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Pop music is everywhere - on the streets, in the discos, at home and at college functions. If there is something that can catch the spirit of the youth in the right manner and bind them together, it is music. Tamil film director Shanker catches this spirit in his latest venture for A.M. Ratnam's film titled Boys.

Rich technical inputs, and pleasing music by A.R. Rahman make an otherwise weak film interesting. Rahman knows the pulse of youth and there is plenty of it in the film. MTV provides a backdrop for a crucial song. Adnan Sami, Lucky Ali and Hariharan also contribute to the melody. The subject revolves around music as these `boys' form a pop group called `Boys'.

The story is of six college students gaining celebrity status in the music world. The initial adventures that the youth undertake are quite shocking including a thoroughly distasteful visit to a call girl. . Nothing much can be said about the story. Five college-going young men fall in love with their classmates, the parents disapprove, the lovers run away. Harini and Munna get married at Tirupati, presided over by their mentor. He encourages them to earn by presenting music shows . They approach a music company manager (Kamal Chopra) and request him to help them produce a music album. Their song Please sans instrumental support falls on his deaf ears. Then they play music in galleries of a stadium and atop buildings, while huge processions of people move on roads below. These scenes are graphic examples of how director Shanker tries to offset the unconvincing and exaggerated storyline with computer graphics. The manager is finally convinced of their talent and accepts the deal, with a comment that the female voice is more attractive than the others. This calls for trouble, and there is an attempt to separate Harini from the batch. Misunderstandings between Harini and Munna arise and divorce papers are filed. What happens next is for viewers to watch. But for a few dubbing voices, all artistes in the film are new to Telugu audience. Harini is the major attraction of this screenplay and aptly suited the role. She has the needed flexibility to strike contrasting emotions. Nakul is okay. The rest of all the boys and girls who play different roles in this not well-designed love drama, are adequate.

courtesy: The Hindu