OK Kanmani- field notes of a romantic

What starts as a vagabond fling with no strings attached seems to grow gravity along with firm ground beneath, with the enigmatic charm of curiosity metamorphosing to organically settled chemistry.
For the commitment-phobic lead pair, who start of being content on grazing from fringes of the unison between two sexes, the digression from carnal shallows to soulful depths of bonding happens collaterally.

Like the bedrock of civilization found in the heart of a forest,OK Kanmani is an oxymoronic catharsis replete with incongruous intentions and manifestations.about an unlikely journey two got along to embark on, to the one that got them along in the end.

Adi & Tara get acquainted to each other in an uncanny scenario as fleeting images on either side of a railway track. From there on, the couple smitten by each other employ every cliche in the dating manual to get to know each other from coffee shop flirtations to small talks in public transport.

Leveraged by the freedom of an alien city, under the vigil of just their collective conscience, the scene of action culminates in obvious eventuality on the bed, with precarious vows exchanged to not traverse into the uncharted territory of romance.With this make shift relation at the helm, they decide to live in together in the PG accommodation of Ganapathy Uncle & Bhavani aunty.

This elderly couple, that fell in love & got married decades back personifies old school romance in turbulent times, with the husband parenting his wife suffering from Alzheimer's with unabashed enthusiasm of a high school crush.
So we have a young couple that loathe the very institution of marriage and another, basking in the evening of a successful one under the same roof.

This gradually leads to a concentric circle of endearment, with the audience vicariously reveling in the non-committal space of Adi & Tara, while Adi & Tara seem to sub-consciously be enamored by the old fashioned virtues of Ganapthy Uncle & Bhavani Aunty.

The charm of the relation founded on epidermal level pursuits seems to be wading away,as the young couple's respective careers threatens to drift them in different directions, with an avalanche of inseparability contingent to breach the shores of romantic indifference.
While, the romance of yore between the elderly couple seems to be growing from strength to strength, with the progress in the level of Alzheimer's, ironically.

At this stage, Bhavani Aunty goes amiss on a wet evening. This results in  Adi & Tara searching for her with the city held siege by torrential downpour.It is this conspiracy of extraneous circumstances,that leads to the confession of their love for each other. This is put across poetically in a metaphorical way, with the discovery of their love for each other coinciding with that of the lost Bhavani Aunty. The story ends in their wedding, with the universe conspiring to harvest love from seeds of lust sown by them.

The movie subtly reiterates the fact that soulmates are like magnets, for as much resilience as they might exhibit to be away, the force of attraction would eventually take over.  

There is this song "Malargal Kaeten" in the movie which epitomizes the theme of the movie, from the point of view of a lover enchanted by the paradox of  her needs being over-fulfilled every time, with her seeing every need as a mean to her loved one finally.

Malargal Kaettaen vanamae thandhanai. thanneer kaettaen amirtham thandhanai. edhai naan ketpin unnaye tharuvaai Kaattil tholaindhen vazhiyaai vandhanai. irulil tholaindhaen oliyaai vandhanai edhanil tholaindhaal.. neeye varuvaai. Pallam veelndhaen sigaram serthanai. vellam veelndhaen karayil serthanai. edhanil veelndhaal... unnidam serppaai.

I just asked for flowers, you gave me a garden. I asked for water you gave me nectar What I should ask for ? to give yourself. I got lost in the forest, you came as a guiding path. I got lost in the dark, you came as a guiding light. where should I lose myself so that you will come. I fell in the pit you took me to the peak. I fell in the flood you reached me to the shore. In what  should I fall? To reach you.