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When
I saw Angadi Theru for the first time
I was convinced it is a must watch movie.
When I went to see it for the next time,
I was even more stunned and I have watched
it for two more times further. After Hey
Ram and Taxi Driver this is the film I
watched repeatedly. It made me to write
something on the movie.
In this film industry many good directors
are making movies to get big commercial
success, to entertain people, to unleash
their artistic potential, talents and
intellects, to set a trend, to make it
a good one and so on. All movies are important,
a commercial movie for sustainability
of film industry and number of business
associated with it, an entertaining movie
to get a while out of the consistent stress
of this modern world, an art movie to
recognize and promote the artistic talents.
But I suppose the most important movie
in that is the movie that speaks about
the negatives of the society in a simple
and profound touch and in an artistic
way to evoke the good man inside everyone
to at least think about it. Vasanthabalan
seems to have intentionally tried for
such a movie Angadi Theru. He should establish
himself as a writer cum director to give
such movies in a further better way.
Angadi Theru (Market Street), a strong
and powerful movie from Vasanthabalan
is a must watch movie. If the film is
near to reality, then it should be the
most meaningful Tamil cinema of the recent
past. The film depicts the pathetic
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working conditions of employees of a big retail shop,
of which most of them are forced to take the job under
unavoidable situations. The deep routed fear for survival
of the workers is shown as the driving force of the
employers to treat their employees so badly. The movie
not only slaps the face of employers who are squeezing
their workers taking advantage of poverty but also
the rudeness and cruelness inside everyone. The film
will make the sophisticated or even middle class people
to make them think how fortunate they are. This movie
clearly stands as an important cinema for the subject
matter and the subplots that it handles.
Almost all performers have done justice to their roles.
Debutant Mahesh who plays the male lead seems to put
all his efforts to make his character good. Pandi
and Venkatesh are attracting notice. Anjali, the female
lead has given a staggering and enthralling performance.
The laughs, weeps, looks, sadness everything she emotes
are so natural. She was very conscious on every scene
and is too hard to find performance lows.
Small stories in the street are beauty and brings
life around the street. A man who desperately searches
a way for survival and finally turns a free toilet
into a pay toilet, the strategic business plan of
another man who collects old shirts, washes and packs
them to sell at cheapest prices.... all adds realism
to the film. The internal feelings of a woman who
is a past prostitute and now married to a dwarf is
beautifully recorded when she gives birth to a husband-like
child. She is delighted to prove the people that she
is now leading a descent life although she is ignorant
of the child's future.
The sequence of songs are no misfit but could have
tried without songs. Cinematography and dialogues
add strength to the film. Small negatives can be deliberately
left unanalyzed for this film which injects humanity
and spirit. A big salute to Vasanthabalan, the creator
and craftsman for giving such a movie that brings
the things that have to be changed, into limelight.
This may not be an absolute perfect movie but the
impact it creates is astounding and powerful, deep
and intense, indelible and unable to overcome for
days or even weeks. For the meaningfulness of the
movie and for its focus on poverty, it should be highly
and highly applauded.
Sivakumar
siva992006@gmail.com |
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Pandi,
Venkatesh,
Anjali,
Mahesh |
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