Oh My Kadavule Analysis

 Oh My Kadavule (2020)

Written and Directed by: Ashwanth Marimuthu
Starring: Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan
Streaming on Zee5.

This film has a lot of conflicts, and points - initially the premise seems to be - what would happen if two childhood friends marry, just for convenience and one of them realizes that they don't have feelings. Then, it spins to be - what would happen if you are given another chance in life. Both of these seamlessly blend into the world and the breezy tone of the film. I was reminded of Raja Rani, for the tone, and the way the performances were extracted. 

I was pleasantly surprised by the Thelma Schoonmaker-ish editing where they jump from one scene to another, and then go to another, and jump back and forth - very seamlessly. This was done in the scenes where Arjun and Anu don't get along well. This is also done for Vijay Sethupathi's commentary on Arjun's choices - I like that sort of distortion in the editing. The music blatantly adds to the tone of the film, although at some places the score felt too loud, and felt like it was trying hard to make us feel. 

I loved the filmmaking, but I was just wondering what the film was trying to say, if it is about taking people around us for granted - then it makes sense. But it felt like, you only get feelings for people if they play hard to get. In the second track, where he goes on a trip with her - he suddenly has feelings for her. I'm like - why? They'd have done all of this before too when they were friends. The only reason is, she isn't available. But sure, the film flows very well - with good filmmaking, and acting.