Jaanu Meri Jaan - The Best of Trisha!

Having been in the industry for almost 2 decades, Trisha has most often been typecast as a typical eye candy in commercial entertainers, and it always seemed like she had been content, being a part of commercial blockbusters like #Saamy, #Ghilli, #Mankatha, etc, with occasional ones like a Kavitha of Unakkum Enakkum or an Abhi of Abhiyum Naanum, which gave her some scope to emote. 

It was Gautham Vasudev Menon, who first offered her a full fledged role, that exploited her performing abilities and her acting skills, with #Jessie in #VinnaithandiVaruvaya (2010). However, everything that came later, never lived up to the impact created by Jessie, and barring few roles like Hemanika of Yennai Arindhaal (again, #GVM), the scheming politician Rudra of Kodi (which could have been better), Mallika of Thoongavanam (her 50th flick), nothing exciting happened in her career.

2018 began with a beautiful debut in Malayalam, with #HeyJude, where Trisha portrayed Crystal, a girl with bipolar disorder, and after a forgettable Mohini, is back with "96". The debut directorial venture of Premkumar, had created expectations ever since the teaser and the trailer were out, and Trisha's performance was expected to be one of the biggest highlights of the movie, and that, has now become a reality as well!

96 has Trisha playing #Jaanu / Janaki Devi, who gets to meet her school love, Ram (played by an effortlessly attractive and cool #VijaySethupathi). 96 gives Trish, the best entry she's ever had in her whole career - the crowd bursts out loud, clapping, whistling and roaring (due credits to Govind Vasantha for the amazing violin bit from Kaadhalae that beautifully complements the pretty Jaanu), and its sheer goosebumps, as Trisha arrives as Jaanu on screen. 

The eyes that search for her K Ramachandran, even as she's surrounded by her best friends, the disappointment on knowing Ram's marital status, the cute prankster smile as she asks Subhashini if she should check Google maps, the excitement and surprise filled glow on her face as Ram sheds his beard and gets into a new look, her looking into Ram's face as he blushes, the pain of getting to know several truths, the blushing happy moment as Ram explains how she looked when he saw her in a saree for the first time in a saree, the tears that stand at the edge of her eyes as she describes a dream that never turned real, the emotional breakdown at the end - 96 has everything we have been missing so far from Trisha. It's a complete emotional package that has given her extraordinary scope to make the audience fall for her like never before.