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SEEDAN REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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| Starring:
Krishna, Ananya, Dhanush, Suhasini, Sheela
Direction:
Subramaniya Shiva
Music:
Dhina
Production:
Amit Mohan
Amidst
a barrage of rural action movies and masala
flicks, comes Seedan, a refreshing family
entertainer. Helmed by Subramaniya Shiva
who gave us movies like Thiruda Thirudi
and Yogi, Seedan is the remake of a 2002
Malayalam film Nandhanam. His previous
movies being of a completely different
genre compared to Seedan, the director
has done a decent job with this
film.
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Mahalakshmi (Ananya) is an orphaned girl who takes
care of an ancestral household at Palani belonging
to Amritham Paati(Sheela). An ardent devotee of Lord
Muruga, Mahalakshmi is treated like a daughter in
the household and is Amritham Paati’s favorite.
She falls in love with Mano (Krishna) who is Amritham’s
grandson and he reciprocates too. But things take
a U-turn as Mano’s mother (Suhasini) has already
chosen a bride for him and cannot cancel it at any
cost. In comes Saravanan (Dhanush) and the happenings
afterwards form the rest of the story.
Unadulterated
family entertainers are a rarity these days and Seedan
is one of those rare films. The characters are like
those whom we meet in our everyday life and can relate
to. Ananya as Mahalakshmi looks homely and comes out
with a mature performance and it is hard to believe
this is just her second film. She is especially good
in the scenes where she talks with Lord Muruga’s
picture. Debutant Krishna as Mano has done his role
well and looks good too; with better grooming, he
could go places. But the show stealer is undoubtedly
Dhanush for he does some uninhibited acting as the
cook Saravanan though we can see his trademark style
in few instances. Sheela and Suhasini Mani Ratnam
do the needful and their natural acting shows their
experience. Vivek does a good job as a punch dialogue
speaking fake saamiyar and evokes laughter with his
antics.
What works against the movie is its lackluster pace.
The entire film chugs in snail’s pace and that
is bound to test the patience of the audience. The
beginning of the second half picks up pace but drops
immediately and falls into a lull. Adding to this,
the predictable turn of events makes the film even
slower and loses out on the engaging factor. Also
in the beginning of the film there are three songs
within just 45 minutes which again proves to be a
negative. We find it hard to sympathize with the lead
pair who are in love but find it hard to confess it
to the elders. These factors are a major turn off
to an otherwise pleasant film.
Music by Dhina is very pleasant and the song Saravana
Samayal stays in your mind and has you humming along.
The director has done justice to the picturisation
of the song and it is a delight to watch Dhanush in
it. The locations in the film look beautiful and are
captured nicely by Cinematographer Srinivas and bring
out the village side in a new essence when compared
to the other rural films.
All in all, Seedan is a film that is made exclusively
for the family audience. After long, we get to see
a film that totally justifies the ‘U’
certificate given to it. But the big question is whether
a slow paced family film will draw today’s audience
who prefer fast paced and off beat films. The film
would have surely done better had it been made ten
years back.
Verdict: Clean, but slow paced family entertainment
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