Hey Sinamika works best when it's fun, frothy and frivolous.
Hey Sinamika review: Dulquer Salmaan, Kajal Aggarwal, and Aditi Rao Hydari-starrer is about two women fighting for the same man, a theme that has been explored innumerable times in Tamil films and soaps.
Hey Sinamika is the directorial debut of popular choreographer Brinda. Despite her extensive experience in the film industry, her movie is replete with rookie mistakes. It seems like her attempt to copy all the romantic movies made before hers, particularly the style of Mani Ratnam (OK Kanmani) and Gautham Menon (Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa). With hardly any novelty or heart, the film feels more like a mishmash than a wholesome romance. What's more important is that this is a film we have already watched many times before.
The movie opens with the hero sitting at a coffee shop located at the beachside. The ocean breeze seems stronger than usual as the heroine walks in with her hair blowing in the wind. They look at each other and are transfixed. Love at fight sight, indeed. There is a beautiful line from Kambaramayanam, Annalum nokkinaan Avalum nokkinaal', which talks about the first sight of eternal love. Unfortunately, the scene is not half as poetic as the underlying emotions need it to be. As a matter of fact, it couldn't be more cold and visually conventional. The shot was so unimaginative that I wondered whether it was Brinda's way of ridiculing the romantic stereotypes in Tamil cinema. Alas, that wasn't the case.
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