Autograph- The movie

So you had a childhood crush on a girl when you were in class 5. It was a deep feeling of 'hey this feels nice. i want to spend more time with her' (sometimes I wonder if grown up love is anything more than this. Can anything be even better than this feeling?). One day, long after you have grown up and become immune to the pleasures of small things, you see her on the road. What do you do? This is one of the themes tacked by the Tamil movie "Autograph".

The movie alternates between the teenage and college life of our hero to his present day. After his marriage day is fixed, the hero visits all the places where he spent his growing years, meeting with his old friends, classmates, school teachers and crushes. Instead of forming theories about why things did not work, without vindicating people on their past behavior, our hero embraces them all and invites them for his wedding. He comes across as a genuine and quite a normal human being subjected to the vagaries of fortunes and whims of the many.

The movie was a novel idea and was wonderfully well made. The acting could have been improved but the actors were first timers and show bright promise. Attention to detail and recreation of authentic village scenarios were impressive.

Some of the dialogues in the movie, some patters of behavior and some of the events are so typical of what a visitor to an Indian village sees and it was a delight watching the director capture it all.

A great thought provoker done with a trimphant spirit. Watch it patiently on a saturday afternoon; remember to keep plenty of tissues!