Navarasa : Fast Forward to last episode- Shringara - Gautham Menon- Suriya - Karthik (music) rocks

First go the last episode Shringara and then look for Roudhram directed by Aravind Swami. Only these two out of the 9 stories - 9 emotions that is tackled brilliantly.  Lets start with the best-

I feel that Gautham Vasudev Menon can be in his elements only if he gets the right actors. Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru, is one such .  For one Suriya works magic on screen as the musician  and the lover boy. Add to it the girl Prayaga Martin who  is just the kind of girl that a GVM film needs . The music is mind blowing. The scene where Suriya picks up the guitar to shift from Beethoven Fur Elise to a Tamil melody just leaves you stunned. The collaboration between Karthik ( also singer) and GVM elevates the film to a different level. Madan Karky lyrics is just the in thing. To those who say that the reason for break up should have been told- I think the lyrics of song that Suriya sings about their love and the time frame gives  hints. Visually we are taken back in reverse and stops just before they met for the first time.

The Roudhram episode is good in the only fact that it springs surprise on you in terms of a twist to the narration. The characterization is very weak . With a brother in jail and a mother whom she hates, the daughter becoming an police inspector is not explained anywhere. A shallow treatment.

Except for GVM who knows his terrain , and his characters well fleshed out, all others give a shallow treatment. Whether it be subjects in the backdrop of  Naxalism- Eelam conflict, or Brahman wedding the focus on the theme is lost. The guilt aspect or the fear have good starts but soon goes into a whimper. The Siddharth- Parvathy episode  start with the old man and young girl was good but soon gloss set in to take the punch out. Like GVM is to romance, Priyadarshan is to Comedy. Add to this Yogi Babu. What you get is a comedy skit !!!