Thursday, June 3, 2004

Anbe Sivam and others...


This makes it third in the row. First was some Rajanikant movie, Basha, and second one was Kaka Kaka. Well, they were just some normal average movies. But of course, this is different, and thats what makes me write about it. Well, first time I appreciated the looks of Madhvan, prominent character of the movie, but more importantly the storyline and picturizations. In brief, the story potrays the life of a communist-athiest-labour workers' helper protagonist, the legendary Kamal Hasan. It has a healthy mix of humour, tragedy, emotion, romance and social message. Story unreveals how Sivam (Kamal) falls in love with the daughter of his employer against whose ideologies he is launching a crusade, and how is countered by power hungry father of his beloved, to the extent that leaves him disfigured and handicapped. And how he happenes to meet typical "cool" dude Aaras (Madhvan) and ends the saga with both befriending deeply. And the message is, of course, Anbe Sivam, whose Tamil translation means, Love is God.



Actually, I have been seeing lots of movies lately since my semseter at MIT got over. Other was Gods Must Be Crazy (I and II). A different storyline and good movie. I liked it, not very strongly, but still, though cannot say why. May be, it was unparalleled? Never mind.

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