Wednesday, September 25, 2019

A Film that deserves a worthier review




     Film reviews are easier to make than making a film.One cannot imagine the enormous difficulties and hurdles faced by a production unit in making a big budget film that is given poor reviews to the extent of spoiling the audience support at the theaters and thereby reducing its profit levels. K.V.Anand is one of the most earnest film makers with well set plans and objectives to reach his creative goals.From his Kana Kandein,one could very well understand his socio political concerns and his criticism of self aggrandizement practised by a section of humanity against its fellow human beings. Anand's cry of anguish has always been against the ruthless selfishness of some people in the higher strata of society exploiting the weaker sections and killing their aims and aspirations to come up in life.To start with,it was the character of Prithviraj in Kana Kandein,who donned the role of a merciless money lender like Shylock of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, claiming others'pound of flesh for his self expansion programmes. 
   Anand relentlessly continued this theme in films like Ayyan,Ko,Maatraan and now in Kaappaan. The  underlying vital factor of most of his celluloid narrations has relied on the supremacy of big business houses,scheming to destroy the smaller ones like crocodiles swallowing most other oceanic living beings.In spinning his tales,he has gone a step further to focus on the abuse of science by a group of industrialists and scientists,bent upon destroying nature and human beings for their survival.In Maatraan,Anand even went to the extent of exposing the paternal brutality of a scientist, who valued chromosomes as superior realities meant for his ugly expansion of research for profiteering at the cost of his own sons,whom he treated as mere offshoots of his scientific invention.Though Anegan was a love story,that too reflected the barbarous self interest of a wealthy devil[wonderfully performed by Karthik Muthuraman} as antagonist.
  Setting aside for a while,Anand's themes and story lines,he could be proud of his distinct narrative style that has carried a unique pattern of elegance,from Kana Kandein to Kaappaan.I too agree that there is nothing new in the story base of Kaappaan.In fact,these days most films of popular heroes including those of the Superstar, rely only on winning the goodwill of the audience,through mega revolutionary ideas such as revamping the educational scenario to make it accessible to the poor,drawing the attention to the ills prevailing in medical education, throwing light on the plight of farmers at times leading to suicide levels,exposing the all known corruption demon,controlling every system of society,from top to bottom and so on.Today's cinema is generally about stories of exploitation and exploitation has been the theme ever since the days of MGR.Does not cinema too exploit the people by stealthily opening the door for politics to topnotch actors,by playing with the emotions of the people.Fortunately Anand's films do not provide a base for political ambitions and his narration has categorically proved to be far beyond this line.
   Coming to Kappaan,as a brief side show of this article,it is a film where every unit seems to have dedicated its body and mind towards clinching a product that would prove to be a block buster.It is too early to say if the film is a blockbuster or not.But certainly it is not a failure. Suriya has worked terribly hard,to put in his massive efforts in every scene,from Thanjavur to London via New Delhi. He is really smart in every frame and has exerted excellently in stunt scenes. Mohanlal has maintained the composure and dignity of the PM's role assigned to him and one need not teach a veteran and an ever commendable actor like Mohanlal how to perform any role. Samuthrakani has smartly essayed his role and Arya is his natural and casual self.It looked as though the interval came so soon,because the first half went off at a break neck speed.There were a few duller moments in the second half but speed picked up soon ending up with a very impressive climax show.Though Harris Jeyaraj did not make all his songs reverberate "Sirikki Seenikatti"was a heart throbbing number.The film could have got rid of the Pub song[shown to be in London}.Harris Jeyaraj deserves a special pat for his contextually befitting background scores.
   Each genre of film is narrated by film makers in their own unique style.Some film makers do the job keeping the priorities of mass heroes as their own and take the narration at every stage to further the image of the hero.Though Anand and Suriya have been team mates for three times,the director's intention does not seem to promote the image of his hero.Nor has Suriya  ever claimed to be a crowd puller.He is a worthy actor with worthy stuff.From Nerukku Ner to Kaappaan he has grown as an actor in different dimensions and in Kappaan he has striven to the core,to retain his involvement and love for acting.In these aspects,I am sure the film has saved the image of both K.V.Anand and Suriya.In my view Kaappaan deserves worthier reviews.
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