Saturday, June 13, 2009

MAYANDI KUDUMBATHAR

My Review : Mayandi Kudumbathar





Rasu Madhuravan's "Mayandi Kudumbathar" got released with a hype since it has 10 directors in it's cast & hence the expectations were high . The end result partly lives up to the hype with most of them doing a pretty good job though the one who is cast in the central most chracter , Tarun Gopi falters .

Rasu Madhuravan has taken up a simple story & presented it in a very clear & lucid manner onscreen .Story of the life of father & his sons are not new to Tamil Cinema but the presentation here is so natural & earthy that one may get a feeling of being part of the family showcased here . If only director had cast some one with a flair for natural acting or tried to guide Tarun Gopi to act subtly , the impact of the movie would have been more.

Tarun Gopi as the central pivot of the family does a bad job .He over acts a great deal which gives a clue or two about why most of the characters in his movies over-act.He plays the spoilsport in most emotional sequences which leads to peals of laughter than silence in the theatre. It is shoking to see him as a 12th standard school boy..!

Among other director-actors Manivannan , PonVannan , Rajkapoor , Seeman , Ravimariya , G.M. Kumar does a good job in that order . Seeman's dialogue delivary in not that clear in couple of places .

Singampuli & Mayilsami provide some good humour for the movie. Mayilsami scores in the emotional sequences too.

Poongodi is better than Tarun though there is scope for improvement.

Couple of melodies from Sabesh-Murali are humworthy while BGM is nothing novel but effective.

Bala Barani's cinematography amply supports the proceedings without distracting them.

Rasu Madhuravan presents a good movie which is suited exclusively for the family audiences & will do well especially in the south Tamilnadu .

On the whole if one over look the over-acting of Tarun Gopi , movie is good.

Bottomline : Tasty like Madhurai Muniyandi Vilas Biriyani.

3/5