Okay, assume this setup. After a long tiring day, you settled back to your man cave with a brew.
It’s been a while since I watched a Tamil Movie (thanks to covid, nothing is coming out). When the Maara trailer was released I felt it should be something I needed to watch as it was a little poetic. Say less, am all ears (with a cheek aching grin as well) for such. I say the same for most of the good movies except the grin. Grin comes only for the light-hearted stuff.
and I resumed the movie (yeah, curiosity had me glued for a few starting minutes the previous day). The grin continued. What to say, it’s all magical (Neither hogwarts level nor a practical story). Its wonderful Dilip kept the line balanced.
I haven’t see the Charlie (Martin Prakkat) or Dev (Marathi – Murali Nallappa). I need to give credit to the original version and slightly wishing that I had seen the Charlie (original) first.
As usual the way I retained the movie in memory –
Director – Dhilip Kumar
Honestly I haven’t heard it but it seems like a second movie for him and he has done a wonderful job. There is absolutely not a single moment of snag. Movie kept me glued to the screen (with a grin) throughout. There were no uncomfortable moments, cheeky dialogues or exceedingly glamourous scenes. Even where they were required, it was presented elegantly so that you can watch with complete family. Thank you! Amazing job. Especially remaking something this kind is enormous pressure.
Madhavan
I have no words – He is aging like a fine wine. He gained weight, half of the beard is greyish, yet he looks the most handsome teddy bear that any girl would want to hug at first sight. That’s a blessing I guess. His charm is there in almost every scene he occupies and our eyes just stick to him even when dialogues are not with him. He did justice to the role.
Mouli
The subtle and gentle acting cant get any better, we start to be fond of him and ‘Meenakshi’ in no time. His long experience makes him walk the character so smoothly and makes him live the character. Especially towards the last quarter of the movie he made my eyes wet multiple times (am still with the grin). Great acting!.
Shradda Srinath
She is young and lively throughout the movie. Just with right acting and elegant eye catching dresses as she wanders to find Maara, we also tag along and go with her. She is a doll!
Sshivada
Initially started off as just a character in the movie and then she occupies a good chunk of the movie. She is gorgeous and more than that, acting is really noteworthy. There were some of the tight crying scenes and she pulled through nicely. She even steals the scenes where Shradda shares the screen with her, at times.
Abirami
She is always gorgeous and time hasn’t done any damage at all. She did a pretty decent job even for the tiniest time she has got in the movie.
Alexander Babu
Absolutely comical scenes whenever this guy came in. His accent is quite unique (am long due for writing about ‘Alex in Wonderland’ – which is really beyond amazing and extremely unique). Hope to see him in more movies here.
Cinematography (Dinesh Krishnan, Karthik Muthukumar)/Locations/Music(Ghibran)
Maybe this movie is extra special because of these guys on top of the lovely story. Be it the coastal town or the green capped tea-estates, I wished to see them on IMAX screens.
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