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| MAGANE
EN MARUMAGANE MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Raghav, Vivek, Nasser, Saranya, Thenmozhi,
Yamini Sharma, Livingston.
Direction:
T.P. Gajendran
Music:
Dheena
Production:
Muthulakshmi Movies |
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Just
when you thought that the period of greatly
dramatized, Visu-isque, heavy duty family
flicks about individuals conning rich
relatives for money and wealth is officially
over, comes the T P Gajendran directed
Magane En Marumagane. True to its title,
the movie is about a man’s son (magan)
and his son-in-law (marumagan) and who
proves worthwhile during testing times.
Tossed with a liberal dose of melodrama
and suchlike, Magane En Marumagane is
reminiscent of the tearjerkers that ruled
the eighties, after which the television
took them over.
A rich couple, the good-natured Nasser
and the affable Saranya are attempted
to con by Vivek and Paravai Muniamma.
The plan is to marry Nasser’s daughter
Yamini and siphon the couple off their
assets. The plan succeeds eventually,
but
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before it could be executed in full, Vivek lands in
the prison on murder charges that he never committed.
Nasser expends his wealth on Vivek and brings him
back from the prison after which Vivek and Yamini
move to greener pastures in search of better fortunes.
After being relieved of their earnings and without
support from their son either, the couple become wanderers.
Vivek, having turned around his fortunes, now sets
out in search of his long last in-laws. In the meanwhile,
Saranya meets with an accident and is declared brain
dead. Her son Mithun is admitted for issues related
to heart disease and needs an organ transplant. Now
it’s up to Nasser to decide whether to grant
his son forgiveness and allow his wife’s organs
to be donated.
The story offers enough scope for social and moral
lessons and none of it is squandered. With a suitable
screenplay, T P Gajendran’s job looks just like
child play - only having to extract the necessary
display of emotions from the actors. Talking of which,
what could go wrong when you cast Nasser and Saranya
as a blameless couple who take the world for what
it looks like. They go hand in hand and furnish their
convincingly superior acting skills so the director
and the audience could not ask for more.
Vivek’s
sort-of negative role in the beginning of the movie
does an about turn after he is rescued by his father
in law. Although Vivek is not devoid of his usual
oh-so-boring comical abilities, he has shouldered
some serious responsibility in the movie switching
from the waywardly who is out to con Nasser of his
money to his transformation to a conscientious businessman
who wants to set things right. Vivek’s character
has depth and is etched out neatly.
The other aspects of the movie are manageable and
the song Yaaradu Yaaradu is worth a mention for its
pleasant picturization and the catchy tune. The pace
of the movie tends to slacken in some places and it
gets preachy as well over a period of time.
All said and done Magane En Marumagane is a family
movie and given the huge success of tearjerker sitcoms
in primetime television, it stands a chance to exert
its pull over women and rural audiences in particular.
For, we are a nation that still gets a kick out of
melodrama in anything, let alone movies.
Verdict:
Return of the so-called family movie!
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