33/40, #Lockdownenrichmentforthesoul, Tamil Movie Recommendation

Kakka Muttai, 2014/2015, Andavan Kattalai, 2016, M. Manikandan

Innocence and Integrity

Manikandan is one of those wise young men, to watch out. Mercifully one of the few directors in Tamil Cinema who has extraordinary social consciousness and yet never gets bogged down by the CASTE FACTOR.

The social commentary is conspicuous, underlined by a lament, but strives to focus on positive energies that can unleashed from within.

There are no villains, and as he mentions in an interview, the situation is the villain.

In all the three films that he has written and directed, the writer dominates the proceedings, and it so heartwarming to note that the smallest of the small characters are so thoughtfully constructed. or shall we say, sculpted.

The negative emotions are dumbed down, even the sarcasm is always diluted, the wit and charm overpowering the sarcasm.

There is a certain sense of idealism and the timelessness of the values that propel, his movies, as endearing and enduring messages of hope.

Kakka Muttai

Innocence

There are so many interpretations of Kakka Muttai, for me the innocence of the Junior and Senior Kakka Muttai, will always be indelible from my hear and soul.

The loss of innocence may the greatest damage done to our social fabric

Watch the eyes of kakka Muttai, there are oxygen for your soul.

Andavan Kattalai

Integrity

We had Hrishkesh Mukherjee make Satyakaam and K. Balachander remake Satyakaam as Punnagai, one of the best movies made on Integrity.

Manikandan writes a pleasant tale on integrity that most certainly would have reached nook and corner of the lowest strata of the society.

With his characteristic humour that runs right through, Manikandan, narrates a simple story, that surprisingly unfolds with many layers that seem to be peeling of scene after scene.

It is so light and yet clever and there are incremental laughter's, scene after scene.

Vijay Sethupathi is a natural and he hardly seem to be acting. The charm of Vijay Sethupathi is asphyxiating. He enhances the proceedings by light years.

Rithika Singh, is intoxicating, providing a perfect foil for Vijay Sethupathi.

You just cannot have enough of Yogi babu's swag. 

There is an army of others including, the Judge, the lawyers, the Regional Pass post officer, the administrative officer at the passport office, the Pimp at the passport office, the real estate broker, the mother, the sister, the brother in law, the racketeers, the Srilankan Tamil and eve the interviewing officer at the British Commission who are all flesh and blood of characters who adorn our daily existence.

Watch these two films today, I guarantee you that you will be as refreshed after taking a bath in a flowing river.