Always there is a fascination for stories that are fictionalized epics and when it is screen played in the perfect sense in celluloid , it makes one not only feel awe , but which becomes close to one’s heart. In my next film of Watch and Post Top Ten Tamil Films ever , I watched Yesterday , Thalapathi (commander) . One of Mani ratnams Classic and For me The best.
Mani uses pages of Epic Mahabharatha , He Uses Karna , His protagonist in his Next of movie series which deals with Nallavana Kettavana (Goood-bad) Theme. For me this movie is among top not for the story or the performance , as it could only be great when you pull out pages from the Epic or cast great actors. For me what pleased is the Making , its execution and the way the character of every individual is portrayed. Thalapathi is story of Surya , the abandoned child of an unwed mother , finding a friend in Devarajan , a local gangster. It’s a story of Friendship , more poignantly it’s a story of Lost love, of Mother son relationship, a meaning to a never sung lullaby.
Mani Portrays the epic battle of emotions in thalapathi where Surya is belted against lost love, friendship , emotions wanting of a mother’s love. If Mani strongs on what he visualize of , Santhosh Sivan gives you a vivid performance behind the lens which is treated with at most magnificence.
The prologue shots of minor gal giving birth to Surya , the travel of just born , Black and white shots , silhouettes against sun , the midas touch of Lensmen in potraying the beauty with rawness. It’s just trait of a mastery.
Some of the best performance has come in this movie, I could watch Rajni to play an Actor role than of a star , a super star , after Mahendran’s Mullum malarum. Most remembering performance is still that of Srividhya and when you have casting like Amrish Puri , Mamuka , Bhanu Priya , nagesh, Charuhasan , its just the plot enhances.
Music Gives you a blend of soothing memories, it makes you dance, emote and when Maestro gives a life to scenes , it kills your innermost conscience. These BGM’s profound hymns the story from a Local thug war into a collage of emotional melodrama.
For me this movie is more than a story of Friendship, it a story of unload , un sung lullaby and it’s about the unparalleled beauty of a character of Surya.
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