Kanda Naal Mudhal (14th Apr 06, Fri for Easter)

I watched a very sweet romantic movie today. Two individuals - a guy and a girl, bickering with each other since childhood. The girl gets a matrimonial proposal and accepts. The groom is incidently her enemy's close friend. In view of his friend's life, the guy pushes the groom against the girl, complaining against her, as much as possible. The groom seems to like the girl's attitude, as portrayed by his friend, but is puzzled when the girl acts totally opposite to what he had heard. During one of the "let's-know-each-other" outings, the guy learns from the girl's sister that all the matrimonial arrangement is for the family and not herself. That's when he starts respecting the girl and starts helping her out with completing the matrimony. But the girl hasn't yet trusted him and questions all his intentions. When the engagement time comes, the groom agrees in front of others but personally informs the girl (in presence of the guy) that the marriage will not take place. The girl thinks that all this has happened because of the guy. They quarrel all the way to her house. Meanwhile, the girl's sister eloped with her lover and the family is in shambles. To cope with that situation, the girl hides the end of the engagement. The guy helps her along in this drama. During this drama, as everyone can guess, the girl and guy fall for each other. And again as everyone can guess, just when they are going to proclaim their love, the groom returns and confirms his love for the girl. The guy refuses to accept the love because he feels it would destroy everyone's happiness. The girl tries to make him understand, but he refuses. As a last desperate hope, the girl decides to play a drama against the guy and it finally works. "And they lived happily ever after"... Although the gist of the story is something common (almost close to Austen's Pride and Prejudice), it is the tug of war portrayal that always catches the eye in these stories. Love is common to all and everyone gets it but the ritual of becoming a lover is what is the most interesting to go through, to see and to hear.