A rare review!

I was generally channel surfing as I usually do and I chanced upon a movie playing in a telugu channel. The scene showed Sridevi… I decided to watch!

Then as I watched on, I figured the movie was called “Vasantha Kokilam” It gripped me and I was hooked to the movie.

The story revolves around 2 characters Viji and Seenu… Sridevi is a rich, well educated girl who meets with an unfortunate accident and she regresses to being a six year old child. She runs away and gets caught at a brothel but she meets Seenu (Kamal Hassan) who for no reason just buys her out of the place and takes her to his house. He’s an orphan bachelor. So Viji and Seenu live together.

What was so affable about the movie was the kind of love that exists between the protagonists. Not once does Seenu ever think of Viji in the wrong sense, he’s deeply attached to her and since she’s autistic he could have easily taken advantage of the fact that he’s living with a young girl but he treats her like  a small child. Their love is the most beautiful, and pure… It’s wonderfully shot. I was moved.

This movie was released in 1982-1983. In 3 languages, first in Tamil as Moondram Pirai and in telugu as Vasantha Kokilam and in hindi as Sadma. If you understand Tamil, watch it in Tamil else, whatever language you prefer.

It is a must watch, try grabbing a DVD.

Rating: *****
Grade: V

Legend:
* awful! Who even thought of making the movie!
** All right. Watchable but you can still do better by staying at home.
*** Decent. Watch it for pure entertainment.
**** Good. Worth the 150 bucks.
***** We have a winner here. absolute must watch

O- Outstanding
V- Very Good
E-Exceeds Expectations
A- Average
B-Bad
T-Troll!