Mast bhari Maayavi

An impromptu decision led me and my roomates to watch this movie called "Maayavi". Surya and Jyothika were the lead role, leading all the other casts in their spins of nonsensical yarns. The very start of the movie indicated that it was nothing short of a pure masala movie with a bunch of belly dancing, display of raw muscle power and lots of so called timely jokes. It was only during half of the movie that it dawned on me that I have seen a similar movie before. It was a partial deja-vu, but was quite strong. I was thinking to myself, "I've seen this before. It was in Hindi..what was the movie? Aaaah got it! Mast, was the movie.

There was this ordinary teenager leading a mundane life, but is head over heels about Urmila. He learns about the cold malice of her aunt and decides to rescue her. He does that, goes through a series of adventurous stuff and Urmila kinda falls in love with him but at the end throw some practical shit and they decide to move along in life, separately.

Maayavi was different from Mast only in the sense that it had to be more suitable for a Tamil crowd. Surya, a local guide and a small time "daada" in Mahabalipuram accidently tries to rob in Jyothika's house only to get caught. He goes through some nasty trouble inspite of not having robbed anything and because of these squabbles, he decides to take revenge. He kindnaps Jyothika (apparently from a movie shooting scene where Jyothika is a herione). Initially she is all pissed off, but later on those few touching moments in the movie melts her heart and the rest is the climax.

If you are utterly bored to death in life, this movie will rekindle your spirits. On the whole, it is an average movie to watch (but just once). Watch out for Jyothika talking her own dialogues.