And at the same time, a wife wants to be let in, to show that she will stand by her husband, through thick and thin. As seen in this film, it can cause friction, making the wife feel unwanted. Gone are the days where men try to hide their problems to protect their wives. Besides the obvious message that "Suicide is not an option" the movie also discusses the importance of communication among husband and wife. "Kannazhaga" and "Why This Kolavari Di?" were the highlights of the film. Anirudh Ravichander definitely has potential.
It really enhanced the emotions of the movie. The climax is one of the most memorable scenes, summing up the dilemma Dhanush had been feeling all this time. Some scenes could have been edited towards the end to help pace the movie. The transition of explaining how Dhanush's disorder came about seemed to abrupt, kind of confusing the viewer as to how this disorder comes about. As the movie progressed, it turned dark however it was also very slow moving. It was entertaining and the audience could actually feel the love and joy between the two characters.
The first half the movie was very smooth and fast paced. However, her crying can somewhat be irritating at times. Playing a sweet and understanding wife, she tries to share her husband's sorrow and pain, only to be rejected. Shruti Hassan, as promised, embodies a role that she has never portrayed before. Without him guiding the viewers as to what is happening to Dhanush, one can feel as if Dhanush has inexplicably lost his mind. His supporting friend, played by Siva Karthikeyan, holds the weight of the movie on his shoulder. He pushes himself to embody different personalities all in one movie. Dhanush, the protagonist, does a wonderful job portraying a man split between love and necessity. Moonu is a heart-warming story about a couple and a friend dealing with a mental disorder. On the whole, "3" is artificial, factually inaccurate, irresponsible, loud & futile attempt. The visualization of auditory hallucination is brilliant. There are a few bright spots here & there. Pity that such wonderful compositions are wasted by poor picturization. He has done well in background score as well. Parts between Prabhu & Dhanush are interesting. Sunder continues from where he left in "Mayakkam Enna" while Siva tries to ape Shanthanam. Shruthihassan is wasted in unidimensional role in which glycerin has more work to do than herself. Dhanush has tried to showcase what all he can for no reason at all. Stigma is a very difficult challenge to circumvent but irresponsible people like these by making such hedonistic movies are only going to propagate it. With all those factual inaccuracies & fallacies they have made Bipolar Affective Disorder (here they have tried to portray the most rarest of rare type "Ultra ultra rapid cycling BPAD" ) to look one of the most dangerous mental illness one would have & it is better to end one's life rather than getting treated with numerous options available & lead a normal life as any other. With their inadequate knowledge when they handle such sensitive subjects they do more harm than good. What justification does the screenplay has for the lead pair getting married in a discotheque? What hinders makers in doing basic homework of the subject taken before starting a project. The makers seem to have ventured into the movie with idea of making a "different" movie & hence tried to manipulate with the script to include many trivial "novelties" which they thought would make the movie look "different".
Right from the first frame till the last there is semblance of all Selvarghavan movies minus the emotional connectivity which used to be so effortlessly generated in his movies. Trying to demonize a disorder like Bipolar Affective Disorder which is one of those disorders which has a very good prognosis is disgraceful. It is stupid & irresponsible on the part of the makers indulging in such appalling disservice to Mental health system by time & again portraying Psychiatric illness in poor light & thus perpetuating stigma. That they have taken recourse to their half-backed knowledge of Psychiatry is despicable. "3" is nothing but a couple's attempt at feeding the narcissism of the husband, here by couple I meant Dhanush & Aishwarya Dhanush.