Paiyya- An overview

Ok, I haven't ever done this before and people who know me will ask you not to take my opinion because I'm so hard to please when it comes to movies. You can't blame me, if I'm going to pay a hundred bucks to watch a movie, I'd like it to be worth both, my money and time.. The fact that I lack the patience to watch regional movies is altogether another issue. So coming to the point. Paiyya- a movie I was looking forward to. After having seen Karthi don the roles of henchman and whatever he was in his first movie, a lot of us were expecting a smart, handsome Karthi in a breezy feel good romantic movie. First ten minutes into the movie and all this will vanish. The characters and their acting.. God, its an eyesore. Tamanah is at her worst. After so many movies, I actually thought maybe she would be able to bring some expression to her face. But no, its the same white face with an awesome figure and no expressions whatsoever again! As for Karthi, he looks at her all the time with what is supposed to be a 'longing look' or the romantic gaze.. all he manages is an empty stare and a silly smile. I'm starting to think even Suriya was better when he started off.
Ok, the story! All set in a journey from Bangalore to Mumbai. Obviously our hero is trying to save the girl he fell in love with at first sight from some villains who are trying to get her married to her father's mistress's brother. The attempt to bring in humour through Kathi's friends and the silly man who gets a lift mid-way leaves you wanting to get up and run away from the place. And if one group of villains wasn't enough, you have another set chasing Karthi for revenge. I can't believe the sexy Milind Soman was wasted away in this kind of role. Like the usual tamil cinemas, a few songs in between, plenty of fights and you have already reached the end of a two and half hour torture.