Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu is a film which crosses the mind when one thinks of a beautiful love story. Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu has a casual story but excellent cast and wonderful crew brought out the magic and made wonders. Gautham Menon proved his creativity in adding beauty to the otherwise routine film. Gautham Menon-Samantha duo is one of the main reasons for the audience to raise their expectations.
Varun and Nithya know each other since their childhood. They get infatuated with each other during their tenth grade. Their infatuation slowly blooms into love when they meet again during engineering. From knowing each other to marriage proposals, their journey takes a rough road. Though they keep running into each other at different stages of their lives, they are never sure whether they will end up together or not. With many obstacles and harsh realities in their way, they still manage to care for each other. What fate decides for them sums up the complete film.
What everyone expected from this Nani-Samantha starrer is a love story. What this film offered is a realistic love story. Not all lovers end up getting what they want. Some or the other, be it family, or expectations, or situations or they spring up a hurdle between them. Just like any other lovers, Nithya and Varun too go through pretty much everything. They were first separated by fate, then their egos and misunderstandings played its parts, then family responsibilities and career demands separated them, and then the miscommunications and fate came between these lovers. Overcoming these, suppressing life’s hardships is what they did. This is what made Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu realistic.
The audience already witnessed the Nani-Samantha pair in Eega and a similar kind of love story in other films. But the natural performances given by the leads, additionally the soulful music, wonderful writing and realistic depiction of the film made the audience to stick till the end. Though the film is slow-paced, every other element worked out so well that the audience tends to ignore themselves lag in the story. Besides, neat screenplay and classy performances gave life to the film. The songs and the music needs to be appreciated for the meaningful and soulful lyrics. One can say that Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu claimed huge accolades mainly due to the music.
Ilaiyaraaja’s music doesn’t need a special mention. His music adds colour to the film, makes a movie more interesting and his tunes help the film in sticking the audience to their seats. Edhi Edhi, Koti Koti, Laayi Laayi songs from this movie are very refreshing to listen. One can say that the music is the soul to Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu. Gautham Menon’s direction is outstanding as always. His presentation skills gave life to this love story. The portrayal of Varun-Nithya’s situations close to reality, made everyone fall in love with their story. Nani’s talent has once again came to limelight. His expressions and causal movements added naturality to the film. The audience already knows that Samantha is quite a performer. With Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu, she went to the next level in her career. Her performance and beauty reminded people that she is a great actress. On whole, one can say that Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu is a clean and refreshing entertainer.
