The original was a sort of well-written poetry: magical, metaphoric, full of imagery and intense. Well, firstly, I would like to make something very clear here. For those who are not at all aware of the original, it is better not to spoil their experience. All who watched the original surely know the way these unfold, so nothing to elaborate.

Vikram, a reputed chef, has three love stories in his life: Suma, a tenth class student Sithara, a lecturer Sindhu, his childhood neighbour. Most of the people know the story, so I would keep it very short here. Having said that, the soul of the original has not been tampered in retelling the story and if rational enough, one can sense a proper respect towards Puthren's art and honesty in giving it a makeover in the efforts of Mondeti and team. Many small and subtle changes have been made in the process. The remake is a faithful adaptation of the original's basic structure. When the remake came to an end, one thing was very clear. I loved his flair for comedy and wanted to see what he can do to this soulful subject (as Karthikeya was not so emotional). Mondeti was well known for his debut film Karthikeya (this is his second), a clear thriller on rationalists finding the divine as a driving force rather than a tradition or a revered figure. Not with any intention to judge, but because of it's director - Chandu Mondeti. So, having watched the original, I made my way to a nearby theatre screening Premam's Telugu remake, also titled Premam (To avoid confusion, I shall refer the Malayalam version as original and Telugu version as a remake). But once the casting was revealed, this criticism turned into a nasty trolling especially in the case of Shruti Haasan, who reprised the role of Malar played by Sai Pallavi in the original. Finally, when the Telugu remake of Premam was announced, the criticism it received was understandable. He then added that none other than Puthren could to proper justice to the remakes, helmed if any. Filmmakers like Selvaraghavan, who made several realistic romantic films in the past, too made it clear that this film cannot be remade at all. When Premam was rumoured to be remade in other languages, many have opposed it. Both were long, slow, and had bittersweet moments to offer. Because, Autograph was a gritty and realistic film as opposed to Premam, which was fun and poetic. After watching it, I did realise that both opinions were right in their own, but the former made more sense. So, I watched the film with subtitles as I cannot understand Malayalam in the first place. I belonged to neither and wanted to join one. The other section wrote off Premam saying that it is just a modern version of Cheran's Autograph. One section of people said that Premam was a good cinematic experience with great casting and music. When Alphonse Puthren made Premam, there were basically two reactions.

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