Correction in the title of this write up : Radhamohan-Ameer taking Tamil Cinema on to the next higher level by their masterpieces MOZHI and PARUTHIVEERAN respectively.
I’ve just watched these two movies and I would be committing a blunder if I didn’t ask(request rather) my friends to watch these… I would say these two movies are for “all those who want to witness how good cinema can be taken “…. I’ve put it a bit lengthy but its worthy for these two movies…..
MOZHI
Cast : Jothika,Prakashraj,Prithviraj,Swarnamalya,Baskar
Prakashraj once in an interview said that his plan is that he will act in any kind of movie good or worst just to earn money and with that money he wants to give people some wonderful movies…. Many just plan, many execute owing to sheer luck but only very few like this gentleman can plan and execute to perfection….. Thanks Prakashraj you’ve given us a wonderful movie….. Radha mohan had slapped the faces of masala directors and so called aspiring super stars of tomorrow literally saying that “ ippadiyum padam yedukkalaam” !
The story revolves around two friends who are musicians(pruthvi n Prakash) who happened to meet two friends (school teachers for the disabled) jo and swarnamaalya…… Jo happens to be deaf and dumb from birth (not blind) and the main story line is the love between the musician(pruthvi) and the deaf n dumb(jo)…… looks pretty interesting story but its far more than that……. screenplay- guess the director can take special tutions to some of the other directors around on this word…… just the characterization of the characters will justify my prev line….
Jothika, the very feeling I got after watching this movie – “alas ! we are not gonna watch her on screen any more.. what a wonderful actress ! “… I would rate this as her best film ever, a fitting farewell to a good actress…people would compare her performance with that of rani in black, which I would say is senseless comparison…totally different characterization: the former is a gutsy girl who wants to face the world with grit where as latter (blind as well) doesn’t know what the world is and afraid to face it…..jo’s eyes speak a lot, her body language excellent.... her character is a girl who don’t want anyone in the world to pity her and she has lived like that… scenes in which she just expresses her feeling when others hear a sound from a shell…. Her attempt to hide her love thinking that she’d’ve been loved just because of generousity.. her fear whether her child would end up like her….…. So on…. Jo we’ll miss you a lot !
Prakashraj….. cinema industry is blessed to have him….he is the sheet anchor of this film who carries this romantic script on his shoulders stopping your eyes to take away contact from the screen….. tamil la sollanum na “prakashraj scena poduraaru pa “….. the way he introduces with swarnamalya….. kalaaichifying the secretary of apartments…. The way he proposes his love…… the way he reacts after his friend tells why he loves that deaf n dumb girl etc etc.. do watch it on screen , you’ll know..…… though not a surprise performance from this man, still well done !
Pruthviraj and swarnamaalya…… have done their part to perfection …… Pruthviraj expression when jo explains what is life and music for her…. roaming in traffic with shut ears….. he has a wonderful career… …….have to mention about this man Baskar(for those who don’t recognize him(started off doing a deaf character in a serial chinna paappa-peria paappa and have done handful of movies viz. dum dum dum, sivakaasi etc)….. read in paper that Rajini wanted him to do a key role in Sivaji and you wud know why rajini wished so when you watch this movie.. he plays a memory loss professor and does a fantastic job…… Dialogue and music need to applauded specially…….. Vairamuthu shows us why he is called “kaviperarasu”……. “kadalin mozhi alayaa, nurayaa? Iyarkiyin mozhigal purindhuvidil manidharkku mozhigal thevai illai.. idhayathin mozhigal purindhuvidil manidharkku mozhiye thevai illai “……. Hats off !
The way the film maker had handled the characters is awesome…… many lessons of life to be learnt from this movie…. The gut jo’s charcter shows to face the world overcoming her weakness….. same case with swarnammalya, a young widow….. Prakash n pruthvi combo of taking life the way it comes , seeing humour in every minute of life etc etc….. You’ll return with heart filled joy and an added confidence to face life with a new approach when you come out of this movie…
A thing of beauty is a joy forever – Proverb
A gift called life is joy whatsoever- Mozhi
PARUTHIVEERRAN
Cast : Karthi , Priyamani, Saravanan, Ponnvannan, a lot more people whom I’ve seen in villages(for that matter you’d’ve seen as well)
The first feeling I got when I was watching the movie is “astonishment” (Bramippu to say in tamil)…….. I really mean that…….
