Topic started by arun nair (@ 61.1.254.111) on Mon Sep 8 19:32:26 .
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The story is a fresh treatment of friendship and love which tends to generate a mass appeal. About the individual performances, Pritviraj has given a great performance...he is able to hold the audience with his handsome stature and style of dialogue delivery....a truly gifted actor by all means. Kuchacko's role wasn't all that impressive...he was given a mature role but it seemed too mature at times lacking humor. The surprise packet was Jayasuriya...excellent dialogue delivery and combined with "Noolunda's" humor really made the first half very enjoyable indeed. Meera Jasmine has given a stunning performance alright, but she seems so stereotyped into such a role. Her role seems very author-backed. I mean she has done well in portraying the cute, angel like florist, but most people, especially after seeing Kastoorimaan, would expect her to behave a little more energetic. Bhavana doesn't seem to have anything much to do. Her performance was OK. As far as the music is concerned, the opening song number and the duet are well positioned, but towards the end of the film, you feel that the film would do better with two songs less. The main problem about the film was that the plot couldn't be developed well towards the end. The problem actually starts in the middle of the film, where so many things seem to happen in quick succession, that the audience is never convinced of the gravity of the situation....and towards the end, when it gets predictable, it tends to drag over unnecessary details. The climax really seems so made up...but still on the whole, it's an OK film. I would give it a 6/10 rating.
Please post your ratings too....

Responses:

• From: Rajmohan (@ dialpool-210-214-17-42.maa.sify.net) on: Tue Sep 9 15:17:12 EDT 2003
  
  The opening song 'Karuppinazhaku..' was sung by Jyotsna & Rajesh Vijay. It is the hottest song on the Asianet Medley ( requested every 5 minutes ).
  Way to go, Rajesh & Jyotsna...
  
  
• From: Rajmohan (@ dialpool-210-214-17-42.maa.sify.net) on: Tue Sep 9 15:17:20 EDT 2003
  
  The opening song 'Karuppinazhaku..' was sung by Jyotsna & Rajesh Vijay. It is the hottest song on the Asianet Medley ( requested every 5 minutes ).
  Way to go, Rajesh & Jyotsna...
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 202.88.240.22) on: Fri Sep 12 06:57:01 EDT 2003
  
  Jyotsna has good fortune.
  she has got a stylish and flexible vocal chords
  karuppinazhagu is one more proof for that..
  
  
• From: Songlover (@ 61.1.255.176) on: Fri Sep 12 16:54:53 EDT 2003
  
  Both of Jyotsna's songs "sukhamanee" and "karuppinazhagu" are now hits. But I felt that the high pitched part of the latter wasn't modulated well enough.
  
  
• From: Songlover (@ 61.1.255.176) on: Fri Sep 12 17:00:47 EDT 2003
  
  I felt that Jasmine's style of acting is very very unique - hard to immitate, her expressions are very vivid, and with good makeup and nice dressing, she looks extremely cute...I mean the kind of cuteness that you associate with little children..abound in innocence.
  
  
• From: sid (@ 203.197.151.185) on: Sat Sep 13 01:57:05 EDT 2003
  
  like most of the kamal movies..an average one..and dissappointing with all the hype involved with this movie..they could have come up with a novel idea with this kind of a star cast than this routine stuff
  
  
• From: hannna (@ 213.42.2.8) on: Thu Sep 18 00:00:36 EDT 2003
  
  Vidhu Pratap has a vey cooool voice like him.It is clear from the song 'marakkkam'.Jyotsana has sang the song'karuppimazhaku'very well.
  
  
• From: Rajiv (@ 61.11.41.55) on: Thu Sep 18 02:42:46 EDT 2003
  
  what mr kamal thinking of him self....it is just because of vellinakshtrm saying it as good i saw it...it is below average film...oh that song irritated me ...i wondered how this kind of songs are there in malayalam (ishtamalledo...)..i pity
  kamal for self proclaiming as a great director.
  I felt totally fooled after seeing the movie.
  
  
• From: vidyalakshmi.N (@ 61.1.255.54) on: Thu Sep 18 05:27:00 EDT 2003
  
  Prithviraj was fabulous, smart looking..i couldn't take my eye off him..he has a long way to go...
  
