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Tamil
Movie Review : Uyir |
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A difference hard to digest!! |
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Cast: Srikanth, Samvrutha, Sangeetha.
Music Director: Joshua Sridhar
Director: Sami
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It
is said when lightning hits you, it does so very
quietly but with devastating impact. There are
some movies which do the same to the audience.
There is no high flying propaganda for or (in
such cases, against as well) the movie. It just
creates a deep mark in your mind when you come
out of the theatre. Uyir falls in this category
for it questions some of the basic notions about
relationships which are held sacrosanct by our
society. Sure this movie will kick off some controversy.
Shunning of hypocrisy
Director Sami has to be congratulated for being
‘bold’ in a real sense. He would have
to face murmurs of disapproval about portraying
womanhood diametrically opposite from our cultural
conditioning. Yet, he has shunned hypocrisy and
held on to his conviction that a woman has a mind
of her own which can shatter all cultural and
social barriers. |
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Sangeetha
steals the show
Uyir is not the usual story of adultery which
in any case has become a tool for titillation.
The woman’s voyeuristic tendencies have
been crafted with a careful screenplay so that
they do not appear vulgar. It is quite surprising
that Sangeetha has so much potential lying untapped.
She has never performed a role like this before
and she has carried herself without appearing
vampish. Even if her attitude appears nauseating
and unacceptable, one cannot but sympathize as
the film progresses.
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Srikanth’s
excellent performance
Srikanth is a young man who comes to live
with his brother’s family in Ooty
after studying abroad. He falls in love
with Samrutha and follows her under one
or the other pretext. While he seeks his
brother’s approval for the relationship,
he comes up against stiff resistance from
his anni (Sangeetha). His brother commits
suicide soon after. Sangeetha and her daughter
are left under the care of Sri. She seeks
every opportunity to remind him that she
is completely dependent on him for all her
needs (?). Sri fails to sense her advances
but is left helpless in the face of rising
passion of his anni. |
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Sri
has come up with an excellent performance of a
man lost in this juggernaut of emotions.
Some questions…
Does Sri hold on to his nerves and push back the
marauding woman? Should the woman be viewed as
an aberration or her behavior studied for underlying
emotional and medical reasons? Are there many
more like her in our society whose voices are
silenced by the keepers of Victorian values? Is
the director hinting at biological necessities
taking over social restrictions? Is he setting
a good precedent? |
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Looking
at an unconventional issue
These are some of the questions that the
viewer is left with to find answers for.
In that sense, Uyir has attained what good
cinema is about – looking at an unconventional
issue and allowing the viewer to think and
come up with solutions. |
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