I whole heartedly request to all the critics and journalists,tamil cinema historians to put this man , Ameer, in the list of all time wonderful directors of tamil cinema…… ivvolavu yedhaarthama oru graamiya padam idhu varaikkum naan paarthathu illai……..
I just got the feeling that I’m witnessing a real life clippings from a life of man taken with a hidden camera….. even you would feel so….. the manner the director had handled all the artists is simply mind blowing……..
Karthi—wat to say abt this guy…. They say him that he was a software engineer in US.. karpooram adichu sathyam panninaa kooda yaarum namba maataanga…….. he has lived as Paruthi veeran…… amazing and very surprising to know that he is a debutant…… his slang, body language, tamil la sollanum na gramatthu landhu, yegatthaalam, kovam, saathi veri, kaadhal, yekkam, parivu, thudippu, thullal….etc n etc.. this guy has some inborn talents…. Warning bell for the so called future superstars-punch dialogues and shouting at the top of your voices is not acting.. watch Parutthiveeran to learn that. The mastery his brother(surya) got after so many years, he has got it in the very first movie……. Paruthiveeran (a small notorious criminal in the village whose hobby is to visit the local police station often) has a life time ambition of committing a huge crime and visit Central jail and hence forth become popular". This will sum up the character potrayed in detail..........
Priyamani- they say she is a Bangalore model…… I don’t believe this….. her portrayal as Mutthazhagu matches some of the all time bests you’ve seen so far.. her voice, dialogue delivery, her love(infact more than that) towards veeran.. her fight with parents for her love…. Fun with local ladies…. The climax(my god ! wat a performance! )……… directors should kill themselves for wasting this girl so far as a glamour doll………
Special kudos to Saravanan and Ponvannan.. Saravanan’s performance is superb… his combo with karthi (sandiyarthanam in short ) tickles your stomach… at the same time his reaction when priyamani scolds him expressing her love for karthi- where were you saravanan all these days? Ponvannan- his eyes shows it all……
Lot more characters can be highlighted(applauded rather) here…….. Kanja karuppu – natural talent, a one eyed small boy-rowdism at that age, priyamani’s mother, the artists who perform in thiruvizha, the character –ponamthinni .. so on……
You can’t find a flaw in the acting of a single kid who appears on screen even for a second…… the childhood days of veeran-mutthazhagu portrayed superbly……..
Music : Yuvan….. unlike is father who is a typical villager by birth, he is a metropolitan high class guy studied music in trinity college UK .. but he matches his work for this movie with that of his father…… fantastic work…… songs n background score depict exactly the atmosphere of parutthiyur…… “ayyayo”-song simply superb….. the humming of “yeley…..” by Manicka vinayagam is fantastic……camera work, lighting, editing, dialogue etc etc.. Ameer has taken cinema to the next higher level…….
You might wonder apart from story line I’m talking about all other things.. the story revolves around a caste-curfew between two relations, and in that midst the girl wants to give her heart n soul to her cousin who saved her life in the childhood……. Sounds pretty normal.. but that’s not the case…… this is not just a story.. but an episode infact an epic, happenings in life of a guy called ‘paruthiveeran’…… his killer instinct against opposite gangs…. His love episode…. About a girl whom he realizes that she will be the world for him.. and then his end !
The Climax: Iam just a bit afraid that this climax might prevent a few people from witnessing a wonderful cinema of all time… people might strongly argue that climax shudn’t have been so strong, but certain things in life are harder to digest, but have to accept that….. you would not have ever imagined in your life to witness a climax of this sort…. Weak hearted and children can avoid the last 10 mins but those 10 mins only fill your heart when you come out……. The movie has had a strong impact on me and the last few minutes of it are still in my mind and ears…..thats the power of this script and success of this director….. Please watch this movie and you would know.. words can’t explain more…….
Overall Cinema at its best - Paruthiveeran
TO SUM UP , I strongly feel that some of the modern day directors and heroes who say that we take cinema for just enjoyment by showing all kinds of craps on screen would have seriously felt ashamed deep inside their heart after watching these two movies, that comparing to these what they’ve made or acted are nothing but crap…………
You would miss something in your life if you don’t watch these two movies…….
