A. R. Murugadoss's Raja Rani - Arya - Nayantara - Jai - GVP

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Watched the movie and it was o.k.

A good attempt at bringing back old-fashioned love that is driven by emotions. Credit to Atlee for trying it.

Good performances from Arya and Nayanthara.

Mouna Raagam needed one memorable cameo from Karthik, which it did while Raja Rani needed two and unfortunately both flashback love-birds Jai and Nazriya were just about o.k. IMO. Except for the climax scene, Jai's portions looked artificial to me.

Despite picking today's IT love as a premises (though the flashback dates back to 2007), Atlee serves us only Rich Girl-Middle Class boy love in one segment, while in the other segment, the girl is an orphan. 'Real' or 'True' love, in Tamil Cinema always have to satisfy any one of the above listed 2 timeless condition it seems, and the new-age Atlee is no-different.

The story lacked depth in either showing the deep/intense love before marriage nor the one that happens after marriage. Both were half-baked IMO.

GVP's background score does lift the scenes to a certain level and for Santhanam, this has to rank as one of his less-emphatic attempts.

Overall, considering the facts that we haven't seen many movies in this genre in the last few years (Yaaradi Nee Mogini comes to mind) and because of decent performances from the lead pair, Raja Rani works to a certain extend. One-time Watch.