Vineeth Sreenivasan, who celebrates his birthday right now, has helmed motion pictures like Malarvaadi Arts Membership, Thira and Jacobinte Swargarajyam amongst others. Nonetheless, his motion pictures within the style of romance have discovered many takers.
Vineeth’s romantic movies are usually not solely identified for its feel-good issue but additionally for making even the routine drama appear interesting and distinctive.
We take a look at two of his romantic dramas – Thattathin Marayathu (2012) and Hridayam (2022) – that made a spot for itself within the hearts of many.
Thattathin Marayathu revolves round Vinod (Nivin Pauly), a man from a humble background, and Aisha (Isha Talwar) who comes from a politically influential household. Vinod falls in love with Aisha after he runs into her (fairly actually) at a marriage. Aisha additionally begins to like him again however the truth that they’re from completely different religions places a number of obstacles of their manner. Aisha is tortured by her conservative uncle. It’s lastly when Aisha’s father Abdul Rahman stands as much as her uncle for his daughter’s rights that she reunites with Vinod.
10 years later, Vineeth Sreenivasan made Hridayam, the story of Arun Neelakandan (Pranav Mohanlal) who will get enrolled right into a Chennai-based faculty. Arun finds just a few good associates, will get into fights with just a few others and in addition meets Darshana (Darshana Rajendran), a woman he falls in love with at first sight. Nonetheless, his relationship with Darshana turns rocky, they usually ultimately half methods. He additionally turns into associates along with his classmate Selva who modifications him for the higher.
Minimize to the second half of the film, we see Arun as an expert wedding ceremony photographer. He meets Nithya (Kalyani Priyadarshan) at one of many weddings. Arun’s marriage with Nithya ignites the pent-up emotions inside Darshana. Nonetheless, she manages to seek out closure in the direction of the tip.
Each these Vineeth Sreenivasan motion pictures have captured the creativeness of children. Whereas the plots of those motion pictures differ extensively, some frequent threads endure.
Love at first sight
Love at first sight, although frequent in each romantic movie, is made attention-grabbing in Thattathin Marayathu and Hridayam. In each the flicks, the male protagonist is made to fall in love at first sight. Whereas the previous has Vinod by accident pushing Aisha down a flight of stairs on the first occasion, within the latter, Arun sees Darshana’s ft first (the digital camera then pans to her face, for the dearth of a greater phrase, in an inverted method).
Each the male leads additionally appear smitten with sure facets of their woman love. Whereas Vinod is in love with Aisha’s ‘thattam’ (veil), one can see Arun being in love along with his woman love’s untied hair.
By the ocean
A sea setting is a typical thread in these Vineeth Sreenivasan motion pictures. A number of the most necessary scenes play out by the shores.
In Thattathin Marayathu, Vinod as a baby prays that Aisha be his spouse on a sea bridge. It’s, once more, on the ocean bridge that the 2 unite on the finish. Equally, in Hridayam, the Palavakkam seaside in Chennai performs matchmaker when Darshana confesses her like to Arun. Years later, Darshana finds closure in Arun’s relationship with Nithya on the identical place.
The classical contact in songs
The romantic facet of films, naturally, spills into its songs. Each Thattathin Marayathu and Hridayam boast of songs with a classical, divine contact. Working example, “Namosthuthe” in Thattathin Marayathu and “Nagumo” in Hridayam. Once more, each these songs play out when the boy sees the lady for the primary time – lending a facet of divinity to the love.
Friendship and household
Vineeth Sreenivasan provides significance to friendship and household in his motion pictures. Households in each these movies play healer to the protagonists. For example, Arun Neelakandan finds himself in a greater place (his tryst with Selva) after a go to to his dwelling.
Anthony Dhaadikaran (Aswath Lal) and Abdu (Aju Varghese) play the protagonist’s good friend in Hridayam and Thattathin Marayathu, respectively. Whereas the theme of friendship is carried evenly in an enormous manner all through Vineeth Sreenivasan’s Hridayam, in Thattathin Marayathu, a number of associates assist Vinod and Aisha to get again collectively.