Sharing Thoughts on Uthiri Pookkal

[HonestRaj]

paththi paththiya prepare aagittu irukkunu ninaikkiren

[P_R]

paththi paththiya prepare aagittu irukkunu ninaikkiren

Beautiful movie.

But, azhugai ellAm varalai

And this is for someone who is reasonably vulnerable to silrans, helplessness stories.
I guess the kids didn't have any lines. Perhaps if I didn't read about the 'bavAnikku pasikkudhaam' scene I may have reacted differently. Therila.

Really liked the small characters- the barber, his konjal of the kids, the nadar who won't share the radio, boobathy's last "yes sir" (it was overdone the first time) but last one really hit the right note. We don't see his tears, we see Sarathbabu wiping it and then turning away to wipe his. Of all places, naan silightA distap aanadhu inga dhaan.

Loved the throwaway shots of 'passing witnesses': boys in the river when shenbagam, the nude boy in the sand when the Vijayan hits Sarathbabu, the old woman (comes multiple times) but most notably when Shenbagam rushes to Lakshmi's house to eat.

There was set-up for things to come later, like , the first day the teacher is in veLLaiyin joLLaiyin - he rushes inside when he sees the jeep tearing through the road. We've seen the tearing through in the first sequence itself. And of course, Vijayan not knowing swimming.

Vijayan toning down his complaint to his second wife as she emerges from the bath half-dressed was a good one
The jacketlessness on the other hand, was even more hardhitting.

But I felt that and Haja Sharif replacing Vijayan in the mama's boy scene - though quite well done, seemed 'out of place' in feel (not in content) in this film.

Some over moments: Ashwini not remembering Sarathbabu at all.
Some dramatisaum: maapla provoking, Vijayan's villainy 'vaazhnaal poora nee...'. P.S.Veerappa laugh mattum dhaan illai. Till then, he never put his cruelty so bluntly and was excellent.
His best line, IMO, was when he does not resist being branded a monster but he has become so after being married to an invalid and it is up to you (Charuhasan) to make him a man by giving him his daughter.

Wouldn't really call the dialogues subtle. Largely in your face. Particularly summary ending and all.
BGM vegu siRappAga irundhadhu. In some places - like the panjAyathu fight scene and all - I felt could be reused to full effect elsewhere.
nadippu - therlabA. Filim naturalAvum irukkaNum, nadippum kaNNukku theriyira (appreciate paNNa mudiyira maadhiri) irukkaNumnA kashtam dhaanO?

Climax did not make much of an impact on me. Fable range pOla.

Overall highly impressive and lives up to the hype.

[Plum]

idhu pOdhumyA!

[P_R]

aanaa Naikan kitta ellAm nerungavE mudiyAdhu enbadhai uRudhiyudan theriviththu koLgiREn.

[Plum]

pOvudhu sollittu pOnga. Next round-la adhaiyum mAththiralAm.

[P_R]

I didn't like the celebrated 'thagappanA irukka aasappadarEn' that much. Felt it was too clever.

But liked many other lines of Charuhasan (debut, right?)

When his child of a girl says: he wants me I will marry him
Charuhasan gives her a vaanjai filled smile and says
"nee saaptiyA maa?...po, namma reNdu pErum sErndhu saapdalaam"

What a beautiful line.

-You silly thing, don't get involved in all this (he calls her lucky, without elaborating, when she didn't listen to the first time Vijayan broaches the topic. He wants his carefree little one to be shielded from the nastiness of the world?)
- I am your father, I am concerned about you. We'll handle things together
- (to Vijayan) do you have it in you to do this? Have this concern for this girl? Or even for my other girl?


To Sarathbabu (when he declines the alliance)
vandhu yEmAndhu pOreengaLEnnu manasu sangadamA irukku

[app_engine]

Me cried heavily along with the barber The most moving scene to me...