180 (2011 Indian film)

180 is a 2011 Indian romantic drama film, directed by ad filmmaker Jayendra.Produced by Sathyam cinemas, currently known as SPI Cinemas. Shot simultaneously in the Tamil as Nootrenbadhu and Telugu languages, the film was written by Subha amp Jayendra and Umarji Anuradha. It stars Siddharth, Priya Anand and Nithya Menen with notable roles being played by T. S. B. K. Moulee, Tanikella Bharani and Geetha among others. The film, shot on a Red One handled by Balasubramaniem with music by Malayalam composer Sharreth, was released in both languages onJune 2011.

Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal that Ajay was a doctor in USA and meets to Renuka Renu Narayanan Priya Anand, a interior designer. They get married only to be told months later, that Ajay has Pancreatic cancer and he has about six months left. As Ajay is about to leave the city, Vidya meets with an accident and has to be operated upon immediately. Ajay takes Vidya to USA for treatment. While in the USA, he meets his friend who asks him to meet Renu, but Ajay leaves as he sees her life happier without him. It is revealed that earlier Ajay had faked his death to make Renu believe that he had died so that she would not suffer thinking about him every day. Now seeing her happy, he decides not to meet Renu. He misses his flight to India and goes to Brazil instead. Now in Brazil, he goes by the name Jose. He is seen playing football waiting for his death.The Tamil version opened to mixed critical response. Behindwoods.com gave two and a half out of five, claiming the film had great visuals, wonderful colors, weak screenplay further citing that one gets a feeling that the screenplay, especially in second half might be the weakest link. CNNIBN rated it two and a half, claiming that Jayendra has made a stylish film using the essentials of an ad film and that the film had come out as a finely made film with some good performances without novelty or the gripping element. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff also gave two and a half out of five, concluding 180 is a visual feast, no doubt about it. Sadly it falls prey to clichs and lagging pace. Sify.com noted the film was totally different from the assembly line mass masalas that is flooding the screens and worth a look for its superior packaging with a touch of class. Karthik Subramaniam from The Hindu criticized that the film lacked is in its screenplay and narration, that the story failed to engage and that the pace was slow. He summarized that the film felt like a present with more attention paid to the wrapper than what

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