nasser), to becoming a near cripple with disfigured limbs and facial features due to a freak road accident, is one that inspires in more ways than one. His optimism, tolerance, and outlook towards life are all ideas that stand out as permanent legacies of this movie. Being someone who was given the short end of the stick in life, and having experienced the power of genuine love and affection from the doctors and nurses who nursed him back on his feet after the accident, he comes to realize that what people call "God" - this all-powerful and all-consuming force that people worship all their life - is simply the love that we human beings hold for one another. Hence the title of the movie, that translates in English to "Love is God". This is a must-watch movie for all serious movie enthusiasts as it succeeds in not only delivering a fantastic story of two travelers who meet perchance in the middle of a natural disaster, but also succeeds as a philosophical adventure of two opposing viewpoints and how one trumps over the other.

Before I begin with the film, I want to express a doubt on this site's functionality. Have the critics gone mad? You guys give this masterpiece just a 7.8? This film beats Hollywood films in many ways, trust me. Firstly, the atheism theme in this film is not intended to encourage people to join atheism, but not to misunderstand atheists as they're human beings as well. Kamal Haasan has been highly underrated in most of his films although he teaches us things that we don't learn in the daily screwed up education syllabus. This film teaches us patience, love, honesty, and sincerity. The work of art in this film is undoubtedly wonderful as they're presented in subliminal ways. This film is not a remake of Planes, Trains And Automobiles, but just inspired character wise. This film deserves several Oscars and many other awards as well. Besides that, I really look low upon IMDb in this as films such as The Avengers and Skyfall are overrated despite their illogical film making. Overall: 9.3/10

As somebody pointed out, it certainly has some adaptations from Plains Trains and Automobiles. Still the conceptual part of the movie is fabulous and of course the dialogues too.For exAnbarasan (Madhavan) : Russia had broken into several pieces. If Russia is not there, it means communism is not there. Nala Sivam (Kamal Hassan): Mr. Romeo, If Tajmahal has been destroyed, will you stop loving? Anbarasan (Madhavan) : Cleaver! But love is a feeling Nala Sivam (Kamal Hassan): So do the communism, It felt to many, but Marx only wrote it. Kiddos to Kamal for this movie