I’ve just watched these two movies and I would be committing a blunder if I didn’t ask(request rather) my friends to watch these… I would say these two movies are for “all those who want to witness how good cinema can be taken “…. I’ve put it a bit lengthy but its worthy for these two movies…..
MOZHI
Cast : Jothika,Prakashraj,Prithviraj,Swarnamalya,Baskar
Prakashraj once in an interview said that his plan is that he will act in any kind of movie good or worst just to earn money and with that money he wants to give people some wonderful movies…. Many just plan, many execute owing to sheer luck but only very few like this gentleman can plan and execute to perfection….. Thanks Prakashraj you’ve given us a wonderful movie….. Radha mohan had slapped the faces of masala directors and so called aspiring super stars of tomorrow literally saying that “ ippadiyum padam yedukkalaam” !
The story revolves around two friends who are musicians(pruthvi n Prakash) who happened to meet two friends (school teachers for the disabled) jo and swarnamaalya…… Jo happens to be deaf and dumb from birth (not blind) and the main story line is the love between the musician(pruthvi) and the deaf n dumb(jo)…… looks pretty interesting story but its far more than that……. screenplay- guess the director can take special tutions to some of the other directors around on this word…… just the characterization of the characters will justify my prev line….
Jothika, the very feeling I got after watching this movie – “alas ! we are not gonna watch her on screen any more.. what a wonderful actress ! “… I would rate this as her best film ever, a fitting farewell to a good actress…people would compare her performance with that of rani in black, which I would say is senseless comparison…totally different characterization: the former is a gutsy girl who wants to face the world with grit where as latter (blind as well) doesn’t know what the world is and afraid to face it…..jo’s eyes speak a lot, her body language excellent.... her character is a girl who don’t want anyone in the world to pity her and she has lived like that… scenes in which she just expresses her feeling when others hear a sound from a shell…. Her attempt to hide her love thinking that she’d’ve been loved just because of generousity.. her fear whether her child would end up like her….…. So on…. Jo we’ll miss you a lot !
Prakashraj….. cinema industry is blessed to have him….he is the sheet anchor of this film who carries this romantic script on his shoulders stopping your eyes to take away contact from the screen….. tamil la sollanum na “prakashraj scena poduraaru pa “….. the way he introduces with swarnamalya….. kalaaichifying the secretary of apartments…. The way he proposes his love…… the way he reacts after his friend tells why he loves that deaf n dumb girl etc etc.. do watch it on screen , you’ll know..…… though not a surprise performance from this man, still well done !
Pruthviraj and swarnamaalya…… have done their part to perfection …… Pruthviraj expression when jo explains what is life and music for her…. roaming in traffic with shut ears….. he has a wonderful career… …….have to mention about this man Baskar(for those who don’t recognize him(started off doing a deaf character in a serial chinna paappa-peria paappa and have done handful of movies viz. dum dum dum, sivakaasi etc)….. read in paper that Rajini wanted him to do a key role in Sivaji and you wud know why rajini wished so when you watch this movie.. he plays a memory loss professor and does a fantastic job…… Dialogue and music need to applauded specially…….. Vairamuthu shows us why he is called “kaviperarasu”……. “kadalin mozhi alayaa, nurayaa? Iyarkiyin mozhigal purindhuvidil manidharkku mozhigal thevai illai.. idhayathin mozhigal purindhuvidil manidharkku mozhiye thevai illai “……. Hats off !
The way the film maker had handled the characters is awesome…… many lessons of life to be learnt from this movie…. The gut jo’s charcter shows to face the world overcoming her weakness….. same case with swarnammalya, a young widow….. Prakash n pruthvi combo of taking life the way it comes , seeing humour in every minute of life etc etc….. You’ll return with heart filled joy and an added confidence to face life with a new approach when you come out of this movie…
A thing of beauty is a joy forever – Proverb
A gift called life is joy whatsoever- Mozhi
PARUTHIVEERRAN
Cast : Karthi , Priyamani, Saravanan, Ponnvannan, a lot more people whom I’ve seen in villages(for that matter you’d’ve seen as well)
The first feeling I got when I was watching the movie is “astonishment” (Bramippu to say in tamil)…….. I really mean that…….
