![]() In any case, strong performances have always been always Mani Ratnam’s strength. Still, there’s no doubt the film is well-crafted and in my opinion, the overall ensemble cast works better and gels together better in this version. ![]() And maybe I also find the Tamil version better as Mani Rathnam shot this after Yuva and was thereby able to cover up some of the original’s problems.Īs I said, my basic issues with the film remain much as I felt when I saw Yuva – the Amores Perros inspired structure – more a gimmick rather than naturally lending itself to the story, the naive and simplistic socio-political approach, finishing with the most interesting story first and one having to wait till mid-way of the second half for the story to move forward, and barring the Inba-Sasi story, the Mani Ratnam touch being inconsistent in the other two love stories. For all its problems, Yuva/Ayutha Ezhuthu is far, far better fare than most of the junk that was floating around in its time the name of cinema. Maybe it helps that I’ve seen this version much later and though one was disappointed by Yuva at the time (one always expects nothing short of something special from Mani Ratnam), one feels maybe one was a trifle harsh on the film in its time. ![]() But somewhere looking at both, I feel the Tamil version still has relatively more coherence and is actually the more engaging of the two versions.
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