I didn’t expect I would be going to the theatre again for another Dhanush movie (I rarely hit theatres for Tamil movies). Only difference this time is, I didn’t go for Vetrimaran and Dhanush combination. From the initial portraits, the movie indeed sounded like slightly depressing type – which by all means I try to run away as I have my own share of problems. 😀
Still, I booked my ticket in Golden Village for a late night show promptly despite the seat being in the first 3 rows. It was all worth it.
As usual how I perceived it.
Mari Selvaraj
No matter what, I often started thinking from the director’s perspective often due to the efforts he had put in there. It’s grand, powerful and the flow was too good. I will try to reveal less as much as possible. His nuances with a donkey and the usage of Dogs (yes, continuing here also after the Pariyerum perumal) and the weaving of the story with the elements and the consciousness were the mute points where we the audience get time to process those thoughts and immerse into the story further. This is the reason, he gets to mentioned first in this post. Portrait of the awful and ugly society and the impact in those days couldn’t expressed better really.
He was subtle in so many way to avoid conflicts but if you like movies, you will fill in the gaps and understand every possible thing he is leading to. This is like the reading of a book which is more powerful than the movies because ‘you’ get to visualize based on your understandings. With the small subtle leads, he does exactly the same.
Dhanush
It’s extremely rare that I don’t mention Dhanush in the first paragraph. In this movie, he just merged into the character and did what best he does. His screen presence does have some magic. His transitions at the various stages were beautiful and clearly distinguished. Rest of the actors also did their best to be honest.
Somehow, I always like him due to the commitment he fixates into any character and never I have seen him as typical mass heroes with least preferred so called ‘dialogues’. Even in the neo comical movies like ‘Mari’ and its sequence, he played a cool role. His action was echoing from his voice, body and lot more – in the eyes. Its mesmerism to watch him on the screen and this movie is not any different.
Santhosh Narayanan’s music
Santhosh Narayanan’s initial releases itself stirred enough curiosity. Despite the genre, I went back multiple times to hear “Kanda vara sollunga” songs. They were really impactful even to listen to just the songs. In the movie, he did not overshadow the actors or the direction but gently weaved with it and supported greatly.
By all means this movie was grand and inspirational. The story was simple but very powerful. It touched up on the caste system and its chaos in the most subtle ways. Maybe that the great impact was due to that. I went through twitter and there were mixed bags of thoughts on the subject of the movie while everyone agreed that this is a great watch. In my humble opinion, it’s everyone’s duty to watch this movie and learn the struggle of the past and respect what has been eradicated and being eradicated. It may not be the same struggle as the freedom fight with the British, but this has its own merit and in multitudes.
It was really painful to see the struggle while I wondered how easy it was for those who lived in towns and cities. We weren’t even aware of any biased treatments for any different classes in those times. Mari Selvaraj has barely got in and is already making big waves.
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