Nava Vasantham is a tale of four friends. There is nothing very new — the typical Nava Vasantham (RB Chowdary's earlier movie in the 90s in Tamil) kind of story. But in this remake of yet another Tamil film Punnagai Desai, romance has a more prominent part to play along with the thread of friendship. The treatment by K. Shahjahan is decent because nobody gets too unnatural and over-emotional at any point. Parents do not understand the talent in their children and try to downplay it. So three friends in the village, Prasad (Akash), Raja (Rohit) and Vijay (Sunil) walk out of their homes. It is Destination Hyderabad. There, another of their friends, Ganesh (Tarun), a lover duped by his own uncle, joins them. Their experiences in the city are what Nava Vasantham is all about. Tarun has an expressive face and shoulders the responsibility of the hero with ease. He suits the soft role of a pining lover and a sincere friend, very well. His voice and diction are so soft and friendly in this film. Sunil has well driven into the role of a mimicry master. The undercurrent of humour in his characterization throughout is a positive aspect of Nava Vasantham. Ganesh comes down from the village to meet his uncle and his daughter, (Priyamani) whom he has not met since childhood. But why they have not seen each other for so many years is an unsolved mystery. S.A. Rajkumar, the composer, has the knack of aping his own tunes. He does it again in this film. The screenplay reaches ridiculous and dramatic levels in the climax — when parents are advised, true friendship is underlined and lovers are united. The raw deal aggravates — because the entire show is a live telecast! Probably the director is trying to make a valid point — that our channels are so starved of programmes that even family re-unions can make entertaining live telecasts! All said and done, Nava Vasantham certainly holds out something entertaining to the family crowds, who are vexed with formulaic violence-dominant films.
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