History of Thamizh cinema has seen many films in various genres such as Love stories that ends well, Tragic Love stories, Comedy, Action, Masala, etc, etc..
Of all the movies in Thamizh cinema, there are quite a few movies that have tragic ends. But, in all those movies, the tragic ends seem to be pushed, rather than occurring naturally.
Some convincing tragic movies...
- Bharathirajaa did in his Mudhal Mariyadhai.. After that as far as my memory tells, there hasn't been any movies that ended tragically...
- Maniratnam's Naayagan(where Kamal dies in the end, but at that point, he is old)
I hear that the distributors demanded that they will release the movie if Bala changes the climax for Sedhu. Bala has been very stubborn and the movie got released after many hurdles.. And, the rest is history.
Bala is one director, who made tragedy movies with ease.. with supreme command over the screenplay that the end is convincing beyond any doubt. All his movies(Sethu, Nandha & Pidhamagan) had tragic ends, where the audience comes out of the theater with heavy feeling. The appreciation to his movies from the public made new directores to make tragic movies boldly.
Selvaraghavan is another bold director who made movies in a quite bold manner. The scenes, the dialogues in his movies made people to sit up and watch his movies.
You may think why on earth a person would talk about directors and tragedies, when the title seems to suggest this is going to be a review.
Yes, this movie too has a tragic end, and is easily a milestone in Thamizh Cinema. And, Ameer, with his latest flick, is going to be an important director in Thamizh Film industry.
The latest offering from Ameer is quite astounding & breathtaking, the screenplay, the characters in the movie, the BGM, the camera, what not...
The credit goes in full to the director who has handled, the story, screenplay, dialogues & direction.
Ameer for sure should have been brought up in a village, which is evident in the dialogues in the movie in Madurai Thamizh.
All the characters in the movie speak superb Madurai Thamizh in all its humor, poking fun, thenavattu(in Thamizh) & all that..
If one wants to write a review, one has to go and analyze almost all the characters.
Saravanan - cool... I din expect such a performance from this guy.. very talented.. wonder why he doesn't get more chances
Ponvannan - hmm.. he plays the role of a stubborn, caste oriented father with effortless ease
Ponvannan's wife - cool find... observe the flow of dialogues from her tongue..
Ponvannan's mother & Saravanan's mother - typical Madurai Kizhavis
And, the new faces talk pristine Madurai thamizh with such an ease( I personally wanted to appreciate the one who did the casting.. cud be Ameer himself )
Did you notice one thing.. all the actors have dubbed for themselves.. and the result is there for you to see in the screen...
In not a single person in the movie, you will think that they are acting... and doing mere enacting.. no no no... this movie is one of the very few examples of what Kamal has once said(if you think at any point, someone is acting, the actor fails at that very instant).
All the characters speak for itself...
Karthi - boy... if I say he overtook Surya by leaps & bounds, that would not be an exaggeration at all.. watch him in action on the screen... He is sure to have a big impact on you... a beautiful example of "an actor's talent is in the hands of the director.... I don't have words to describe him.... another very talented actor from Sivakumar's family, who can go places.. for sure... that is all I can say.. He made me laugh, clap, whistle and at the end, made me shed tears.... breathtaking performance which will not be expected at all from a man making his debut.
Priyamani - this should be by far her best performance extracted from any director.. jeez.. her boldness, the dialogue delivery, the body language.. no mistakes at all in any scene... she is sure to move you to tears in the last 10 minutes of the movie..
For all the characters to do their job and to come out very well, the script has to be precise & without any logical holes. Wow.... this is one very good example where if you have a good script, you need not worry about the outcome. It will always come out well.
The dialogues are a major plus for the movie.... at many a places, the director sparkles with his dialogues.... Full credits to the director.
I will be cursed if I din say anything about the music(Yuvan) & camera(Ramji)... hmmm.. they are pillars to the movie... Yuvan has provided some breathtaking bgm and the camera picturizes the village in all its splendor & beauty.. especially the Kovil Thiruvizha..
Note:
The climax is very heavy that those who always wanted happy ends in any movie should not watch the movie at all. Lest, something terrible could happen.
My hands are trembling & shivering as I type these words.. My heart was pounding like anything when I was watching the last 10-15 minutes of the movie.... Deep in my heart, I felt like I wanted to cry out loud
Cinema is a visual medium, which can create a big impact on people... and this film left me with a heavy heart.. I din take the dinner.(I watched the movie downloaded from internet.. I really doubt if I can see another time in theaters.. if at all I see it, I will have to come out without watching the climax.
The same kind of feeling that you get after you watch Sethu & Pithamagan..
With Heavy Heart,
Dharma.
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