3BHK Movie Review: A moving drama about fighting for shattered dreams and survival
Director Sri Ganesh delivers a moving, relatable story filled with emotion, subtlety and undeniable heart. Down goes our 3BHK Movie Review.
3BHK Movie Review
A resonant, relatable middle-class triumph.
Performances
Story & Narration
Technical Aspects & Music
After making a smashing debut with 8 Thottakal, writer-director Sri Ganesh has come a long way, and he has delivered one of the most charming Tamil films of the year with 3BHK. Following the trend of feel-good, lighthearted entertainers of this year, 3BHK becomes the sort of film that has the heart of a feel-good movie but also works as a coming-of-age drama. It’s a film that throws the spotlight on our everyday failures and setbacks. Reminds us that it’s alright to fail a few times in life before succeeding, harping on the importance of the journey more than the destination.
The plot is simple. A lower middle class family – comprising of father Sarath Kumar, mother Devayani and kids Siddharth and Meetha – aspire of owning a home in early 2000s in Chennai. As years by, their ultimate dream of an own house stays unrealized while life throws many a curve-balls at them as they spend the next decade and a half coming to terms with reality.
The film takes its own time to set up the story in the first half at an unhurried pace. Most of this half is about multiple instances where the family’s dream of an own house is missed by a whisker. It’s in the second half that 3BHK comes together beautifully as it shifts the focus on the lives of the kids and how they carry forward their family’s dream.
Siddharth as Prabhu is a revelation as he carries a lot of weight on his shoulders in portraying this character which capture the struggle of every youngster in a middle class family. Meetha, on the other hand, is effectively used and gets one solid moment to prove her worth. Sarath Kumar, in a refreshing departure from his usual self, shines in a meaty role.
3BHK will definitely go down as one of the warmest films of the year. It captures the soul and suffering of an every middle class family and their aspirations to the hilt.
Overall, 3BHK is one of those films that has a lot to offer than you expect. It has easily over a half dozens scenes that’ll resonate with every middle-class individual on a personal level. It’s a beautiful story of shattered dreams, setbacks and survival.
