Love Today is a film written and directed by Pradeep Ranganathan and produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram, Kalpathi S Ganesh and Kalpathi S Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. The film has Pradeep Ranganathan and Ivana in the lead roles while Sathyaraj, Radhika Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu, Aajeedh, Bhaarath and others play supporting roles. It has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Dinesh Purushothaman.
Uthaman Pradeep (Pradeep Ranganathan) is a happy engineering graduate and is in a relationship with Nikitha (Ivana). One day, Ivana's father (Sathyaraj) finds out about their love and asks Uthaman to meet him. During the meeting, he asks the couple to exchange their phones. The rest of the film deals with what they get to know about each other through the phones and how it affects their relationship.
The trailer itself revealed the crux of the film, so whether the film works or not depends solely on how Pradeep chooses to present this story. Right from the word go, the film is filled with a lot of jokes. And this is what makes an already known story completely engaging.
Although Pradeep's acting is thoroughly enjoyable, it does remind us of Dhanush in terms of the body language. The star of the show is however Ivana, who aces her role as Nikitha. In the emotional scenes, she scores well and lifts those scenes several notches above. Among the other actors, Sathyaraj and Radhika Sarathkumar stamp their authority and prove their acting skills one more time, and Yogi Babu also chips in with a lot of punches.
Another big advantage for Love Today is the fact that it doesn't depend solely on the counters for laughter. The situations are also funny in a lot of scenes and Pradeep chooses to milk the potential in each scene to evoke laughter. There are a few scenes where the jokes don't land, but mostly they're extreme fun.
The spine of the film is Yuvan Shankar Raja's background score. When Yuvan's music was used as a promotion tool for the film, a few were skeptical, but the film tells us why the man is worth every bit of the hype. The choice of using Pyaar Prema Kaadhal 's BGM in one of the scenes also worked really well.
The cinematography and editing also go hand in hand to give us a fantastic visual experience. DOP Dinesh Purushothaman has played with the colours and framing as much as possible, while the edits to a lot of reaction shots aid in creating humour out of ordinary scenes.
Overall the film is technically fantastic and the actors' performances are also highly convincing. Despite a predictable plot, Love Today majorly engages and entertains because of the treatment. It is like your most favourite dish that you always order from a restaurant. You know how it is going to taste, but that is exactly why you order it. Love Today is one such fun film.