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Viduthalai Part 1 (2023)
Vetrimaaran has done it again !
Vetrimaaran delivers yet another powerful engaging crime thriller, from performances to writing to visuals to background score to art direction the film excels in almost every possible way. The period drama sets the mood of the film in the first opening one-take shot itself, from there it's a journey into the woods from the protagonist's perspective , manoeuvring through different circumstances.
The director sticks on to his usual forte of making style portraying the rawness without any artificiality . The violent, brutal, gut-wrenching and raw scenes will make your insides churn with pain and anguish especially towards the climax strictly making it not watchable for faint hearted people . Soori has delivered his best performance to date, and so did Bhavani Sre. Vijay Sethupathi even though we got less of him in the first part and expecting to get more of him in the upcoming part, he has delivered his best with whatever screen time he had.
Positives : Perfomances( Especially Soori, Bhavani Sre and Vijay Sethupathi) , Camera works, Background score , songs, sounding, the story, writing, production value, realistic portrayal.
Negatives : Too much gory and raw, some shots were shot using iPhone and came out with low resolution, some continuous shots had uneven colour grading, songs were wrongly placed, first half of the film was slow paced.
Thalayanamanthram (1990)
Another masterpiece from Anthikad-Sreenivasan combo
Urvashi stole the show from the beginning,she proved that she can ace any roles with ease. All actors have done their jobs pretty well. The story is plain and simple but written so well blended with humour and emotions. I've seen this a million times, still would watch it a billion more times. Fantastic!!
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986)
Padmarajan: A platonic love story told by THE ULTIMATE STORY TELLER!
Whenever I visit Mysore,I simply look all around with a hope to find an RMR enterprises red tanker lorry with Solomon and Sofia in it, meandering across Mysore city.
The film sets a benchmark in all aspects be it ,the detailed and refined script, precise direction, extraordinary background score and songs and of course the performance of the lead actors. Thilakan sir as Pailokaran is just wow. The unpredictable climax was another Easter egg for the viewers,though experimental it created a huge impact among all the generations. Overall a beautifully woven piece of golden cinema.
Ps; Special thanks to Sylvia Crystal 😜
Paava Kadhaigal (2020)
Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.
When it comes to the topic of protecting one's own Pride,Honour and dignity ,human beings are selfish and show their true colours even though they pretend to be 'united' and 'secular'.Paava Kadhaigal tells the devastating stories of four different incidents with the same core theme of protecting one's Pride,Honor and Dignity and how these four families would go to any extent to protect them.
"Thangam" ,the first segment directed by Sudha Kongara is a hard hitting one, the emotional story of Sathaar,a transgender played by Kalidas Jayaram will leave you devastated. Set in 1981 Coimbatore ,the period was perfect and very convincing for the story.Shanthanu does a neat job as Saravanan,all the characters were seemingly real.The direction,score,visuals,writing all were top notch.The only negative I found was that the ending was pretty disturbing and dark ,for an extremely sensitive person like me would weep in the corner crying and thinking about Sathaar .My rating for My rating-4.75/5
"Love Panna Uttranum", The second segment directed by Vignesh Shivan feels like a 35 minute scene taken from the middle of a movie.This is more of a dark comedy type which is not my cup of tea,but it was not too bad.The segment was entertaining in its own way.The dwarf character was really hilarious and probably the only saving element of the segment.Anjali and Kalki does a pretty decent job as a lesbian pair fighting for their father to accept them.The writing was witty and emotional in equal portions.The characters were half baked and some characters were directly inspired like the rapper Bhavani was an exact copy of Snoop Dogg.Overall it was enjoyable.
My rating-3.25/5
"Vaanmagal",directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon.A middle class family's dilemma when their pre-teen daughter is kidnapped and physically abused by her brother's college mate,the segment then progresses on how the family reacts to the incidents and its aftermath .GVM has done a fair job in directing and portraying the emotions of a heartbroken father at the same time. Simran's performance as an orthodox Tamil mother was the main highlight of the segment along with other actors who has done their part with full dedication. Simran's character 'Mathi' tries to inculcate her values into her daughter,"Your body is like a temple and you must learn to protect it" is what she teaches her daughter.GVM's segment is something where I had high expectations but it slightly disappointed me especially towards the end .The score, visuals and dialogues were situational but the only negative I felt was that the tension shown in the movie was not seemingly believable and the climax was abrupt and aimless.Overall watch it for the story and performances
My rating-3.75/5
"Oor Iravu" ,directed by Vetrimaaran.The best among the four and the most 'disturbing' segment.Estranged from her family, Sumathi a now pregnant woman elopes with a man of different caste against her family's will.Her father brings her home to put up a baby shower function, the events following her arrival in her family home remains the crux of the story.Sai Pallavi and Prakash Raj has done a fabulous job in making the characters seem believable .The scenes where Sumathi gets poisoned and begs for help will really churn your stomach and make you cry.Vetrimaran - A level 999 master in his craft has molded out an intense,gut-wrenching and disturbing segment which has some incredible performances,fast paced storytelling,thrilling score and portrays a very dark side of our society .
My rating -5/5