The first scene opens with a death scene; the interval block pauses with a death and finally the movie ends again with a death. Could you imagine a Tamil Movie like this ? Well, there is. It came before two years - Madha Yaanai Kootam. This is the movie I watched last Friday. Well, I won't say Madha Yaanai Kootam is breathtaking, it lags a bit in the second-half and has an unwanted love portion. Nevertheless, a promising debut from Vikram Sugumaran for his raw portrayal of Thevar community's lifestyle in and around Theni.
Madha Yaanai Kootam is not a usual community-based Tamil Film, which, either glorify the violence or sing paeans to the heroes but show their vengeance, bloodshed, betrayal and the effect of it on their families. The entire movie is so dark; even cinematography intensifies this mood by the gloomy color tones used in the funeral sequences.
The foremost strength of the movie is its casting. Besides Viji and Oviya, all are lesser known faces. This makes us get into each characters skin easily and we get completely involved with the movie. Among the casts, one man stands out. He is Veera Thevar (Tamil author Vela Ramamoorthy). In fact, he doesn't have much dialogs but comes throughout the movie and gives us a solid performance. His body language, the way, he has worn the dhoti with rolled up sleeves, and his eyes convey all the emotions and expressions without much dialogs.
As like in Aadukalam, Vikram Sugumaran's struggle for perfection in bringing Madurai accent, Thevar community customs in the funeral sequences, petty fights during those moments has come out brilliant in the movie ably supported by the composer Ragunanthan and the Lyricist Yegadesi.
Montage songs - Mukkulathu Veerarayya, Unnai Vanangaatha Neramillai, Enga Pora Magane - nicely helps the story telling and the characters details.
In the climax, there is a scene where Viji poisons a character and comes out of her home to report this to her brother. This shot has been filmed beautifully with a single Long Take in the lines of Ganja Karuppu's betrayal in the movie Subramaniapuram.
Madha Yaanai Kootam is not a usual community-based Tamil Film, which, either glorify the violence or sing paeans to the heroes but show their vengeance, bloodshed, betrayal and the effect of it on their families. The entire movie is so dark; even cinematography intensifies this mood by the gloomy color tones used in the funeral sequences.
The foremost strength of the movie is its casting. Besides Viji and Oviya, all are lesser known faces. This makes us get into each characters skin easily and we get completely involved with the movie. Among the casts, one man stands out. He is Veera Thevar (Tamil author Vela Ramamoorthy). In fact, he doesn't have much dialogs but comes throughout the movie and gives us a solid performance. His body language, the way, he has worn the dhoti with rolled up sleeves, and his eyes convey all the emotions and expressions without much dialogs.
As like in Aadukalam, Vikram Sugumaran's struggle for perfection in bringing Madurai accent, Thevar community customs in the funeral sequences, petty fights during those moments has come out brilliant in the movie ably supported by the composer Ragunanthan and the Lyricist Yegadesi.
Montage songs - Mukkulathu Veerarayya, Unnai Vanangaatha Neramillai, Enga Pora Magane - nicely helps the story telling and the characters details.
In the climax, there is a scene where Viji poisons a character and comes out of her home to report this to her brother. This shot has been filmed beautifully with a single Long Take in the lines of Ganja Karuppu's betrayal in the movie Subramaniapuram.
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