With interesting promos, debutante Prasanna RS managed to pique audiences towards Kalyaana Samayal Saadham, starring Prasanna, Lekha Washington, Raghav and several others, opened to good expectations.
An "arranged marriage" set-up brings Tambrahms Meera and Raghu together. Realizing their compatibility, the couple soon fall in love with each other, and things are sweet and happy, until a major twist exhibits a certain physical inability of Raghu, which goes on to threaten the entire marriage and their relationship. Whether they succeed or fail in their marriage forms the rest of the story.
Performances. Prasanna, after multi-starrers, supporting roles and cameos, finally comes back to centre stage with KSS, and so does Lekha, last seen in 2010's Va Quarter Cutting. Both of them do complete justice to their roles, and so do the rest - Raghav, Uma Padmanabhan, Delhi Ganesh, the hero's friends, and the wonderful Crazy Mohan in a cameo. Krishnan Vasant's interesting camera handling coupled with Sathyarj's editing and Arora's music, truly enhance the viewer experience, though the film feels very long with its 132-minute runtime.
KSS brings to screen a rom-com fresh in its approach, and while revolving around a subject that is rather "adult" in its nature, the film manages to not go overboard or turn it vulgar. The film attempts to keep you entertained and laughing, though it is not completely successful. The film fails to keep the audience involved at times, and loses its pace at points during its runtime, but ends as a warm film overall.
KSS is a good weekend break, and if you're a Tambrahm with modern ideals, you'll probably dig this one. Beyond that, it is your usual rom-com with a fresh edge to it.
Aditya Baskaran
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