Boys (2003)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

S. Shankar

Writers:

S. Shankar (writer)
Sujatha (dialogue)

Release Date:

29 August 2003 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Boys for gals

Plot:

'Boys' is the story of five boys and a girl from different families They are youthful, vibrant, careless violating all conventions and In the process, they discover their hidden talents.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Siddharth	...	Munna (as R. Siddharth Narayan)
Nakhul	...	Juju (as Nakul)
Bharath	...	Bob Galy / Babu Kalyanam
Sai Srinivas	...	Krishna
Manigandan	...	Kumar (as Manikandan)
Genelia D'Souza	...	Harini (as Harini)
Vivek	...	Mangalam Sir
Senthil	...	Mendicant
A.V. Ramanan	...	Munna's Father
Janaki Sabesh	...	Munna's Mother
Anitha Rathnam	...	Harini's Father
Kalairani	...	Kumar's Mother
Havarasu	...	Kumar's Father
Subashini	...	Juju's Mother
K.P. Mohan	...	Juju's Father

Runtime:

172 min

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company:

Sri Surya Films

Trivia:

For the first time, MTV gave permission to use its logo for an award function scene for a film.

Quotes:

Kumar: What Kumar... a love letter?
Kumar: Sex Story. "Malgova Aunty"

Soundtrack:

Girl Friend

Excellent but not for everyone

Most of the criticism surrounding Boys more or less relates to Shankars traditional story lines with high morals and family entertainment. Boys in far from a family movie and it is perhaps the most sexually explicit Tamil movie to ever come out, without actually having any nudity after censorship.

Boys is thus something one just cannot watch together with the family as most of it concerns the sexual adventures of 5 Boys, all newcomers, putting in superb performances. Now, while people who consider themselves morally upright and strict may find this embarrassing, most of the actual teenagers of India will actually be disturbed at how accurately it depicts what they actually do, without their parents knowing.

Boys will be Boys and that needs to be accepted. Society is'nt as squeaky clean as one would like to believe. First the teen, especially college going, audience will be disturbed, then thrilled and then appreciative. This made the movie a success in the cities but a lot of revenue actually comes from conservative suburbs and villages where people viewing will not have a clue of whats going on since the movie reflects the behavior of mostly, socialite urban populace.

But with Shankar's style and AR Rehman's music, Boys is certainly a superb movie if you don't have any of the reservations discussed above. It does'nt have a great storyline on the line of Indian, Mudhalvan etc but Shankar injects quality into each and every scene, making this movie highly enjoyable from the beginning to the end. Its just sheer bloody fun and genius.