Raavan abducts Sita and Ram tries to rescues her from the clutches of Raavan. No!!!! I am not talking about the great Hindu epic “Ramayana” here. This was the story of Mani Ratnam’s last venture which was aptly called “Raavanan”.
A man born with silver spoon neglects all his wealth and desires to become a disciple of Jesus Christ and a Church Father, while the other who calls himself Shaitan (Demon) desires wealth and power. The clash between these two men’s forms the pivot of Kadal. Read further to find out whether Mani Ratnam’s latest venture is worth a watch.
CAST
The Star cast of Kadal includes
Other notable characters include Ponnvannan and Lakshmi manchu.
PLOT
Sam (Father Sam), played by Aravindh Saamy, is from a wealthy family. He prefers to be the disciple a Jesus Christ and rejects the normal life of a wealthy billionaire. Meesaikarar/ Berchman, played by Arjun, was from a family who struggle to satisfy the basic needs of day-to-day life. Sam knew only about bible, but Berchman knew both the effects of Hunger and Bible. While the former believes in spreading joy, love and peace among people, the latter enjoys cruelty and terror. If Father Sam was the son of Jesus Christ who was sent to spread love and joy, Berchman called himself the son of Shaitaan who was sent to kill people.
There is another important character in the film Thomas (Gautam), born to a prostitute who dies when he was young. Father Sam after successfully going through his regime and rituals moves to a sea-side village near Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Thomas, who resides in the same village, was an orphan and Father Sam rescues him from his misery and provides a lease of life to him. Biatrice (Bia) plays the role of a Nurse who captures the heart of Thomas with her childishness.
What happens when two powerful men with completely different ideology meet and who triumphs between the two forms the crux of Kadal.
STORY and SCREENPLAY
Like every Mani Ratnam’s movie, Kadal was like a Jigsaw puzzle and we need to have a lot of patience till the end of movie to understand the crux.
Unlike other Mani Ratnam’s movies, Kadal’s story lacks the depth and reasoning. Neither the cruelty behind Berchman’s character was portrayed clearly nor was the reason behind the psychological issues of Bia. Berchman (Arjun) who appears in the first 10 or 15 minutes of the movie then goes missing till the end of first half.
To be honest, I didn’t catch the name of the character which Arjun enacted (Berchman) even after the end of the movie and I had to search in WWW to find out his character name. The dialect used in the film was little hard to understand and there was a slight inconsistency in the usage of dialect by various characters.
PERFORMANCE
I am sure everyone (including me) was excited to see this movie for two good reasons. It was Mani Ratnam and A. R. Rahman. But after watching the movie we will still be applauding the two. But not the same two for whom we saw the movie, but for Arjun and Aravindhsaamy.
What a comeback!!! – This would be your reaction after watching the performance of Aravindhsaamy. Let it be the patience he portrays during the scenes were young Thomas scolds him or let it be the scene where he was accused of having an illicit affair. It was commendable and laudable performance.
We would have never imagined Arjun would have enacted such a role with ease. It was another great performance from the veteran actor.
Newcomers, Gautam (Son of actor Karthick) & Thulasi Nair (Daughter of actress Radha) fits the role they have been assigned and it was a satisfactory performance from both. But believe me, the scenes were Gautam cries and scenes in which Thulasi Nair smiles were little irritating. Both have to work on that.
A special mention to Rajiv Menon’s cinematography!! Let it be location of songs or the village scenes, every scene looked beautiful throughout the movie.
Kadal Trailer
Songs and BGM Cinematography Art Aravindh SaamyNEGATIVES
Screenplay Choreography of “Adiye” song Absence of comedy StoryRATING
KADAL – The waves were high and fierce only to ripple out before reaching the shore.
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