Ambigapathy Review

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Ambigapathy is originally a hindi film titled Raanjhanaa. Ambigapathy directed by Anand L. Rai and the original story and screenplay by Himanshu Sharma. Ambigapathy’s lead characters played by Dhanush as Kunthan Shankar, Sonam Kapoor as Zoya Haider, Abhay Deol as Jasjeet Singh Shergill or Akram Zaidi, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Murari,  Swara Bhaskar as Bindiya,  Shilpi Marwaha as Rashmi and many more. This film also as Dhanush’s Bollywood debut and has received huge response from the audiences as well. Ambigapathy produced by Krishika Lulla under Eros International. Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman has composed songs and background scores for Ambigapathy and the album contains total of 9 tracks.

Ambigapathy is about an innocent guy’s feel of love towards a girl at the age of very beginning until teenage. Kunthan (Dhanush) who is a Hindu priest’s son and strongly believed is God Shiva has fallen in love to Zoya (Sona Kapoor) who is a Muslim girl. Zoya parents compelled her to go Delhi for her further studies to separate Zoya from Kunthan. After 8 years, Zoya back to Kaasi and she looks more beautiful than before at her teenage age but she has forgotten everything about Kunthan and love between them. Kunthan still remains his love for Zoya after 8 years and he get sad when Zoya not recognized him. After that, Kunthan successfully recognized himself to Zoya but will accept Kunthan as a friend and help guy only. Kunthan with his childhood friend Murari will do everything for Zoya including stopped her engagement arranged by her parents. At the same time, Kunthan’s another childhood friend Bindiya has crushed on Kunthan. Bindiya has proposed Kunthan to marry her many times but Kunthan reject her just for Zoya. At a time, Kunthan become heart feeling and get angry when Zoya informed Kunthan that she is already felt in love someone at her college. That heart feeling will make Kunthan to take some aggressive decision; making arrangements for his wedding with Bindiya on the same day of Zoya’s wedding. On the day, Kunthan and Murari know that Zoya’s lover Akram Zaidi is one that Muslim but Hindu and his original name is Jasjeet Singh Shergill. Kunthan rushed to Zoya’s house; informed the matter to Zoya in front of crowd. Zoya’s wedding has stopped due to this cast issue. Zoya’s relatives hit Jasjeet Singh terribly and make him admitted at hospital in serious condition. Due to thus controversial, Kunthan has forgotten his own wedding with Bindhiya. After that, Jasjeet Singh has passed away due to the serious injury. Zoya felt she has lost his life and joined with her college friends to enroll their political party AICP which was Jasjeet Singh’s dream to make a better politics at Delhi. After that, Kunthan also has joined with them as a tea guy and this was hated by Zoya. What is the story after that; at last how Kunthan’s life has transformed; Are  Kunthan and Zoya will get together at last, that is the story about. 

Ambigapathy has reveals a beautiful love in the screenplay but it was very painful love. Kunthan has sacrificed his own life for his love which happened at very beginning of age.  This type of love is very rare to happen at current time rather than not logic. The female audiences have denied the storyline because it shows only guys remembers the past and stay strong in love. Kunthan never explored his life outer than Kaasi so this makes him to not forget Zoya but Zoya has explored her life to Delhi which can make her to change and think different. Another different in the story is the character of Jasjeet Singh, normally the character of Jasjeet Singh will be shown as villain or evil characteristic but Himanshu Sharma has also revealed that character as a good hearted. The man Kunthan met near Ganga river who gave an simple but very meaningful clarification about life and peoples sins is like an miracle on Kunthan's life. That particular man has changed Kunthan's direction like an guru and this shows spiritual believe of the writer and director. Some more, Oliyaage Vanthaai  song really suits for that particular part. Director Anand L. Rai has showed the life of Kaasi very beautiful with many colorful locations and characteristic with the colourful sense cameraman Natarajan Subramaniam. All the cast has performed amazingly. Dhanush has given a wonderful debut to Bollywood. Same goes to Sonam Kapoor, also given good debut to Tamil industry seems this film has dubbed in Tamil. Hemal Kothari has edited without give up the feel of the film and also every particular scene. John Mahendran's dialogues really reflects every scenes emotion very well especially Kunthan's heart feeling. Lyrics penned by Vairamuthu, added more beauty for the songs with lovely words.  Ambigapthy and Raanjhanaa are suitable title for this film because both are epic lovable couple seems this type of love very rare to happen in current time. 

Another ultimate support for the film is AR Rahman’s musicals. Most of the songs are top of the chart and help to move the story more smoothly with add on more feels like the salt in a cooking. Each of the songs brought unique feeling, Paarkathey Oru Maathiri (Aise Na Dekho) brings a blues feel which really suitable for that particular scene. Also Oliyaage Vanthaai (Piya Milenge), is very lovely energetic.

Ambigapathy is distributed by Eros International. The total budget of the film is US$6.0 million and the film able to collect the cost on the first week of release.