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| NAAN
KADAVUL- MOVIE PREVIEW |
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| Behindwoods
review board |
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Starring:
Arya, Pooja.
Direction:
Bala.
Music:
Ilayaraja.
Production:
Vasans Visual Ventures. |
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Some
people run their own race, they
don’t care what others
around them are doing. Bala
is definitely one of that kind.
3 years in the making, a change
of hero, change of producer,
3 or more heroines considered
and a whole lot of controversy
are all things that went against
Naan Kadavul. But, in spite
of all that the movie is about
to hit theaters. One first remembers
hearing the title somewhere
in 2005 and at that time it
was associated with Ajith. It
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into
2006 by the time it was confirmed that Arya
would be doing the role. Even getting started
with the shooting in earnest looked like
a humungous task. There was a period in
2007-2008 when talk about Naan Kadavul had
completely died down, it was as if many
had lost hope that this would ever get finished.
Finished it is and soon it will hit us hard.
Don’t expect a regular entertainer
when you enter theaters, don’t even
expect an offbeat venture grounded in reality.
Bala seems to have transcended all genres
that have been coined in Kollywood till
now. The trailers would have already told
you a lot about the nature of the movie,
it is not normal. Sources have said that
the movie takes a look at the lives of people
who live disconnected from civilization,
exploring the mystic and mysterious existence
of sanyasis in parts of India that also
includes cannibals. Pooja reportedly plays
one who begs on the streets for a living.
Naan Kadavul explores many dark and dingy
sides of society that are seldom talked
about.
We could go on talking about the possibilities
that such a theme offers. But watching
the trailer once should suffice. It makes
for gripping viewing, sometimes making
one feel uneasy. It is difficult to comprehend
what the movie has in store when a sanyasi
says to Arya ‘Tu manushya nahin
hain’ (you are not human). Definitely,
the movie has taken on uncharted terrain
and we are sure that Bala has delivered
a product of unmatched brilliance. Arya
and Pooja’s career best and potentially
award winning performances, the rawness
and reality that the real life sanyasis
bring to the movie, Ilaiyaraja’s
haunting score are reasons enough to make
anyone want to catch the movie in theaters.
One can put one’s money on the fact
that Naan Kadavul will actually show us
what ‘difference’ means. And,
immaterial of what happens to the film
subsequent to its release, the conviction
and confidence of one man will have to
be saluted. Courage, thy name is Bala.
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