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00:00Vanakkam Ammukkalai!
00:02This week in Tamil cinema,
00:04the most anticipated film by everyone
00:06is the Mayalakan film,
00:08which has been released today.
00:10The reason is that
00:12Prem Kumar, who directed the 1996 film,
00:14has released his second film after many years.
00:16Similarly,
00:18a year after Karthi's gap,
00:20this film was released.
00:22In 2021, there were 63 films.
00:24The last film he directed was
00:26Japan, which flopped in February.
00:28Will there be a comeback?
00:30How was this film?
00:32We are going to see that in this video.
00:34First, let's talk about the film.
00:36The film starts in 1996.
00:38Where does it end?
00:40Prem Kumar knows the story.
00:42So, the story begins in 1996.
00:44Aravind Swamy,
00:46has a small problem with his wealth.
00:48He lives in a place called
00:50Nidamangalam,
00:52in Tanjavur district.
00:54His family lives there.
00:56So, the story begins there.
00:58He has a small problem with his family.
01:00He has a wealth problem.
01:02So, he leaves to Chennai.
01:04His family, his parents,
01:06everyone leaves.
01:08After that,
01:10in 2018,
01:12after 22 years,
01:14they got married and had children.
01:16Yes, they had children.
01:18After that,
01:20in 2018,
01:22he goes to Nidamangalam.
01:24His sister is his uncle's daughter.
01:26So, he goes to Nidamangalam
01:28to attend his sister's wedding.
01:30After attending the wedding,
01:32everyone goes to Nidamangalam.
01:34He plans to go to Nidamangalam,
01:36shave his head and
01:38have food there.
01:40At that place,
01:42a person comes and
01:44says,
01:46brother, how are you?
01:48How are your parents?
01:50I don't know who he is.
01:52Similarly,
01:54Aravind Swamy is hiding there.
01:56He doesn't know who he is.
01:58Then, there is Karthik,
02:00who is called Athan.
02:02Karthik and Aravind Swamy,
02:04both of them have the same problem.
02:06How do they get along?
02:08Karthik doesn't even know
02:10who Aravind Swamy is.
02:12How does he find out who he is?
02:14What does Karthik teach him?
02:16There are many things like this.
02:18They talk about history,
02:20history, history...
02:22The whole story is about
02:24the drama and emotions
02:26between them.
02:28Let's see the next positive.
02:30Let's see the actor's performance.
02:32The film is two hours and 50 minutes long.
02:34It takes two days to travel.
02:36Karthik and Aravind Swamy.
02:38Aravind Swamy's character is
02:40Arulmooli Varman.
02:42Everyone knows him because
02:44he's from Thanjavur.
02:46He's an introvert.
02:48He wants to leave immediately.
02:50He doesn't know who Karthik is.
02:52But Karthik gives him a lot of love.
02:54He doesn't want to leave him alone.
02:56At some point,
02:58they start bonding.
03:00We've seen Aravind Swamy's performance
03:02in many films.
03:04He's done it in Bombay.
03:06The reason is that
03:08Thanjavur is the best.
03:10But in this film,
03:12his performance is great.
03:14In this film,
03:16Karthik doesn't know
03:18who he is.
03:20He gives him a lot of love.
03:22He's in guilt.
03:24When he goes to Chennai,
03:26he calls him and tells him
03:28that he doesn't know who he is.
03:30He has a great performance.
03:34He doesn't know how to express
03:36his feelings.
03:38Aravind Swamy has scored
03:40in many places.
03:42Next is Karthik.
03:44We are going to watch
03:46two actors for three hours.
03:48We know how to express their performance.
03:50Karthik has shown
03:52a great performance.
03:54Karthik is a village boy.
03:56He's a middle-aged man.
03:58But the Karthik you saw earlier
04:00and the Karthik in this film
04:02are very different.
04:04Kumban, Paruthiveeran,
04:06Viruman...
04:08Karthik in this film
04:10is totally different.
04:12Karthik is very innocent.
04:14At the same time,
04:16he has spoken about the culture
04:18in the village.
04:20He has tried to speak
04:22a lot of Thanjavur slang.
04:24I have a doubt.
04:26In Thanjavur slang,
04:28they use a lot of slang.
04:30In this film,
04:32they use Madurai slang.
04:34Paruthiveeran Karthik
04:36has come late.
04:38Overall, Karthik's performance
04:40is very good.
04:42Karthik has brought out
04:44his innocence.
04:46Karthik's face suits this character.
04:48In this film,
04:50Sreedeviya is a small character.
04:52But she has done a neat performance.
04:54Raj Karad
04:56appears in the first half
04:58and second half of the film.
05:00But he has scored well.
05:02Especially,
05:04Arunasamy's father
05:06has a scene where he cries.
05:08He has scored well.
05:10Actor Ilavarasu
05:12and Deva Darshani
05:14have all done a great job.
05:16We can't complain about the actors.
05:18Next is Ekunar.
05:20Yes, Prem Kumar.
05:22In 1996,
05:24we saw how he
05:26captured the emotions
05:28between the characters.
05:30In 1996,
05:32we can easily feel
05:34the emotions of the characters.
