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Review - Ammuvaaghiya Naan |
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Jyothsna and Movie Guru |
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Ammuvaaghiya
Naan
Cast: R Parthiban, Bharathi, Mahadevan
Direction: Padmamagan
Music: Sabesh Murali
Production: P S Sekar |
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| Ammuvaaghiya
Naan has been in the news for several months as this was one
of the movies whose release was delayed due to Sivaji. The
film did not in anyway disappoint the impressive trailer which
was released some time back and delves deep into the life
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The
movie is about Bharathi who lives and grows among
sex workers, after her drunkard father, a rickshaw
driver sells her to them for a paltry sum. She finds
love and affection in the most unlikely place and
grows up to be one among them. Her very first customer
is a popular literary figure, Mahadevan. Due to his
sadistic approach towards her, others in the house
save the girl and ridicules Mahadevan. Many years
pass by and Bharathi has turned into a young and beautiful
woman now and is the most sought after in the house.
Enter Parthiban a famous writer, whose last two books
missed the National award by a whisker. As he is keen
to write a story on a sex worker, he enters this house
and is totally taken aback by the character of Bharathi
and falls for her.
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| Parthiban
asks her hand in marriage and after a lot of apprehensions,
she agrees to his proposal. Bharathi soon realizes how famous
Parthiban is and slowly falls in love with him after understanding
his love towards her. But society does not accept their love
nor does Parthiban's family and friends. Meanwhile Parthiban
writes his next book on Bharathi but Mahadevan is in the panel
of the selection committee for the award. Will Parthiban get
this award? Will Bharathi live a peaceful life there on? To
get the answers for these questions, catch it in the theatres.
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Padmamagan the director has come up with one of the
most realistic movies in recent times. The bold subject
which he has chosen for his debut film is something
to be appreciated and there are many scenes which
are suggestive of a genius director in the making.
The first night scene where Bharathi is unable to
demonstrate the coyness and Parthiban asking her to
sleep alone for once and when she is unable to do
this, he hands her a walkman with a Ilayaraja's "Nothing
but wind" tune, will surely catch you unawares.
Another scene worth mentioning is when the couple
goes to a restaurant and an old customer of Bharathi
comes at the opportune moment and the ensuing conversation
is brilliant. There are of course few immature sequences
but the main positive point in the movie is that the
story is never melodramatic.
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| Performance
wise Parthiban stands tall in a role which is tailor made
for him, He impresses with his underplay and Bharathi is blessed
with a role of her life time in her debut venture and even
though she has not used it to the fullest potential, she has
not wasted it either. Mahadevan has also given a good performance.
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Technical
aspects in the movie are brilliant, especially the
camerawork and music. Cinematography by M.S.Prabhu
is very natural, which gives the right feel for the
film. Music by Sabesh Murali needs special mention
as the duo has given a superlative performance. The
songs heard in the cassette sound very different from
what we see them on screen. The feel of the movie
is conveyed in the songs and it will be of no surprise
if the duo gets an award or two for their work.
On the whole Ammuvagiya Naan is more like a beautiful
novel. It is not slow but everyone will not be able
to appreciate this work of art. It is more like a
complex poem for elite poets.
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Verdict
- For those who want to see a quality Tamil movie
Stars - 
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