I saw this in tamil though I do not understand a word of it just because it had Sharwanand. Very good movie but they spoiled it with the climax. I did not mind the tragedy but the over the top 'beating the chest and head' kind of wailing was a put off. It should have been a more subtle handling and it could have been a winner. I will still watch this again in telugu though for the performances(Anjali and Sharwa were brilliant) and the cute love stories. If only the climax was subtle. Sigh.
Pros: atrists performance, screenplay Cons: over the top wailing in climax
On the face of it, Journey is an uncommonly cute movie. The concept of multiple storylines heading towards one ending is something that lends itself to much creativity, and there have been filmmakers who've done this with successful results (refer to Vedam).
However, Journey has a flaw, and it is that it is a kind of tragedy. This speaks for the strange compulsion that several story-tellers seem to have - to infuse perfectly happy stories with a feeling of doom.
The plot is one that moves back and forth from the present. A bus journey is underway, and several char....