05:36In this film,
05:38we can feel
05:40Arunasamy's emotions.
05:42We can feel
05:44Karthik's innocence.
05:46Prem Kumar has scored well
05:48in that emotion side.
05:50The screenplay
05:52is very important
05:54in the film.
05:56If it gets boring,
05:58people will start using mobile phones.
06:00But in this film,
06:02they have thought
06:04of using mobile phones.
06:06In the first half of the film,
06:08everyone in the theatre
06:10gets emotional.
06:12He goes to his sister's wedding.
06:14After 22 years,
06:16he meets his sister.
06:18The bonding between them
06:20is very good.
06:22He asks his sister
06:24to put the gift on his feet.
06:26I get teary when he says that.
06:28That scene was perfect.
06:30Everyone in the theatre
06:32has nostalgic memories.
06:34Even though the film was shot in 1996,
06:36when we go back to our hometown,
06:38we miss these things.
06:40We drink coffee
06:42with local cow's milk.
06:44He has touched on many things.
06:46Jallikattu portion,
06:48Karikala Cholan,
06:50Thuppakki Choodu,
06:52Thuthukulam...
06:54He has touched on many things.
06:56But still,
06:58Jallikattu portion,
07:00Thuppakki Choodu...
07:02Do we need all these?
07:04Maybe he wanted to say
07:06Karikala Cholan last year.
07:08Or Arunmozhi Varman.
07:10I think he was a bit confused.
07:16Maybe it was a bit additional.
07:18It felt a bit out of track.
07:20It felt like
07:22we were talking
07:24just to talk about it.
07:26The duration of the film is 2 hours 50 minutes.
07:28The first half of the film
07:30ended quickly.
07:32In the second half,
07:34Jallikattu, Karikala Cholan...
07:36Kodiwood's second half,
07:38Curse, Strikes Again...
07:40There's not much of a connection
07:42between the scenes and the film.
07:44Even if we had removed it,
07:46it would have been crispier.
07:48But it didn't bore us.
07:50It's okay.
07:52People who live in their native places
07:54and miss their hometowns
07:56are our relatives.
07:58Do you know how our relatives are?
08:00When Karthi speaks,
08:02I don't know if it will connect
08:04to everyone.
08:06The DOP of the next film
08:08was very beautiful.
08:10When we go to a countryside
08:12and shoot it,
08:14the DOP is very important.
08:16It shows the landscape.
08:18The aesthetic side of the movie
08:20was very beautiful.
08:22Mahendran Jayaraj did the DOP
08:24in a very perfect way.
08:26In Thanjavur,
08:28there's a green forest.
08:30In the beginning,
08:32there's a road between
08:34Vizag and Wayakadu.
08:36It was shot with a top view.
08:38It was very beautiful.
08:40Usually, there are films
08:42that show the landscape.
08:44In Tamil cinema,
08:46there are many places
08:48that don't do that.
08:50There are many beautiful places.
08:52Last year,
08:54in Veeran's film,
08:56we showed the landscape.
08:58There are many beautiful places
09:00in our city.
09:02Of course, we all know Thanjavur.
09:04It's a green city.
09:06The DOP did the DOP
09:08in a very perfect way.
09:14On the other hand,
09:16there are night visuals.
09:18In the second half of the film,
09:20there's a scene where
09:22they talk in a dam.
09:24He did that beautifully.
09:26When they drink,
09:28they do it in a natural way.
09:30They pour it in a pot.
09:32It was good to see that.
09:34There are small moments
09:36that we can enjoy.
09:38It was good for the editor.
09:40It was good for Govindaraj.
09:42If he had been more strict
09:44and told Prem to cut some scenes,
09:46the film would have been
09:48more engaging.
09:52You forgot another Govindaraj.
09:54Govindaraj's music.
09:56I thought you'd say Govindaraj.
09:58Govindaraj's music.
10:00He always scores properly.
10:02At the beginning,
10:04when he heard a violin sound,
10:06he was like...
10:08Govindaraj's iconic violin.
10:10He did that beautifully.
10:12There are songs in the film.
10:14Let's talk about the song.
10:16Kamal Haasan's song,
10:18Yaro Ivan.
10:20At the beginning of the film,
10:22there's a song called Yaro Ivan.
10:24That's when we connect with the film.
10:26We don't know the story.
10:28We don't know why it's called Yaro Ivan.
10:30At the climax,
10:32there's a song.
10:34Everyone melts.
10:36Kanmani Anbu's love song.
10:38It's a hit.
10:40At the climax,
10:42when it's heart-breaking,
10:44he's like...
10:46He's singing Kamal Haasan's song.
10:48When I heard his song,
10:50it was beautiful.
10:52Overall,
10:54it's a beautiful film.
10:56It's a decent watch.
10:58Will everyone like it?
11:00Will it appeal to the commercial audience?
11:02That's my doubt.
11:04People who grew up in Chennai
11:06know a lot of new things.
11:08It's a new experience for the 2K kids.
11:10It's a new experience for the 90s kids.
11:20Some may get bored.
11:22It's a decent watch.
11:24You can watch it with your family.
11:28If you've seen the film,
11:30comment below what you think of it.
11:32We'll meet again next week.