Saw this over the last weekend..With lot of express plannings and quick zip to the feltham cineworld straight from work..

This is roughly the same kind of theme as one of his recent movie Nishabd. Of late we end up seeing Amitabh in virtually every 3rd hindi movie.. Amitabh seems to be in a mode to fall in love with young females these days. In Nishabd it was a teenager Jiyah and in Cheenikum its Tabu (the age difference is also kum.. just 30 yrs). While the former bombed in the box office due to fact that it was too much to digest due to the serious nature in the movie, the latter i think will do considerably better due to the same presented in a extra light mode by Balki.. The best part in this movie is that the dad of Tabu played by Paresh Raval is supposed to be 6 yrs younger to Amithab.

The fact that Balki is an ad man shows up in the movie as he has cleverly put some ads indirectly. What is interesting is that Balki has shown that that life expectancy has nothing to do with age with Amithab's 90 yr old perfectly healthy mother and his cancer affected nine-year old friend.

As an ardent fan of Illayaraja, how can my review not touch upon the music. Raja does the background score with his impeccable perfection. He is undoubtedly the best when it comes to background scores. The songs in this movies are all from his yesteryears melodies in tamil. But he has spiced them up a bit to suit the new genre. I am sure the people who have not heard the tamil version would equally be mesmerised. Hope the hindi audience get to taste more of his works..

Cheeni Kum / Sooni Sooni - Mandram Vandha Thndrallu (Mouna Ragam)
Jaane Do Naa - Vizhiyile unthan Vizhiyile (Nooraavadhu Naal)
Baatein Hawa - Kuzhaloodhum Kannanukku Kuyil paadum (Mella thiranthathu Kathavu)

Cheeni Kum is the highlight song (you see it in all the trailers..). Soono Sooni is a bit of a sad song. The voice of the singer suits Amithab to the tee..

Similarly 'Baaten Hawa' comes in two modes 'With' and 'Without' Dialogs (spoken by Amithab). Though the without dialog mode suits casual audio listnening, the with dialog mode sounds nice while watching the movie.

Overall the movie is nice to watch. Good to unwind after a hectic as in my case..

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