Review: Miss You
If you are someone who doesn’t mind the occasional logical lapses or the exaggeration in commercial entertainers, then Miss You is a decent romantic entertainer that is bound to leave you satisfied.
Film: Miss You
Written & Directed by N.Rajasekar
Cast : Siddharth, Ashika Ranganath, Karunakaran, Balasaravanan, “Lollusabha” Maran, Sastika
Music: Ghibran Vaibhoda
Director of Photography : K.G.Venkatesh
Editor : Dinesh Ponraj
Rating: 3 stars
Director N Rajasekar’s Miss You is a regular commercial romantic entertainer that by and large works.
The story revolves around two individuals — Vasu (Siddharth) and Subbulakshmi (Ashika Ranganath). The story begins with Vasu, a film director, earning the ire of powerful minister Singaraayar (Sharath Lohithaswa) for refusing to withdraw a police complaint he has lodged against the politician’s son.
The politician decides to get rid of Vasu and an accident that occurs soon after makes Vasu suffer intermediary memory loss, making him forget all that has happened in his life in the last two years.
Vasu leaves for an unknown destination. He meets Bobby (Karunakaran), a stranger brooding over his past love life, at the railway station, becomes friends with him and decides to accompany him to Bangalore.
In Bangalore, Vasu meets Subbulakshmi, who happens to be Bobby’s auditor, and instantly falls in love. He returns home to tell his parents and friends that he wants to get married to her. They try to dissuade him from approaching her but he does not take no for an answer. It is then that he finds out that Subbulakshmi is his ex-wife and that he had only recently divorced her…
The story, for the most part, is on predictable lines. The politician threatening to kill the hero, the hero saving the heroine from the goons, one could go on and on.
And on occasions, the story also appears exaggerated and far fetched from reality. Case in point would be Vasu, after a brief conversation with a stranger in a railway station, being invited to stay at the stranger’s luxurious home in Bangalore! Even if by any of stretch of imagination you choose to let this pass, what gets you sitting up and taking note is Vasu turning cashier at the coffee shop owned by the stranger.
But despite all this, the film still strangely manages to entertain. The primary reason for this is the cute love-hate relationship between the two protagonists — Subbulakshmi and Vasu. Although their relationship appears to be broken to those around them, the two share a deep, affectionate bond and the manner in which love overcomes hate to reunite the couple is what makes the film endearing.
Miss You has nothing spectacular to write about. As expected, it has good performances coming in from Siddharth, Ashika Ranganath, Sharath Lohithaswa and Karunakaran. The one actor whose performance needs a special mention is comedian Balasaravanan, whose comedy saves the day for this film.
K G Venkatesh’s visuals are pleasant and a treat to the eyes. Ghibran’s background score seems fine but the songs really test your patience.
If you are someone who doesn’t mind the occasional logical lapses or the exaggeration in commercial entertainers, then Miss You is a decent romantic entertainer that is bound to leave you satisfied.
