Kiss (2025) is a romantic comedy with an unusual one-line plot. The film has its lighter moments, though the screenplay could have been tighter. Kavin shows effort, but he still has room to grow in emotional scenes and dialogue delivery. Preethi Asrani, with her makeup reminding us of Rakul Preet Singh, will do well to bring in more of her own style. Mangoidiots rates the film Raw, watchable but nothing more.
The story takes inspiration from a curse centuries ago. A king who despised love burned lovers alive, and one such couple cursed him. In the present day, that curse, through a book, lands in the hands of our hero. Ironically, he too hates love. But the curse gives him a strange power; he can see how the love between couples will unravel in the future whenever they kiss. That is the reason for the film’s title, an eponym. Naturally, the hero eventually falls in love, and whether the couple unites forms the rest of the story.
The background score by Jen Martin during the first kiss scene was impressive, and the choreography was well executed.
Among the supporting cast, RJ Vijay as the hero’s friend and VTV Ganesh as a family friend fit their roles neatly. Devayani and Kausalya appear as the hero’s mother and stepmother, but their roles are brief.
For his directorial debut, Sathish Krishnan has done a reasonable job. He shows promise, and we can expect better films from him. But Kiss (2025) is not there yet.
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