Thamizh MA is a sensation

I recently read the following interview of debutant director Ram on his movie தமிழ் M.A (Thamizh M.A), now renamed கற்றது தமிழ் (Katrathu Thamizh).

Interview was done by Mdm.Shoba Warrier.

http://in.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/08ram.htm

Shoba Warrier is my favorite and usually I don’t skip her articles and this was no exception. When I read it, I thought Ram was exaggerating and (as most first time directors) was over confident.

But anyway the interview was by Shoba Warrier, so when given a chance I managed to catch the movie on its first day-first show in S’pore last Friday.

It was truly a masterpiece!!

A super serious movie with an amazing theme. An untold story, fantastic screenplay and down to earth dialogues.

The movie revolves around one person, who happens to like Tamil and wants his career to be the literature field. How he manages being an orphan, his poverty, his love life, his career and his fate is the story. The movie beautifully portrays how the stereotyped western culture has seeped into our Indian culture and how it’s affecting our community. How the IT field though is increasing the economy, seems to damage a majority of other fields due to the imbalance of salary. It’s a full and full Jeeva’s show.

When I saw Jeeva in his first movie, (actually I didn’t see the movie, jus a few scenes…) I thought “yet another rich producer’s son has come to act that too with no talent”. But I appreciated his later movies “Raam” and “Dishoom”. And now I’m totally impressed with this fellow. What an awesome role he’s taken, that too at such a young age.

In a single phase the director has brought out the different faces of love, poverty, humiliation and also the genius of a single soul. The transition of a child from happy family to being an orphan, from love to an obsession, from a young, aspiring and poor Tamil teacher to a tramp like figure due to the ill treatment of the society. It would be an understatement if I said it was marvelous. Its much more than words can describe.

The heroine, Debutant Anjali has done the role to stunning perfection. Her innocent question “nejamava solra?” can even bring tears to the mild hearted.

When I came out of the theatre I really felt, it didn’t have the right ending. He didn’t have to confess everything he did to the world. But when I thought about it again, it was indeed the right ending. There couldn’t be a better choice after he justifies the reason for his confession.

The music is stunning. Yuvan has done a fabulous job. Not high metal songs, but jus stupendous music with beautiful lyrics. Also no dancing around trees with extras, no foreign locations, in fact there isn’t a song where an actor actually sings. It’s all in the background score.

I believe the movie will definitely win a few awards, may or may not be national awards, but still will definitely grab a few film fare awards. So totally the movie gets a rating of four out of five from my point of view.

P.S: I’ve tried my best in not letting out the story, so that you people will watch the movie.