I saw the movie yesterday evening. It was definitely one of the much awaited films which have been under productions for close to 3 years. Very few long produced movies have been successful in the past. Generally when a movie (I am talking about only the off-beat movies) is under-production for a long period and released amid great expectations, either of the following two things happens:
1. Content and screenplay would go for a toss and ultimately fail badly at box-office; (or)
2. The movie could be a well made, critically acclaimed one but fail to succeed commercially (according to me, couple of kamal movie but far “Aalavandhan” could fit into this category)
I generally rate movies under the second category if I get a personal satisfaction after watching them which I failed to get after watching Naan Kadavul (NK). It’s not right on my part to say that it was a total let-down. Definitely it’s a laudable effort for the reasons which I have mentioned in my forthcoming paragraph. Not so convincing last 30 mins plot and non-occurrence of two of my favorite songs, “Amma un pillai” and “Oru Katril” (I missed the first 10 mins but I don’t think it would have come in the initial frames) definitely dissatisfied me and reserved my decision of not rating NK under the second category.
I enjoyed all of Bala movies but as a person, I developed a hatred feeling on him as he used to mock Brahmins in his movies (Instances: couple of scenes in his Sethu and Pithamagan). But after watching a special program about the making of NK and the movie, he scaled to new heights as a humanitarian. The movie predominantly features all kinds of real-life beggars – physically and mentally challenged; eunuch etc. It was really touching to see the way Bala moved with the people without any animosity. Simply for this reason alone, I strongly recommend everyone to watch the film and motivate Bala’s humanitarian efforts...
1. Content and screenplay would go for a toss and ultimately fail badly at box-office; (or)
2. The movie could be a well made, critically acclaimed one but fail to succeed commercially (according to me, couple of kamal movie but far “Aalavandhan” could fit into this category)
I generally rate movies under the second category if I get a personal satisfaction after watching them which I failed to get after watching Naan Kadavul (NK). It’s not right on my part to say that it was a total let-down. Definitely it’s a laudable effort for the reasons which I have mentioned in my forthcoming paragraph. Not so convincing last 30 mins plot and non-occurrence of two of my favorite songs, “Amma un pillai” and “Oru Katril” (I missed the first 10 mins but I don’t think it would have come in the initial frames) definitely dissatisfied me and reserved my decision of not rating NK under the second category.
I enjoyed all of Bala movies but as a person, I developed a hatred feeling on him as he used to mock Brahmins in his movies (Instances: couple of scenes in his Sethu and Pithamagan). But after watching a special program about the making of NK and the movie, he scaled to new heights as a humanitarian. The movie predominantly features all kinds of real-life beggars – physically and mentally challenged; eunuch etc. It was really touching to see the way Bala moved with the people without any animosity. Simply for this reason alone, I strongly recommend everyone to watch the film and motivate Bala’s humanitarian efforts...
