Excellent, a Must See

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This Review Might Contain SpoilersThis review is my perspective of the film OK Kanmani (2015)positives: 1) the message of film is beautiful and relevant for most of the youth of today who are confused about true love, it might help them to be guided in their individual journey of love. a) love is pure it cannot be played with b) multiple relationships give you peace which is transient not permanent c) Sex,casual dating etc... are definitely not what LOVE actually is d)Love is a bliss,Love is caring for each other,staying strong with each other through all thick and thins e)Marriage is a Marriage, Marriage has its own charm and sweetness,it is near impossible for any other thing to replace this beautiful institution f) you don't need yourself to go through multiple relationships and break ups to ultimately settle down with the one you feel is correct for you. g)just wait for the right time,the supreme power will definitely gift you your right soulmate, the ONLY ONE for you. h) while choosing between your career and LOVE,you don't need to sacrifice either one of them , you can keep both by finding the right way. i)the love story of Bhavani Aunty and Ganpathy Uncle is the ideal form of love,which can be made a thing to be followed by the ones who are seeking the right way to love the other person. j)At last the Bhavani- Ganpathy love story wins over Adi-Tara's non- committal love story k) Adi and Tara realize that true love is found in stability, in friendship and care2) The Mental Manadil Song is the biggest attraction of this film.This song is a crowd-puller.Rest of the songs are good to be heard in the theater,and go according to the situations present the film. BACKGROUND SCORE: its mellifluous,the Bhavamulona Dubstep Bgm is the best, I wish it could have been released as a full-fledged song.3) Cinematography is good,especially in the trailer of this film, where the local trains are shown in a fast moving way.4) Nithya And Dulquer are too good looking, and their acting is exactly natural and perfect,they look good together,their pairing is always fresh.They are the real important assets of the film apart from the Mental Manadhil and Kaara Attaakaara song5) the locations of Ahemadabad are good. 6) Nithya's costumes are ethnic and cool at the same time 7) This film has some good scenes. We are saved ,as there are no love making scenes shown openly or vulgar kissing scenes as such Negatives:1) The film has a kind of screenplay which bores you from the word GO, From the opening credits to the end credits, the film is uninteresting.The screenplay does not involve you in the film, you do not travel emotionally with the journey of the lead characters in the film.Yes "something is happening on screen ", this is the feeling I got while watching the film.2) a scene in the film is not realistic,the scene where Adi-Tara talking a bit loudly on phones in the church where someone's marriage is going on,in reality you don't need to talk on the phones, either of the one can go and sit next to the other one if they really want to talk , in this way the silence of that place might not get disturbed.3) the lead characters are in merry making mood half of the time and laugh too much which is irritating and rest of the time they are so serious which is also irritating. jovial and serious moods of the leads should have been shown in such a balanced way that we would have understood their emotions.4) Mental Manadhil is edited not very nicely in the film. 5) sets are not attractive, they are okay 6) the film doesn't explore any other areas except the chemistry of the new age couple in the film, the story of Adi's family (dropping in and they mistake Tara to be Ganpathy's niece) is half-baked 7) they could have made a good family entertainer with the concept of living-in,it serves as neither a pure-realistic film nor a entertaining romantic comedy. This film could have been more better.

