Rating : 3/5
Director : Prabhu Solomon
Producer : B Subrahmanyam, Y Rupesh
Music Director : D. Imman
Starring: Vidhaarth, Amala Paul, Thambi Ramiah
Prabhu Solomon’s Prema Khaidi is a compelling tale of love comprising four characters who end up facing disastrous consequences. Dubbed from a critically acclaimed Tamil film, Mynaa, Prema Khaidi has been mostly shot in the hilly region in Tamil Nadu, Kerala border near Theni and Munnar. Vidharth, Amala Paul, Thambi Ramaiah and Sethu play lead roles in the film.
Story: Soori (Vidharth) and Mynaa (Amala Paul) grow up believing that they would eventually marry each other. However, Mynaa’s mother objects to this alliance since Soori is uneducated and wants her daughter to marry an educated guy who lives in Dubai. Soori attacks Mynaa’s mother over this issue and he gets arrested. All hell breaks loose when the sub-jailor, Bhaskar (Sethu) and a constable Ramaiah (Thambi Ramaiah) find out that Soori has escaped from prison. The rest of the story is about Soori-Mynaa’s unflinching love for each other which results in an extra-ordinary journey.
Prema Khaidi has interesting characterizations where each character is going through a conflict. The film opens in Bhaskar’s (Sethu) house whose wife is preparing to go meet her family for the first time after her wedding on the eve of Deepavali. She’s all the more angry that her husband puts his duty, as a sub-jailor, ahead of his family commitments. Bhaskar (Sethu) and Ramaiah (Thambi Ramaiah) are afraid that they might lose their jobs if Suri, the convict, is not caught within two days. Suri is scared that he might lose Mynaa, the love of his life, forever, if he doesn’t escape from prison and Mynaa desperately wants to be with Suri and she doesn’t approve of her mother’s plans about her marriage. Most part of the drama unfolds over a period of two days and there’s a sense of urgency and desperation in everything these four characters do or say. It’s important to understand this backdrop to appreciate that Prema Khaidi is a well-written drama and a love story, where every action has pleasant and at times unpleasant consequences.
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