R ARIVANANTHAM
Director Pradeep Ranganathan chose a unique plotline once again and begins his second innings with ‘Love Today.’ Apart from directing, he also played the lead hero in it. He made an impressive debut with the 2019 comedy-drama ‘Comali’, starring Jayam Ravi and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles.
This film is produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram, Kalpathi S Ganesh under the banner of AGS Entertainment.
The film features Ivana as the female lead. Radhika Sarathkumar and Satyaraj played pivotal roles in it.
- ‘Love Today’s’ writing follows the ‘template’ of romantic drama in everyone’s life
- The youngsters can relate to every scene, whether it is the sequence where the heroine goes on a night ride with her ex without her lover’s (hero) knowledge or the hero messaging other women on Instagram.
The movie explores the love story of two millennial kids, Uthaman (Pradeep) and Nikita (Ivana). Just like the most present-day couple, this pair falls in love and decides to get married without really ‘knowing’ each other. That’s when Nikita’s father (Satyaraj) comes up with a condition for their marriage. He asks Uthaman and Nikita to exchange their phone for a day. He says that he will agree to this marriage only if they manage to love each other after exchanging their phones. What happens when the couple exchanges their mobile phones is the rest of the film
This articulation is a unique idea that will appeal to the present-day social-media addicted youngsters of this generation. Pradeep not only gets his idea right but also explores the entire screenplay by targeting the millennials. Even the film’s making style reminds you of TikTok videos and Instagram reels. The youngsters can relate to every scene, whether it is the sequence where the heroine goes on a night ride with her ex without her lover’s (hero) knowledge or the hero messaging other women on Instagram.
Pradeep Ranganathan is not only good as a writer and a director but he also scores brownie points with his acting too. His guy-next-door looks work for him big time. Ivana also impresses as the female lead. The lead pair’s chemistry is one of the major highlights of this romantic comedy. Satyaraj gives an usual and settled performance. Radhika is good too and most of the time, she has been used to preach morals and values. Yogi Babu impresses with a heart-warming character of a marriage assembler. Raveena also shines as Yogi Babu’s wife.
‘Love Today’s’ writing follows the ‘template’ of romantic drama in everyone’s life. But Pradeep brings freshness through his screenplay and the usage of music and editing. Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja works big time.
‘Love Today’ will be relatable to all youngsters out there and it will engage them right from the beginning to the end. Towards the end, the film falls into the typical ‘message-conveying’ zone but that doesn’t take away the fun at all.
On the whole, ‘Love Today’ showcases how a hormone-charged couple turns into an emotional couple. It is the ultimate fun ride, especially for the youth.
Produced by :
Kalpathi S.Aghoram
Kalpathi S.Ganesh
Kalpathi S.Suresh
Banner : AGS Entertainment
CAST :
Pradeep Ranganathan : Uthaman Pradeep
Sathyaraj : Venu sasthri
Yogi Babu : Yogi
Ivana : Nikitha
Radhika Sarathkumar : Saraswathi Amma
Raveena : Divya
Finally Bharath : Mani
Adithya Kathir : Bhaskar
Aajeedh Khalique : Revi
Vijay Varadaraj : Madhan
Akshaya Udayakumar : Swetha
Prathana Nathan : Namitha
CREW :
Written, Lyrics & Directed by : Pradeep Ranganathan
Creative Producer : Archana Kalpathi
Executive Producer : S.M.Venkat Manickam
Associate Creative Producer : Aishwarya Kalpathi
Dop : Dinesh Purushothaman
Editor : Pradeep E Ragav
Art director : MKT
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Choreographer : Sandy
Costume designer : Pallavi Singh, Sher Ali
Action Director : Miracle michael
Sound design : Sync Cinema
Sound Mixing : Tapas Nayak
Production Executive : M.Senthilkumar
Publicity Designer : Venky
PRO : Nikil Murukan
Stills : S. Murugadoss
Costumer : Prasad
Makeup : Kuppusamy
DI : Prasath Somasekar
Vfx : Knack Studio
