Romeo Juliet

<p>Aishwarya is a , and having grown up in an orphanage, she believes marrying into a wealthy family is the only way to find happiness. After meeting Karthik on a flight, she assumes he is rich and continues to dig for more information on where he lives and what he does for work. On the other hand, Karthik falls in love with Aishwarya for her charm and beauty, but when she finds out that Karthik is only a renting bachelor quarters, she breaks up with him. Although Karthik tries to convince Aishwarya that their relationship can work out even without riches, Aishwarya is persistent on money being the essential factor. She humiliates Karthik on a day out when he can prove that he can look after her. A few months later, Aishwarya enters into a relationship with Arjun, a wealthy rich and his family agrees to their wedding. Karthik comes to her engagement party with a gift and lets her know the next day that he’s ecstatic that she’s moved on, but her job now is to find him a suitable girl to move on with, or he’ll let Arjun know of their past together. Aishwarya tries to get out of it but eventually takes the task seriously. After many failed attempts, she connects him with Nisha. Karthik and Nisha hit it off right away, but Aishwarya finds that she has enjoyed spending time with Karthik again, and they part amicably, promising to hang out again soon. As Aishwarya’s wedding approaches, she feels suffocated by the restrictive lifestyle imposed by her wealthy family. One day, she runs into Karthik at a temple, and he tells her that he’s on his way home to his village and getting engaged to Nisha the night before . Aishwarya’s wedding is set to take place in the night before Valentine’s Day. Karthik takes Aishwarya to his village with him, where she meets his family; when they go home, Aishwarya finds it hard to say goodbye. On the night Aishwarya is supposed to leave, she finally realises that she doesn’t want to be with Arjun or his strict family and tells him she wants to go. Arjun tells her that from now on, she is free to live the way she chooses. His family won’t try, and control her anymore, but when Aishwarya still appears hesitant, Arjun firmly questions her to open up. Aishwarya admits she’s in love with Karthik. Crying, she heads to Karthik and Nisha’s engagement party. She confesses her feelings to him but gets rejected harshly. Karthik leaves the party early with Nisha, leaving a distraught Aishwarya behind. The DJ starts playing another song to start a and reveals Karthik at the back, where he reveals that he and Nisha orchestrated the relationship to make Aishwarya realise her mistake and love for him. Karthik and Aishwarya finally reunite. Lakshman, who had previously ventured into films as producer of (2006), announced that he would make his first venture as a director with a film titled featuring in the lead role. Despite its title, it is not based on the play . The director had initially finalised/convinced to play the leading female role but did not want to repeat her pairing with Jayam Ravi, as the pair were working on another production, ‘s , at the time of casting. Subsequently, he chose to cast in a leading role instead. A photo shoot was then held and promotional stills featuring the lead pair were released to the media in late March 2014. Hansika revealed that she would play a girl with a “futuristic attitude”, while Jayam Ravi’s character would be more conservative in the romantic comedy. The film’s first official poster released on 14 April 2014 coinciding with Day and indicated that filming had begun. The team held their first schedule in May 2014, with joining the cast. The team shot a sequence where real life actors approach Jayam Ravi’s character, a fitness trainer, to help them achieve six pack abs with making a guest appearance. The first look teaser was released on 29 December 2014 with only the lead cast appearing on it. composed the soundtrack album and score for the film. G. , Madhan Karky and Thamarai wrote the lyrics. The film was released worldwide 12 June 2015. The satellite rights of the film were sold to . wrote, “The film is a disaster…it’s impossible to digest the overall preposterousness… just cannot make up its mind whether it wants to be a screwball comedy or a melodrama — the tone is all over the place. And the writing is painfully inconsistent”. gave the film 2/5 and wrote, “here is a film that could prove to be a worthy challenger to for the title of the Most Preposterous Movie of the Year. also gave it 2/5 and wrote, “Lakshman’s is just a rehash of old clichés. He pitches love against money and there are no prizes for guessing which one wins”. wrote, “Lakshman has packaged the film in a glossy manner but it is unable to find any spark or chemistry between the lead pair. His direction is amateurish and so are the characters half-baked. The best thing about is Jayam Ravi and Hansika who does their best to rise above the flawed script”. wrote, “The film, an average entertainer, would have been more engaging if only the screenplay had been coherent and the episodes interesting”.</p>