With Something Something, Jeyam' Ravi's brother M Raja has made a faithful copy of the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Ne Vaddantana, which was directed by Prabhu Deva [Images] and which had Siddharth and Trisha [Images] in the lead.

In Something Something, Ravi gives a spirited performance. But it is Trisha who is the soul of the film.

Santosh (Jeyam Ravi) lives in London [Images] with his rich parents (Bhagyaraj and Geetha). Kavitha (Trisha) lives with his brother (Prabhu) in a village. Lalli (Richa Palot), the daughter of a rich father (Cochin Hanifa) and a friend of Kavitha, is about to get married.

Kavitha goes to stay with Lalli at her house. Santosh lands up with his mother in Lalli's house to attend the wedding. Santosh and Kavitha fall in love.

This irks a rich businessman (Manivannan) who had plans to hook Santosh as husband for his daughter (Tejashree).

Helped by Santosh's mother, they manage to humiliate Kavitha and send her off from the house. This infuriates Kavitha's brother who hates rich people because his father deserted the family to marry a rich woman.

Santosh, who gets wind of the happenings, packs his bags and goes to Kavitha's house. Her brother hands over one acre of barren land and asks him to make it fertile and produce enough crops and look after the cattle. Will Santosh win? No prizes for guessing.

The screenplay is very taut and does not lag at anytime. The chemistry between Ravi and Trisha works. The musical score by Devi Sri Prasad is peppy. A Venkatesh's cinematography is superb. His camera angles are innovative and he is aided well by the slick editing of Suraj Kavi. Definitely a technically well-packaged film.

Other than Ravi and Trisha, seasoned actors like Prabhu and Bhagyaraj steal the limelight. On the downside, the film's story is nothing new. Many of the comic situations fail to evoke laughter except for the situations that have Kalabhavan Mani and his cronies attempting to foil the hero's efforts.

For Ravi, this film is an acid test. Whether the audience will accept him in his new avatar as the comic hero has to be seen. Richa Palot puts in a commendable performance while Tejashree fits the role of a sexy siren chasing the hero.

In short, a time-pass flick.

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