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Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai Review |
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Starring:
C.P.Satyajit, Anuja Iyer, Charan, Keevna, Kumaravel,
Vidya Easwaran
Direction: Krishnan Seshadri Gomatam
Music: Aslam Mustafa
Production: Krsna cinema |
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This seems to be a good time for erstwhile Mani Ratnam assistants
to start off on their own. A couple of weeks back we had Jeyam
Kondaan and now we have Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai. Now, Mudhal
Mudhal Mudhal Varai (M3V) is poles apart from Jeyam Kondaan
or from any film that has released in the recent past.
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You
might be wondering about the number of ‘Mudhal’s
in the title, three to be precise. Well, all three are
justified because the movie is like a collection of
all the ‘firsts’ in life. A baby’s
first attempt to walk, first day to school, first love,
first kiss and many other firsts going even to the ‘first
death’ which is also the last in everyone’s
case. M3V tells the story of an assistant director who
aspires to make his own movie. The inspiration to make
a movie is not just the fame and money, it is also love.
The lady in his life wants him to be his own man before
marrying him. The desperation is understandable as the
talented but underappreciated assistant runs from pillar
to post seeking opportunities. Then there is fate that
has decided to poke its rather intrusive self into proceedings
which makes things further difficult for the protagonist.
Then there is the final twist where one might agree
that fate is not as cruel as one thinks, but is definitely
far more unpredictable than one ever thought and definitely
impossible to understand.
M3V is not a regular feature film. Yes, there are songs,
cinematic scenes and things like that. But the way they
have been put together don’t make them the regular
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inability of the director which resulted in this would be
a folly. The (call it docu-fiction) nature of the movie is
definitely intentional. It is more a chronicle of slices of
life more than anything else, told through the mind of a person,
in narration. As the title implies, ‘firsts’ play
an important role and the movie is full of them; literally
because M3V is full of debutants, behind and on the screen.
C.P. Sathyajith, Anuja Iyer, Keevna and Charan form the lead
cast and have done creditably.
One can’t really effectively review this kind of movie,
except say that it is different and something as different
as this has to be experienced. One cannot vouch for any audience
enjoying this, responses can be extremely polarized based
on personal tastes. Technically, the movie has nothing great
to offer except the style of narration. In spite of telling
the story of an assistant director, the movie never delves
into the world of movies. Fouzia behind the camera and Aslam
Musthafa have done a good job.
To sum up M3V, it is something that never attempts to be a
regular movie. Telling the story of an assistant director
from an upwardly mobile class, it presents the thought processes
and lifestyles of people who don’t have to worry about
their livelihoods. It lives in moments, especially poetic
moments, like when a blind man says that his favorite movie
is ‘The sound of music’.
M3V is not something that one would expect to be accepted
at all levels. In fact, one would give it chances only in
multiplexes and even here only select audience with patience
and observation might be able to fully appreciate it. Niche,
is what we would like to call it. Congrats, director Krishna
Shehsadri Komadam for being daringly different.
Verdict – Radically
different, for the first time
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