I whole heartedly request to all the critics and journalists,tamil cinema historians to put this man , Ameer, in the list of all time wonderful directors of tamil cinema…… ivvolavu yedhaarthama oru graamiya padam idhu varaikkum naan paarthathu illai……..
I just got the feeling that I’m witnessing a real life clippings from a life of man taken with a hidden camera….. even you would feel so….. the manner the director had handled all the artists is simply mind blowing……..
Karthi—wat to say abt this guy…. They say him that he was a software engineer in US.. karpooram adichu sathyam panninaa kooda yaarum namba maataanga…….. he has lived as Paruthi veeran…… amazing and very surprising to know that he is a debutant…… his slang, body language, tamil la sollanum na gramatthu landhu, yegatthaalam, kovam, saathi veri, kaadhal, yekkam, parivu, thudippu, thullal….etc n etc.. this guy has some inborn talents…. Warning bell for the so called future superstars-punch dialogues and shouting at the top of your voices is not acting.. watch Parutthiveeran to learn that. The mastery his brother(surya) got after so many years, he has got it in the very first movie……. Paruthiveeran (a small notorious criminal in the village whose hobby is to visit the local police station often) has a life time ambition of committing a huge crime and visit Central jail and hence forth become popular". This will sum up the character potrayed in detail..........
Priyamani- they say she is a Bangalore model…… I don’t believe this….. her portrayal as Mutthazhagu matches some of the all time bests you’ve seen so far.. her voice, dialogue delivery, her love(infact more than that) towards veeran.. her fight with parents for her love…. Fun with local ladies…. The climax(my god ! wat a performance! )……… directors should kill themselves for wasting this girl so far as a glamour doll………
Special kudos to Saravanan and Ponvannan.. Saravanan’s performance is superb… his combo with karthi (sandiyarthanam in short ) tickles your stomach… at the same time his reaction when priyamani scolds him expressing her love for karthi- where were you saravanan all these days? Ponvannan- his eyes shows it all……
Lot more characters can be highlighted(applauded rather) here…….. Kanja karuppu – natural talent, a one eyed small boy-rowdism at that age, priyamani’s mother, the artists who perform in thiruvizha, the character –ponamthinni .. so on……
You can’t find a flaw in the acting of a single kid who appears on screen even for a second…… the childhood days of veeran-mutthazhagu portrayed superbly……..
Music : Yuvan….. unlike is father who is a typical villager by birth, he is a metropolitan high class guy studied music in trinity college UK .. but he matches his work for this movie with that of his father…… fantastic work…… songs n background score depict exactly the atmosphere of parutthiyur…… “ayyayo”-song simply superb….. the humming of “yeley…..” by Manicka vinayagam is fantastic……camera work, lighting, editing, dialogue etc etc.. Ameer has taken cinema to the next higher level…….
You might wonder apart from story line I’m talking about all other things.. the story revolves around a caste-curfew between two relations, and in that midst the girl wants to give her heart n soul to her cousin who saved her life in the childhood……. Sounds pretty normal.. but that’s not the case…… this is not just a story.. but an episode infact an epic, happenings in life of a guy called ‘paruthiveeran’…… his killer instinct against opposite gangs…. His love episode…. About a girl whom he realizes that she will be the world for him.. and then his end !
The Climax: Iam just a bit afraid that this climax might prevent a few people from witnessing a wonderful cinema of all time… people might strongly argue that climax shudn’t have been so strong, but certain things in life are harder to digest, but have to accept that….. you would not have ever imagined in your life to witness a climax of this sort…. Weak hearted and children can avoid the last 10 mins but those 10 mins only fill your heart when you come out……. The movie has had a strong impact on me and the last few minutes of it are still in my mind and ears…..thats the power of this script and success of this director….. Please watch this movie and you would know.. words can’t explain more…….
Overall Cinema at its best - Paruthiveeran
TO SUM UP , I strongly feel that some of the modern day directors and heroes who say that we take cinema for just enjoyment by showing all kinds of craps on screen would have seriously felt ashamed deep inside their heart after watching these two movies, that comparing to these what they’ve made or acted are nothing but crap…………
You would miss something in your life if you don’t watch these two movies…….
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