What I liked
A period film in Tamil??? Oh!!, that is something new to us who are tired of seeing some filthy fighting scenes, Punch Dialogues and a typical hero-Villain fight sequence in the climax. After seeing this movie what I thought first was that 'our Tamil Cinema is improving a lot' , and is in par to some international movies when it comes to Editing, Camera, and Background Music.
Superb Plot
The film has a very strong foundation with the Story written by Director Vijay.
The movie begins more like Titanic as an old English woman Amy Wilkinson(Amy Jackson) almost at her death bed in London, wants to come down to Chennai in search of a young man Parithi(Arya) whom she last saw on 15 August, 1947.
Almost 60 years from then, she is clueless as she has just a picture of Parithi, which was taken then. The search begins. There are scenes where she recalls her past. It is revealed that Parithi was a valorous dhobi in Madarasapattinam. He revolts against the British officials for they plan to construct a golf course in their dhobikhana.
Comes Amy, daughter of Madras Presidency Governor, and she develops an affinity towards Parithi. She is friendly and helpful. Sequence of events leaves romance blossoming between them. Parithi calls her affectionately as Duraiamma.
Even as they face trouble from the angry White officials, comes 15 August 1947 which brings freedom to India. Duraiamma is now forced to go back to England. Parithi runs from pillar to post and fights to hold his sweetheart’s hands. But he couldn’t achieve his mission. Cut to present, Duraiamma is back in search of Parithi.
Did she realise her mission??? forms the climax
We gotta give credits for that.
Good Picturesque of Madraspatnam
The first scene of Madraspatnam in the movie begins with Amy Wilikinson(daughter of Governor general of Madrasapatnam) being received in the Airport, then on the way she sees Mount Road, Spencer Plaza, Chennai Central. It looked as realistic that we could hardly feel the 'Sets' or Graphics in the movie.
So kudos to the Art director on these.
Other pros of this movie include,
- Racy Action Sequences
- The Romance between Parithi and Emy.
- Arya's Acting.
- Beautiful Emy Jackson...sema machi...lol...
- Cochin Haneefa's humorous role.
- All the Artists in the Movie did justice to their Roles, Be it the Indians or Foreigners in the movie (Lead Role Emy Jackson for that matter). The Miss teen world 2008 did perfect justice to her role. The way she adapted to the role was really good.
- The way they showed how Madras was that time and how Chennai now is.
- Music by GV Prakash Kumar.
The only thing i found was that the Tamil Accent used was similar to the one we use now a days. Those days I guess the Accent was a little different.
Overall Rating that I can give - 4.0/5.0
Perfect weekend movie for you. You can have a ride of Madraspatnam, and can see some good romance, song and action sequences.
One of the good movies of the Year after Angaadhi Theru....
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