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Quickview: '96 The Movie

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by Rinku Gupta Not everyday do you come across a love story so refreshing and breathtaking in Indian cinema as Director Premkumar 's '96. The story is simple. A reclusive photographer Ramachandran ( Vijay Sethupathi) happens to re-discover his school in Thanjavur during one of his several travels. This opens up a pandora's box of memories with Ram calling up his best school day buddies in a moment of nostalgia. The result is that they decide to all meet up and  a school reunion is soon organised for the class of 96 in Chennai. At the grand reunion at a resort, who should walk in last, all the way from Singapore, but Janaki ( Trisha) who had once been the love of the adolescent Ram's life.  As the duo meet after 22 long years,we get to discover with them, a journey that takes us back and forth in Time, tracing the innocent but powerful love of these 2 individuals. Without revealing spoilers ( for the movie is  experience in which each moment is to be savoure