![]() ![]() What lets down Kaatru Veliyidai and stops it from being the film it wants to be is the narrative device that Mani Ratnam employs to tell his story - intercutting a romance with a sub-plot about the protagonist, who has become a prisoner of war in the present, trying to stage a prison break and get back to his lady love. In such a scenario, does this relationship have a future? Even their professions are at odds - he has to kill in the name of duty, hers involve saving lives (“Irulum oliyum”, as VC puts it). “Rani madhiri nadathura illa keela pottu midhikka,” she complains to him in one scene, making it clear that she expects “equal relationship”. Like his father, he is dominating and self-centred (more than one character remarks how VC is in love with himself) she is sweet-natured and with a modicum of self-respect. And even though the two are truly and madly in love with each other, they realise that their relationship might not work because they are polar opposites. Upon recovery, VC asks Leela out and it is during their date above the clouds that he realises that it isn’t really chance that has brought them together. ![]() Their very first meeting involves her treating him after he is seriously injured in an accident. We are introduced to Leela (Aditi Rao Hydari), a doctor. But very soon, we realise that this is a film about the battle between two hearts - in other words, not Roja! We see a pilot, Varun aka VC (Karthi), being captured by the Pakistani army. Kaatru Veliyidai Review: Kaatru Veliyidai opens with scenes of fighting between the Indian and Pakistani army. Kaatru Veliyidai Synopsis: An air force pilot and a doctor fall in love, but their contrasting personalities, especially his self-centredness, keep their relationship tense. ![]()
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