If any of you have the opinion that movies from Balu Mahendra, Barathi Rajaa, Mani Rathnam, Bala, Ram Gopal Varma alone have the richness in them to speak to the standards of winning National awards, then your opinions have to be revisited. All you need to do is, henceforth, add the name Ameer to this elite list. For those who watched Paruthiveeran this weekend in theatres, this introduction of mine to this movie’s review won’t be surprising at all.
This movie will definitely be nominated for a national award for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematographer, Best story (for the pro-social-equality theme of this movie) and will bag it all, and if there is any more award this movie takes, then it’s a real tonic for all young movie makers like Ameer, the director of this movie. I’m not a great movie critic but really fond of writing reviews for movies which I enjoyed watching. That liking towards evergreen movies made me write this review at 2 AM in the morning, after coming home watching the 10 o’clock show.
Unlike 98% of movies whose story line can be put into a single sentence, this movie stands different and really keeps you stuck to the seats for all the 175 minutes it spans. No one who had watched Paruthiveeran will ever be able to tell you the story straight away, which itself is a reason why this movie will be watched by all the theatre-goers and so will make it a commercial success. I really wish to read the review of this movie from another, if he/she manages to write the whole story in a single page at least, which I know is a real tough task to pen so.
Karthi, the hero of this movie has really achieved a lot as Paruthiveeran, with just a few months of sheer hard work and dedication which his father Sivakumar and elder brother Surya haven’t managed to, with their decades of experience in this industry. Hats off, his performance in the movie was acknowledged very well by the audience in almost all the scenes he appeared.
Priya Mani as Muththazhagu, a really cute performance in the first half and surprised everyone in the second half, especially in the last half hour of the movie. The experience of her, working with eminent directors like Balu Mahendra and Bharathi Rajaa were very much visible in this movie throughout. Saravanan, the hero of tamil cinema in the yester years’ performance in Paruthiveeran also needs a special mention. He was too good to watch, be it sentiment or comedy or stunts.
200% Flawless screenplay, Songs for the situations (Yuvan Shankar Raja has given really good background scores) and apt lyrics, Technically sound camera work - a special mention would be that the movie is shot in Black & White for the flash back and in pleasant color frames for the part of the story that runs in present. Aiming at the highest honor in Indian Cinema, the movie is true by all means, that, all the actors have dubbed for themselves. None of them have erred at any point of time in the movie, neither the technicians nor the actors.
Commercially, this movie will satisfy all A, B and C Centre crowd for the way the story is handled. First 100 minutes of pure fun, next 30 minutes of pleasant romance, next 20 minutes of high drama, and the last 25 minutes cannot be described by words.
Sentiment, Childhood memories, Stunts, Comedy, Songs, Suspense, Powerful dialogues are all blended in a way that this slow paced movie never makes you feel bored at any point of the 3 hours of your stay at the movie hall. So far, I haven’t spoken a word about the story line of this movie and only succeeded to an extent in sharing my experience and that itself, has already crossed a page.
I wondered why this movie was released and then taken back for the Valentine weekend, and thought that the director was afraid to release the movie amidst some bigwigs’. Now I feel like appreciating that decision of the makers of Paruthiveeran after watching it. Even though, a movie with the concept of LOVE, I too feel that it shouldn’t have been released for the Valentine weekend for the anti-climax it has. Still, this movie will do good business till the mid of april.
To sum it up, Paruthiveeran is a must watch for all Class Tamil movies’ lovers.
Boys, In spite of all this praise for this movie, I feel it is a must to mention that don’t ever take a feminine (Girls… Please don’t mistake, I’m not at all acting rude by saying this) with you to this movie. Not even your mother, Not even your sister, definitely not your wife, and above all, definitely definitely not your girl friend. If at all you do, please make sure that you are mentally prepared for the last 25 minutes where you will happen to witness the regular stories told in an untold fashion. Thank god that we were an all guys team in the theatre and that too with everyone of us watching the movie, without a word exchanged between us, something that has never happened within my group of friends.
The final 25 minutes, will bring a definite tear in the eyes of a stone hearted too. One cant really put in words that feel and it was more than a tear for me. I finally left the theatre with a satisfaction of having watched a movie of my lifetime.
Paruthiveeran – He is the best. Commercially and Technically.
All its waiting is to count the number of awards that it will take away during the Filmfare and National awards ceremony.
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