Cast – RajKiran, Saranya, Cheran Written & Directed by - Cheran
Tavamai Tavamirunde is a flat out masterpiece. It is the story whose fulcrum is the relationship between a father and his two sons. Muthiah (Raj Kiran) runs a printing press in a small town. Despite several hardships he brings up his sons along with his wife (Saranya) without knowing the hardships of life. As the sons grow up various incidents lead them to drift away from their father. How their lives unfold and how their father reacts to the situations forms the crux of the tale.
The thing about …. Tavamirunde is that every single scene and character is unforgettable. Whether it is the deaf helper who works in Muthiah's press or Muthaih himself, who is the pivot of the film, every character is sensitively etched. The authenticity with which the situations are portrayed is such that only one who knows the milieu can depict it as such. No one other than Barathiraja has managed to portray the Tamil heartland and its people with so much of love, sensitivity and realism as Cheran.
Rajkiran comes up with a performance, which according to me is on par with Sivaji’s in Mudal Mariadai.His underplayed performance in some of the scenes, for instance the one in which he is informed by a police officer that his elder son was among those boys caught visiting prostitutes, is just right and never deteriorates to overacting. Some incidents in the second half could have been portrayed a trifle less melodramatically. The weakest link of the movie performance wise is Cheran himself who plays the role of Ramalingam, Muthaih’s younger son. His bursts into tears are sometimes unnecessary and it is obvious that acting is not his cup of tea.
In the final analysis …Tavamirunde is without doubt one of the all time great Tamil films. It is a tearjerker, which will give you the proverbial goose bumps. Like good old Pasamalar, which my grandmother’s generation keeps raving about this film, will be eulogised for a long time to come. Like 16 Vayadinile and Arangetram …Tavamirunde is one of the defining films of Tamil cinema. It reaffirms my belief that Cheran is a potentially great filmmaker and the best thing to have happened to Tamil cinema in ages.
My Rating of the film - * * * * * out of * * * * *
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Tavamai Tavamirunde
Cast – RajKiran, Saranya, Cheran Written & Directed by - Cheran
Tavamai Tavamirunde is a flat out masterpiece. It is the story whose fulcrum is the relationship between a father and his two sons. Muthiah (Raj Kiran) runs a printing press in a small town. Despite several hardships he brings up his sons along with his wife (Saranya) without knowing the hardships of life. As the sons grow up various incidents lead them to drift away from their father. How their lives unfold and how their father reacts to the situations forms the crux of the tale.
The thing about …. Tavamirunde is that every single scene and character is unforgettable. Whether it is the deaf helper who works in Muthiah's press or Muthaih himself, who is the pivot of the film, every character is sensitively etched. The authenticity with which the situations are portrayed is such that only one who knows the milieu can depict it as such. No one other than Barathiraja has managed to portray the Tamil heartland and its people with so much of love, sensitivity and realism as Cheran.
Rajkiran comes up with a performance, which according to me is on par with Sivaji’s in Mudal Mariadai.His underplayed performance in some of the scenes, for instance the one in which he is informed by a police officer that his elder son was among those boys caught visiting prostitutes, is just right and never deteriorates to overacting. Some incidents in the second half could have been portrayed a trifle less melodramatically. The weakest link of the movie performance wise is Cheran himself who plays the role of Ramalingam, Muthaih’s younger son. His bursts into tears are sometimes unnecessary and it is obvious that acting is not his cup of tea.
In the final analysis …Tavamirunde is without doubt one of the all time great Tamil films. It is a tearjerker, which will give you the proverbial goose bumps. Like good old Pasamalar, which my grandmother’s generation keeps raving about this film, will be eulogised for a long time to come. Like 16 Vayadinile and Arangetram …Tavamirunde is one of the defining films of Tamil cinema. It reaffirms my belief that Cheran is a potentially great filmmaker and the best thing to have happened to Tamil cinema in ages.
My Rating of the film - * * * * * out of * * * * *
Cast – RajKiran, Saranya, Cheran Written & Directed by - Cheran
Tavamai Tavamirunde is a flat out masterpiece. It is the story whose fulcrum is the relationship between a father and his two sons. Muthiah (Raj Kiran) runs a printing press in a small town. Despite several hardships he brings up his sons along with his wife (Saranya) without knowing the hardships of life. As the sons grow up various incidents lead them to drift away from their father. How their lives unfold and how their father reacts to the situations forms the crux of the tale.
The thing about …. Tavamirunde is that every single scene and character is unforgettable. Whether it is the deaf helper who works in Muthiah's press or Muthaih himself, who is the pivot of the film, every character is sensitively etched. The authenticity with which the situations are portrayed is such that only one who knows the milieu can depict it as such. No one other than Barathiraja has managed to portray the Tamil heartland and its people with so much of love, sensitivity and realism as Cheran.
Rajkiran comes up with a performance, which according to me is on par with Sivaji’s in Mudal Mariadai.His underplayed performance in some of the scenes, for instance the one in which he is informed by a police officer that his elder son was among those boys caught visiting prostitutes, is just right and never deteriorates to overacting. Some incidents in the second half could have been portrayed a trifle less melodramatically. The weakest link of the movie performance wise is Cheran himself who plays the role of Ramalingam, Muthaih’s younger son. His bursts into tears are sometimes unnecessary and it is obvious that acting is not his cup of tea.
In the final analysis …Tavamirunde is without doubt one of the all time great Tamil films. It is a tearjerker, which will give you the proverbial goose bumps. Like good old Pasamalar, which my grandmother’s generation keeps raving about this film, will be eulogised for a long time to come. Like 16 Vayadinile and Arangetram …Tavamirunde is one of the defining films of Tamil cinema. It reaffirms my belief that Cheran is a potentially great filmmaker and the best thing to have happened to Tamil cinema in ages.
My Rating of the film - * * * * * out of * * * * *
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8 comments:
very good review
Sidd ever see "Hidalg"? Great movie ! :)
" Hidalgo" . Sorry I mage a typo. :)
Nice review. I like Rajkeran after saw the movie Pandavarboome, in this movie also he look like how he was in Pandavarboome. like to see the TT soon.
Siddharth. it feels so nice to read good reviews about honest cinema.
I am yet to see this movie but am keen to watch this.
Cheran is without doubt the master among the younger crop of filmmakers along with Selva raghavan.
He deserves our respect and admiration.
I know some ppl who are keen to sling mud on him as usual. They watch movies in thiruttu VCD and then complain about cinema not being quality enough like hollywood.
Or they suffer from "kudubamthoda parka mudiyala" syndrome.
I agree that TT is a masterpiece. It was realistic cinema at its best but a tad too long. Inspired acting from Rajkiran and narration by Cheran was really good. Definitely worth seeing as your review suggests.
TT is all Rajkiran, Rajkiran and Rajkiran...
Nice movie, though Saranya's role has been put out of focus.
I agree with your comments on Cheran's acting skills.. he is good in narrting the story or extracting performance from others. But he is unable to emote more than a limit...
I was so impressed with Padmapriya's acting.. she is able to emote very well... those Chennai scenes & village scenes.
Rajkiran had proved earlier in 'pandavar bhoomi'.. so I realised earlier that he could perform well.
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