A film that was all heart and soul, It moved us all. It united the whole of South India. We are literally mad about this film which said: "Butterflies are mentally mental and so is love." I thought of putting my feelings into a thread. So.

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The first teenage love with Mary, starts like any other infatuation. Mary is the star of the locality, even Ants gets conscious while watching her. And look at the conviction of Alphonse, he takes us to that era of our lives where Balli Mithai, and Masala Vada were our hot-favs.

The Mary episode is visual poetry, almost every shot is photogenic. All the simple-cutesy tales of making a phone call to your crush house, her dad picking up, and we facing too much competition to impress her. Ah, special mention to the candid camera work. The flow of images.

Pathivaayi Njan is the cutest song in the film. And it is also conceived in an interesting manner. There is a long shot where the actors are singing, and it is inter-cut by various fast-paced shots, and quirky camera moves. And, the atmosphere Alphonse has created is delightful.

Alfonse Putharen had stated in a recent interview that Love Plants do not love each other, but they do get some love because of butterflies. He suggests that in this scene, when Mary confesses that she has a boyfriend, a butterfly moves away from the plant.

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George realizes that he has missed the bus. Mary doesn't belong to him. Alphonse Putharen treats the whole scenario with quirkiness. It doesn't break our hearts, we know this is meant to happen. The last pic suggests George in on the edge of getting tougher.

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I believe this scene will remain evergreen in my memory. I don't remember an actor who made me her fan with a single scene. I saw Sai Pallavi for the first time as Malar, and guess what I am a fan since then.

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Alphonse Putharen has stated in the interview that Malar's episode is actually dull without the support of Vinay Fort and Soubin Shahir's roles. He said, they are the ones who build it and keep the episode enjoyable. And who can forget the Ranji Panicker's famous scene? Mass.

So, the butterflies are back.
And this episode is redemption to George, he gets back his tender self. That's balance, and that's maturity. And Should I make an effort to describe Pallavi's screen presence?

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How to describe the effect of Malare? It is epiphanic, it just takes you to someplace, where there is too much love and pleasure. The way George celebrates Malar, he compares her with "dripping honey in his memories, cool breeze caressing from the rivulet."

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