26/40, #lockdownenrichmentforthesoul, Tamil Movie Recommendation

Soothu kavvum, 2013, Nalan Kumaraswamy

Only twice in the history of my movie watching, unable to control my laughter, I had to stand up, to be able to control the spasm in my abdomen.

The first time it was while watching Micki and Maude and the second time it was with Soothu Kavvum.

It will be the best black comedy that was ever made and probably will be ever made.

CV Kumar, Thirukumaran Entertainment(TE), produced about 16 films, and in a way transformed the quality and content, of Tamil Films. Not sure, if any other production house influenced the course of Tamil cinema in the last 10 year as much as TE. They also have the privilege of introducing Pa. Ranjith, Nalan Kumaraswamy, Karthik subbaraj, Ramkumar and the likes.

By the way where are your Nalan? You are by far the cleverest of the new age directors and we miss you very badly.

Here is my review of Soothu Kavvum written in 2013 when the movie was released

Over the last two years, Tamil Cinema, has consistently produced at least 30 good films with little or no star power. The screenwriter and the technicians have been firmly in grip. Not sure if Bollywood or Hollywood have attempted so many quality films without stars.

Soodhu Kavvum, is one such effort, with the screen writer working overtime to give us pure and unadulterated entertainment. While the story seems to skirt along similar themes in the past, the screenwriter keeps the viewer surprised till the end.

The movie while being hilariously tense with its zany characters and plot, is peppered with a lot of creativity, great music and BGM from Santosh Narayanan. Ever since I have heard Santosh in Attakthi I am a great fan of his. While the Sax is joyous and you get to hear it in the background, he freaks out with the Gana and Rap mix and then surprises you with the out of the world, MGR "Thathuva padal"(Philosophy) song in the end.

I think professionals in all walks of life may learn from the Tamil Film Technicians, who continue to set new standards of excellence.

Way to go.