Thillana Moganambal, is a timeless classic.
A.P. Nagarajan, the producer and director, was a prolific director and producer, whose ambition may have been only slightly lesser than S.S. Vasan, Gemini Studios. To his credit he has not only made other classics like Thiruvilayadal but also produced and directed the first Cinemascope film, Raja Raja Cholan in Tamil, way back in 1972/73. All his works waft with the flavour of Indian/Tamil Culture.
Sivaji Ganesan, is in supreme form, is all finesse and in great restraint, as he freaks out, in a movie where his eyes unleashes torrents of emotion.
What happens when precocious talent like T.S. Baliah, Sarangapani, Thangavelu, T.R. Ramachandran, Nagesh and Manorama compete with one another for attention. A feast.
As the eyes meet, it is almost as if the sequence is straight from Ramayana, when Rama meet Seetha, there is instant love.
Amidst the sparks that keep flying, the fusion of Nathaswaram and dance is a sound and sight to behold.
You cannot miss, the influence of Thillana Moganambal in a sequence in Sankarabaranam, when Sivaji, walks out of a "Kutchery" at the instance of dsitractions.
KV Mahadevan is a riot, but the way, " CHinna Chiru Kiliye" is used, in two instances, is a hall mark of a connoisseur.
Thanks to the Kothamangalam Subbu, the writer and AP Nagarajan, screenplay, they mercifully keep the Caste out of the equation.
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