Ammavin kaipesi

My review: Ammavin Kaipesi

Written, shot and directed by Thankar Bachan, "Ammavin Kaipesi" is the least interesting and most amateurish of his movies. For a person who gave some very good earthy movies like "Azhagi", "Thendral", "Solla Marandha Kadhai", "Pallikoodam" and "Onbathu Roobai Notu", "Ammavin Kaipesi" is a shocker.

Neither the story is interesting nor the making makes it passable. In fact the making makes the pedestrian story line unbearable. The direction and the style of film making is outdated and stoops down to ridiculously low level. Wonder what has happened to once promising creator.

Except for the two female leads, Iniya and Meenal, all others in the cast are poor. Shanthanu tries a lot but in vain. Thankar Bachan is very artificial while Revathi who plays the central character of the protagonist's mother is  overtly dramatic. All others in the cast are miscast.

"Enna senji pora" is a good melody number from the debutant music director, Rohit Kulkarni. His background score is prosaic.

Thankar Bachan, the cinematographer too has not done up to his mark.

Thankar Bachan has always tried his level best to showcase the culture and livelihood of people from unexplored parts of Tamil Nadu in Tamil cinema. In this movie the landscapes, people, culture and customs of people of Salem-Dharmapuri- Krishnagiri area is dealt by him. If only the story was a bit interesting and the making more prudent, "Ammavin Kaipsei" would have passed muster.

On the whole, "Ammavin Kaipesi" is torturous two and half hours.

Bottomline : Out of order.

1.5/5