  
• From: vinay (@ dialpool-210-214-242-89.maa.sify.net) on: Thu Sep 18 07:29:08 EDT 2003
  
  coolest movie
  
  
• From: ben (@ 61.1.255.59) on: Fri Sep 19 17:43:03 EDT 2003
  
  Meera Jasmine's looks so sweet. There is such an innocence on her face....she's the sweetest thing god has ever created....
  as if you could perfectly define what the word "CUTE" meant, her face would fit that definition a 100 percent....she is sooooooooooooooooooooooo CUTE.
  
  
• From: mol (@ cache-dp09.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Sep 20 08:10:35 EDT 2003
  
  guess what? jaysurya is my neighbor in india.. We just built a new house, and he lives right there.. I never saw him because he was shooting somewhere but i saw his aunt and uncle.
  I WISH i could see him though...... :)
  
  
• From: fan (@ 61.1.253.188) on: Sat Sep 20 15:06:17 EDT 2003
  
  I have heard that Jayasuriya is from Ernakulam, where exactly?
  
  
• From: milla (@ 202.88.224.87) on: Sun Sep 21 13:30:38 EDT 2003
  
  is he? o my god!! does nybody around here kno his email id or address? he cm for a function in my skool. hes really very interactive with the kids.
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ ac0.emirates.net.ae) on: Wed Sep 24 08:57:53 EDT 2003
  
  can anyone post email id of Bhavana,Meera,Jayasoorya,PRITHVI,Chakochan.
  
  
• From: pooja (@ app1.ci.cerritos.ca.us) on: Sat Sep 27 15:59:39 EDT 2003
  
  swapnakkoodu is a fabulous movie
  the song istamellada is really funny and enjoyable
  the dresses were very cute and i think they spent lot of money going to foregn countries.
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-66-73-172-165.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sat Sep 27 17:28:33 EDT 2003
  
  One of the worst movie that i saw recently. Kamal is trying too hard nowadays. Swapnakoodu is soo boring after the interval.
  
  
• From: arun (@ 61.1.255.136) on: Sun Sep 28 05:45:48 EDT 2003
  
  yeah, V is right. But, I think Kamal has made up for that by including those colorful scenes in Vienna. Jasmine's stunning performance has also saved the show to some extent..it's maintaining it's initial pull on the youth audience.
  
  
• From: mm (@ 207.176.9.132) on: Sun Sep 28 07:50:48 EDT 2003
  
  kamalinte vedikkettu theernnittu kure naalayi, ayal kadhan ezhuthuka aanu thottu ingottu ellam thara thanne... niram pillarkku kollam, average treatment undu... nammal rakshasi enna otta paattu kondu aa padam kulamakkii... pinne kure alavalathi new comers um... swapnakkoodum athu thanne aavane tharamullu.... diminishing nd vanishing...
  
  
• From: mm (@ 207.176.9.132) on: Sun Sep 28 07:53:16 EDT 2003
  
  campus life ile oro tv programmes kaanumbol, puthiya generation ithano ennu thonni povunnu..nuclear family, city life, no to news paper, no reading habit ithokke alle ippol..
  
  
• From: mm (@ 207.176.9.132) on: Sun Sep 28 07:59:42 EDT 2003
  
  Vienna yil poyi oru 40 lacs koodi kalanju kamal... manju kandal aalu kerum ennu aarano kamalinodu paranjathu....prayam chellumthorum vivaram kurayum ennathinte adutha thelivu aanu kamal..
  
  
• From: Team Ferrari (@ 61.11.81.61) on: Sun Sep 28 14:03:04 EDT 2003
  
  allenkil thanne ennaanu ee kamal nalla padam eduthittullathu? he was always a hopelessly mushy half-baked jaada jeevi. aakeppaade oru kakkothikkaavum oru ulladakkavum undu eduthu parayaan.
  
  like mm said, it's absolutely disheartening to see the ways of kerala's new generation. their tastes have become so pathetic, in every sphere of life, that you start to wonder whether this is a generation gap or has something really serious affected them. ithrayum pollayaaya oru generatione kooduthal escapists aakkaan maathrame swapnakkoodu poley ulla moonaam kida chitrangal upakarikkoo. and whoever said "ishtamalleda.." sounds good, well that sums up what this generation is all about.
  
  ithellaam potte, ee thara padathe patti samsaarikkumbo aa kamalinte mukhathu thilangunna aa sahridaya jaada! ho!
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-65-42-88-89.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sun Sep 28 14:42:54 EDT 2003
  
  I couldn't understand y he had to go to vienna to shoot the first song?? Y did he open the movie with a song?? People are talking abt how to cut down expenses, and kamal took a crew to vienna, for couple of songs...!!! and was there any good song??
  
