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Aasan – Movie Review |
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by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Vijayakanth,
Vikranth, Seril Brindo, Suja
Direction:
Kalaimani
Music:
Sabesh Murali
Production:
Thangaraj |
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Priyadarshan, the badshah of
illogical comedies trying art
house cinema? I was shocked
too, but Priyadarshan has made
many path breaking, award worthy
creations which is just overshadowed
by the comedy blockbusters he
churned up the past few years.
But will his magic still work?
It does! and how?
The only word which does succeed
to come out of your mouth after
seeing this masterpiece is 'WOW'.
and I should thank Priyadarshan
as I saw this movie on my
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birthday,
what a birthday present he has blessed
me with! "The best one ever!"
It is a period movie set in the pre independence
era in a small town of Kanchivaram in
Tamil nadu, the protagonist Prakash Raj
works as a Vengadam, the best silk weaver
in the town. He pledges that he would
provide a silk saree for his daughter
when she is getting married, which becomes
the talk of the town as a weaver simply
can't afford such a humongous price. He
does save up some money but his brother-in-law
ruins his plans, so to attain the inevitable
he starts stealing a single strand of
silk from the workplace, every single
day and secretly weaves a saree for his
daughter for 19 long years. He is involved
in communism and heads a strike against
his owner who gives paltry amount to the
weavers, which comes as a deterrent to
his daughter's marriage, which is drawing
near. As the day comes close, he has to
finish the silk saree on time. What will
Vengadam do now? Find out for yourself.
The screenplay is so artfully done, the
movie goes back and forth the time line
with consummate ease. The editing is superlative.
The street-play in the second half looked
forced and the movie could have been better
without it. The cinematography by Thiru
is of international standards, the color
tone gives the right background palate
for Priyadarshan-the artist to work on.
And the production design by Sabu Cyril
just takes this art work to epic proportions.
M.G.Sreekumar the musician sways us with
his titling music, especially the lori
which is sung when Prakash Raj and Shreya
Reddy's daughter is born, which is reprised
to melancholy effect during the tragic
finale.
The acting is of high order, leading the
spectacular array of performance is the
lead man of the story Prakash raj, whose
portrayal of a Vengadam can only be termed
as spectacular if not sensational. But such
a great actor to whom all the emotions in
the book comes so naturally is still having
some trouble with getting his laugh right,
his laugh always looks so forced and unnatural.
Shreya Reddy as Vengadam's innocent wife
has given a blinder of a performance. She
did impress in her villainous role in Thimiru
but she bowls everyone in the audience over
by a performance which could even fetch
her a national award. All the other actors
do their job convincingly.
Verdict:
Overall, this movie is a work of art,
a beautiful sonnet, a beautiful painting
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