Sarvam

The trailer looked slick and inviting. The movie really is slick and stylish. But inviting? That depends on what you look for in a movie. If gloss and style matters and the story can exit through the backdoor, Sarvam will be to your liking. The movie has a weak plot and an even weaker execution.

There are five characters in the movie - Karthik (Arya), an architect, Sandhya (Trisha) a doctor in a city hospital, Naushad (Indrajith) a software professional, and his young son Imman (Rohan) and Eashwar (J.D. Chakravarthy).

The first half is mostly about how the love springs between Karthik and Sandhya. The architect and the doctor meet during a kart racing event and here begins the love story. Karthik falls in love and tries to woo Sandhya. He starts visiting the hospital where Sandhya works and slowly, the relationship starts blooming. The scenes are portrayed in a humorous manner and are pretty refreshing. These scenes are the major highlight of the movie and the chemistry between the two deserves special mention.

The movie then slowly starts to get the feel of a thriller ( or should I say, tries to give the feel?). The half way point is reached with the director revealing a twist in the story and sets up for a rather contrived climax. the second half is where the (minimal) story actually gets told. Eashwar comes across as deranged maniac trying to kill the 10 year old Imman. Imman and his father Naushad run for their lives from Eashwar and Karthik enters the story, trying to protect young Imman. At points one starts to wonder whether Naushad and Imman really are victims running for their lives. Is Eashwar really a evil maniac? And where does Karthik figure in all this? The truth slowly gets unravelled and is revealed in the climax. Chase sequences and action scenes lead up to this climax of a wanna-be thriller movie.

Arya and Trisha have done a good job and sizzle together. Trisha hasnt got much of a role, but does well in the limited scenes she does get. J.D. Chakravarthy does the character justice, but the characterization itself has to be questioned. Indrajith and Rohan fill their roles and give decent performances, but nothing to write home about.

The music by Yuvan Shankar Raja has already become a decent hit and the songs have been picturized very well. Cinematography is one of the fine points of the movie and the splendid camera work comes out even more during the songs. Kudos to Nirav Shah, the cinematographer.