  
• From: mm (@ 207.176.9.132) on: Mon Sep 29 02:25:59 EDT 2003
  
  rastreeyakkarekal kashtam thanne aanu cinemakkarude tv shows.... enthum paranju njanathe pattickaam ennu cinemakkarum karuthunnu... campus il athokke nadakkum ennallathe puram lokathu thallappettu pokum ennu evattakal ariyunnilla..
  
  kakkothi kavu madhu muttam ezhuthi koduthu.. fazil help cheythu eduthathanu, ulladakkam is also ok.. krishnagudi valiya kuzhappam illa. peruvannapurathe visheshangalum fine... bakki orkkunnilla...
  
  casting aanu kamalinte main problem ippol.. allenkil jishnu, siddharthan, athil thanne vere oruthan, jayasooryan,pritwiraj, kunchako ennivare vechu padam edukkumo? nandanam ozhike bakki ella padangalum polinja ore oru hero aanu pritwhi... iniyum cash kalayan kure viddi producermare pritwhi ye cast cheyyunnundu...
  
  
• From: mm (@ 207.176.9.132) on: Mon Sep 29 05:55:10 EDT 2003
  
  ishtamallada enna otta paattu mathi s koodu polinju povaan.... athu kettittu kaiyadicha kamaline orthu sahathapikkuvane namukku kazhiyoo.... kashtam...
  
  
• From: Fun (@ 61.1.249.92) on: Tue Sep 30 11:03:01 EDT 2003
  
  I want "Kruppinazhaku"Ring tone.Cell no:9847010452.Please send it fast.
  
  
• From: NM Nair (@ 194.170.246.21) on: Sun Oct 5 09:22:19 EDT 2003
  
  Saw the movie yesterday, I would thought its great. A real good stuff for the youth and the young at heart. A good entertainer and all credit goes to Kamal for his excellent work.
  
  It was also nice to see those places again in Austria which I visited 2 years back. What the heck where the movie is made at and how much is spent, as long as there is quality and it draws enough back into the producer's pocket
  
  Keep going Mr. kamal, you are the only one who seem to know what the youth need.
  
  
• From: KAMAL (@ 61.1.255.35) on: Sun Oct 5 14:02:23 EDT 2003
  
  KAMAL NALLA PADAM EDUTHITTILLENNU PARAYUNNA THENDIKALKKU ORU OTTA LALETTAN PADAM PARANJU THARAAM-ULLADAKKAM.
  POREDA MONE DINESHA?
  MALAYALATHILE THANNE ETTAVUM NALLA PADANGALIL ONNANU ULLADAKKAM.
  
  
• From: sruthi ganesh (@ ) on: Tue Oct 21 08:37:34
  
  i love da film and meera's body parts
  
  
• From: prabhat (@ ) on: Tue Nov 4 00:21:12
  
  We saw swapnakoodu on this sunday in Bangalore & there was heavy rush. I really like the movie & the song "karuppinazhaku..", although I didnt really liked it towards the end, I think Kamal was confused on how to put a climax to the movie, was Bhavana's accident really necessary?? Anyway the movie was really refreshing with lot of young blood,Prithiviraj did a commendable performace, & I mus say he is really smart & so is Meera Jasmine, she looks Fabulous but wont match with her looks in RUN which was eye popping. Meera keep it up, v all love you!!
  
  
• From: Somy (@ dhcp024-210-071-225.columbus.rr.com) on: Tue Nov 4 13:33:57 EST 2003
  
  I liked the songs which were shot in Austria. That was the only good thing about that film. The rest of the film was a total waste.
  
  

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