Vexatious Vasantham

This is one of the few Sun TV's daily soaps that I follow sincerely and my biggest mistake. A criminal waste of 20 minutes, on a weekday amidst my hectic schedule. I just wish the director took his brains out of his pocket, planted where it has to be and then directed the serial...instead he has conveniently discounted the fact that his audience can be "sensible", can "think", don’t buy in crap, expect a reasonable plot and has tried to sell his hogwash which only drives one spare. Packed with a bunch of goofy clowns, his so-called showpiece is dead as a doornail.

Who on earth taught him his tales could be made interesting only if there are twists. Too much of anything is good for nothing. Vasantham is the most deserving candidate to be quoted for this phrase. The director has included a plethora of twists that are a bit much. If the director had intended any positive agenda with his clumsy turns in the cream, no way can he think about a success - all they have done is effortlessly get your goat. When you are desperately waiting to see the "Shubam" or "The end" card, you see "To be continued", with a new character on screen. Won’t he watch his episodes before they are screened to the public? If only he had taken the pains to sit through one of his adventures he would have realized what folly he is dumping on his audience.

Does he have ideas to get into the Guinness book of records by overtaking any of the other serials, for the maximum number of episodes? If yes, sir, please quit and get yourself some fresh air...The TRP (if any) will only drop for this futile effort of yours.

This is one of the very few serials that had a good star cast. The director had been smart (a rare trait anyways) enough to rope in a couple of yesteryears respectable actors, but that was all in past tense ....after witnessing the way this melodrama is taking brilliant turns everyday, most of the canny ones have chosen to desert the director and his classic. The few unfortunate ones are those who should be the non saleable ones...given the market condition it would do them good if they don’t switch base.

He is clearly out of ideas and a decent script. In such a scenario any sensible person would only look at taking the effort to a pleasant completion - surprisingly this guy is refusing to see the winning line and is choosing the run the race over and over again on the same track.
Fatal illness to a child once a year, the following hospital claptraps, ever-hopeless doctor/nurse conversations, mother losing the child at least once every year, infuriating never-ending tear shedding sequences, adamant refusals to make prudent moves to find the child, heroine's endless wait for things to happen on its own in the name of "Trust in God" are all what he has got to keep his chef d'oeuvre dragging.

Insanity is the name of the game and the code by which he has lived all this while. The lead character is an absolute discredit - She is a dead duck. The only expense for the demigoddess is glycerin - she has been extremely generous there. Newcomers may not be great performers in their first few episodes but in course of time they will/are expected to pick up the nuances and prove themselves. Kudos to this lady for maintaining her amateurish dumb acting record throughout the lifespan of this serial.

I earnestly perish the thought that Rishi doesn’t venture into any more directive stunts and Chandralakshmanan stays away from kollywood.