Full disclosure- I am an avid mani ratnam fan and really think that the genre that he excels in is Romance.This movie in a nutshell is about a guy and a girl taking an instant liking to each other, decide to live together. Each has their own separate path planned out and both have agreed to live-in for the few months they have together.I really wanted to like this movie. I did. But too many aspects of this movie are jarring and have left me wondering what the point of this movie was in the first place. It could have been a movie about living in, how two people who jump in headlong without too much thought navigate relationship difficulties. It could have illustrated the point that has many believers these days - that life could be perfectly fine even if they don't have that piece of paper that ties them together. But no. The movie which starts off on a promising note, albeit unconvincing in the situations and settings, devolves into the typical story of a couple in love.What were left unexplored and could have made the movie more convincing and interesting are : What causes the couple to change their mind or the way they feel about marriage ? What issues did the couple face that reinforced their notions of how boring marriage can be ? All these are glossed over, with montages of the love struck couple in the early throes of relationship bliss. Plot twists are weak and don't change the status quo that much or throw new light on the character's personas, their motivations. In fact there is no plot twist ! The lives of the characters are so easily laid out with a background of traditional minded family members who don't really pose a threat to the relationship and thus it appears that the characters do not have much by way of challenges to overcome that makes them come face to face with their convictions or changed emotions.But the biggest flaw in my opinion is the lack of 'stickiness' of the romance in this 'romance' genre movie. The banter lacks the crackle and chemistry that would justify the blink-and-we've-moved-in-together movie. The romance is not heartfelt and insipid. In fact, that the story is set in middle-class India about a modern-day man and woman, one even begins to wonder how the two characters readily jump into bed and move in with someone they just met. Perhaps if the romance arc was strong, such brashness could be justified but sadly there is no fire. This story could easily have been inspired by any anonymised young mumbai couple who live in for a few months or years and then things proceed smoothly from that point onwards - as they say, 'happily ever after'. But the more interesting stories are ones where people's initial ideas about marriage were dramatically challenged due to the nature of their relationship or even by external obstacles.Did mani ratnam think that had he taken that route that this would become 'Alaipayuthey - part 2' ? After all the centerpiece of that movie was about what happens when the 'happily ever after' unfolds and how the strength of the protagonists' relationship is tested by an unexpected event.Perhaps my disappointments stem from my higher expectations from mani ratnam movies.There are other quibbles I have about this movie - the first of which is how it tries to be 'cool', that it's totally in with the lingo of the young generation. The word 'buddy' is bandied about by a middle aged looking dude trying to look cool and then used randomly on anyone from a colleague to an elderly lady. And if this movie is trying to be realistic, what defies explanation is the snap turn-around of the landlord in allowing the young couple to live together after voicing protest. Is a sweet voiced woman singing a pleasant carnatic song so convincing ? Why would a couple who is 'living in sin' as the heroine puts it, live together in a home with privacy limited to the single room they have rented ? If this is about 2015 Mumbai, upwardly mobile couples in a no strings attached relationship, moving into a rented apartment is more the norm rather than as a paying guest at a single room accommodation.But all said and done, what I liked about the movie was how it showed the couple handling competing professional ambitions that takes them to take them far away from each other. At least the movie did not devolve into the many Hollywood and Indian movie endings with one or both parties deeming the love relationship to be more important than their own goals. This is perhaps the only realistic element of the story that was handled well, reflected not only the changing times but also that the director has his pulse on how the young 'uns balance work and life.This is a modern day alaipayuthey with none of the original's romance or gripping storyline elements.

All others would have discussed on the storyline by now, I would like to put in my views on the film.Iam a very big Fan of Mani sir, If I was in Films I would have respected him as mu Guru.Main Plot : A treatment on Living together Relationship, Something very much contemporary and modern. But story telling was very much in old pattern. There was lot of scope for including more surprises in the screenplay. We could predict the flow of scenes and the climax easily. we lost that thrill of watching a modern movie Dialogues: Same as other Mani sirs Films, Hope he tries something new. ................Performances : The casting was very much apt. specially the Prakash raj sir and his wife character. Dilquer Salman could some what pull of but expect more from him, especially being the son of a great Actor. Nithya Menon is a darling to see on the screen, she suits to the Role to the core. No other Character remained in my mind after coming out the theater. The only superb features of the Film that keep lingering in my mind is the superb Background score, more than average Songs and Splendid Cinematography. Iam not sure how much of the Film was shot in real scenarios or in sets. If it was in sets , then it was an awesome job

The movie is about a boy and a girl who get hooked and start living together. The boy jumps the gun when the question is popped. He prefers a live-in life compared to a legally binding one. Lame. There are those who we wish continued making movies and those we implore God to stop making movies. Mani belongs to the latter lot in my simple calculation. There is nothing original at all about OK Kanmani. It's evident we have lost our Indian roots. What is so great about making a movie to emphasize this loss? Yes it's the 21st century. How many times are we going to say it as if it justifies every bit of stupidity? One word for Mani, retire. Newbies in Kollywood are cooking up very interesting movies on a small budget. People like me still enjoy movies that project good values and not lost ones. Mammootty's son is no jewel to the eye in contrast to the well-endowed heroine Mani chose to exploit. Shame.