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Manirathnam, movie 'Kadal' had been featuring in many magazines before its release. Very rarely we go to a movie so early after its release. This movie is playing in a nearby theatre, a good theatre (Old Thyagaraja, now into Sathyam theatres group) and so I went with my relatives, yesterday.
The first scene itself shocked me...I felt as if I was watching an English movie!
Old Tamil Actor Karthik's son, Gautham, is playing the lead role of Thomas, a prostitute's son, living in a fishermen's hamlet. The next scene of the fish market is very natural. Their, fishermen's slang...you can learn some swear words in Tamil(!) and the expectation of a good movie develops. No, not because of the swear words but because of the natural acting of the fishermen characters! You can see these characters near Thiruvanmiyur beach, which is just a few kilometres from our area! Then the priest Arvindswamy enters...and the expectations develop still more! Then the story begins. The story is mainly about the rivalry between Arvindswamy (Sam, the priest) and his childhood friend, Arjun (Berchmans, the villain). The character of Thomas gives a bit different angle to this story. His rogue-like character changes the routine for some extent. Then comes the heroine (!) of the film, Beatrice, which is played by the old Tamil actor Radha's daughter Tulasi. Because of some childhood trauma she gets upset often and Thomas is trying to help her. Now, let me not write 'spoilers'!
The best things in the movie is, Arvindsway...his acting is very good. He has come back to acting after 12 years!
Arjun, is a good actor and plays the negative role very well.
Gautham, has done a good job. He was trained in an acting workshop before the shooting for this movie it seems, along with Tulasi.
Tulasi, hasn't got much scope for acting...a plump 16 year old girl!
THE AREAI liked the most in this movie is Rajiv Menon's Cinematography! I thought I was watching an English movie. The climax scene in the sea is THE best. I can still visualise it today. Beautiful!
The dialogue by Jeyamohan is good.
A.R. Rahman's music is good. I loved 3 songs. Vairamuththu and his son's lyrics are very good. Others, OK!
The weak part is the STORY! Nothing is new there. No Manirathnam's touch except in a few scenes.
Next weak part is, the fishermen's coloquial language. Though I know Madras Tamil very well, I was not able to follow their language in many parts. Too fast for us to decipher! And A.R. Rahman's background music didn't help us to understand the language...it was a bit loud!
The whole movie is based on Christian Fisher folks. So, the Christian community has lifted the flag of protest now (link here). Already the bad precedent of banning 'Vishwaroopam' because of the Muslim protest, is hovering, though it is cleared now with major cuts! Manirathnam is lucky, the movie is already released. The last scene of the Christian festival is new to me and looked nice.
Now, here are some songs from the movie:
This is a good song sung by Rahman himself. You can have a taste of the movie here. I couldn't get the whole song. Notice the picturization. Beautiful.
I liked this song first in MTV unplugged prog. Have a look at the song by the creator Rahman and singer, Shaktisree (lovely voice). You don't need to know the language. The tune is very good to the ears:
Lyrics by Vairamuththu in this song is good. Rahman's tune is perfect for the mood.
Well...the verdict is, you can watch this movie once, if you know Tamil very well! Or watch it once for the beautiful climax scene!
Poster courtesy: Google
Manirathnam, movie 'Kadal' had been featuring in many magazines before its release. Very rarely we go to a movie so early after its release. This movie is playing in a nearby theatre, a good theatre (Old Thyagaraja, now into Sathyam theatres group) and so I went with my relatives, yesterday.
The first scene itself shocked me...I felt as if I was watching an English movie!
Old Tamil Actor Karthik's son, Gautham, is playing the lead role of Thomas, a prostitute's son, living in a fishermen's hamlet. The next scene of the fish market is very natural. Their, fishermen's slang...you can learn some swear words in Tamil(!) and the expectation of a good movie develops. No, not because of the swear words but because of the natural acting of the fishermen characters! You can see these characters near Thiruvanmiyur beach, which is just a few kilometres from our area! Then the priest Arvindswamy enters...and the expectations develop still more! Then the story begins. The story is mainly about the rivalry between Arvindswamy (Sam, the priest) and his childhood friend, Arjun (Berchmans, the villain). The character of Thomas gives a bit different angle to this story. His rogue-like character changes the routine for some extent. Then comes the heroine (!) of the film, Beatrice, which is played by the old Tamil actor Radha's daughter Tulasi. Because of some childhood trauma she gets upset often and Thomas is trying to help her. Now, let me not write 'spoilers'!
The best things in the movie is, Arvindsway...his acting is very good. He has come back to acting after 12 years!
Arjun, is a good actor and plays the negative role very well.
Gautham, has done a good job. He was trained in an acting workshop before the shooting for this movie it seems, along with Tulasi.
Tulasi, hasn't got much scope for acting...a plump 16 year old girl!
THE AREAI liked the most in this movie is Rajiv Menon's Cinematography! I thought I was watching an English movie. The climax scene in the sea is THE best. I can still visualise it today. Beautiful!
The dialogue by Jeyamohan is good.
A.R. Rahman's music is good. I loved 3 songs. Vairamuththu and his son's lyrics are very good. Others, OK!
The weak part is the STORY! Nothing is new there. No Manirathnam's touch except in a few scenes.
Next weak part is, the fishermen's coloquial language. Though I know Madras Tamil very well, I was not able to follow their language in many parts. Too fast for us to decipher! And A.R. Rahman's background music didn't help us to understand the language...it was a bit loud!
The whole movie is based on Christian Fisher folks. So, the Christian community has lifted the flag of protest now (link here). Already the bad precedent of banning 'Vishwaroopam' because of the Muslim protest, is hovering, though it is cleared now with major cuts! Manirathnam is lucky, the movie is already released. The last scene of the Christian festival is new to me and looked nice.
Now, here are some songs from the movie:
This is a good song sung by Rahman himself. You can have a taste of the movie here. I couldn't get the whole song. Notice the picturization. Beautiful.
I liked this song first in MTV unplugged prog. Have a look at the song by the creator Rahman and singer, Shaktisree (lovely voice). You don't need to know the language. The tune is very good to the ears:
Lyrics by Vairamuththu in this song is good. Rahman's tune is perfect for the mood.
Well...the verdict is, you can watch this movie once, if you know Tamil very well! Or watch it once for the beautiful climax scene!
Poster courtesy: Google