Selvaraghavan of Kaadhal Konden is known for offbeat(?) and perverse themes-that he is called as a Class Director is another matter.
In Mayakkam Enna, a New film of his,he narrates a story.
A youth and his sister.,having been orphaned grows up with a Family.
His friend’s girl friend makes overtures to him and he succumbs and caught by the friend .
He feels guilty.
In the mean while, the hero,enacted by Dhanush ,winner of Best Actor Award at the National level for his excellent performance in’Aadu kalam, is a wildlife photographer (he clicks wild animals in some frames as an after thought) is humiliated by a famous photographer of repute.
He becomes despondent.
So he attempts suicide by falling from a multistoryed building with no permanent damge to his limbs and is shown as having become a mental patient(this is unclear as the hero appears to be so right from the first frame).
His friend’s father gets him married to his son’s girl friend and as bonus gets his son married to a girl.
The father character has a novel way of solving emotional family issues,by offering Scotch Whiskey to his son and the boy he helps grow in his home.
Even before becoming a basket case, the hero keeps drinking and mouths bad words (some of them I am unable to understand-normally I am good at bad words!)
(By the way what is’Munda Kalappai?’
I know the meaning but as this is directed at the woman character ,i am unable to understand.
Will some guys let me know?)
His friend’s girl friend turned his wife takes care of him despite the hero’s ill-treatment and the hero wins an international award for photography.
There you have it.
Those who talk about Tamil Films not having a story line have their fill-Love, Friendship, Marital Disharmony, Professional cheating,Family Sentiment et al.
The woman character,- none can understand, whether she is for the hero or any one for the asking and why she keeps clinging to him or despite her avowed affections to him she decides to stop speaking to him and speaks after his winning an award.(though the Director might justify on the basis of scene where the hero kicks the baby out of her-this seems to be after thought of the director.).
Is under the ace direction of Selvaraghavan, the woman character delivers dialogues so woodenly?
Coming to the hero, whether he is normal is a moot question let alone a Genius -he is called so often in the movie.-he values friendship, or simply a weather cock or one who is irresponsible or a loving husband or a caring brother ….?
The Director has definitely saved a lot of money by way of Lighting-why can’t people understand that human eyes can’t see in the dark,not withstanding Realistic lighting in Films( Manirathnam Style?),but the money saved thus is spent on Drinks.
Music is tolerable.
If you want Dhanush’s voice to be acclaimed as good, ask him to sing with Selvaraghavan and G.V.Prakash.
People have been saying this movie is semi autobiographical -to lend credence to this, the Director’s name appears when the hero mouths the words ‘this is my story’.
If this is so, Selvaraghavan has really messed up his Life and the movie.
By the way where is the connection between the title and the movie, as in Pithamagan?
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