Went to this movie yesterday after watching an interview with the director by Madan on TV.
Read the review on the Hindu and thought that the reviewer, Malathi rangarajan was biased. Ironically, after watching the movie I see that the reviewer as echoed what ever I wanted to say.
The movie is just pathetic… the director in the interview yesterday and in the movie is so confused about what he wants in life. There is no leftist approach nor there is love for the language displayed.
The whole movies accuse rich people and the IT/ITES fraternity. Lil does the director know of the struggles and the hard work put by these guys to make it big in life, than to sit and crib about the society. He complains about guys working in call centers…
Man I’ve been there, if you don’t know whats happening in a call center it’s a shame… working against body clock, hitting targets, taking abuses, all this not for fun, but to sustain… I know a million people do it to take care of their families and give children good education… blah blah blah…
For all the people who knows me know that I am way to better in speaking this language and I’ve mastered it. I dunno if the so called Tamil loving groupies can talk, recite poetry, explain grammar like I do! I am saying this only because, I feel that I have the bloody right to criticize these morons who claim that they love the language and crib about everything in life and end up being losers like the hero of the movie and the director of the movie.
The hero has no clue about anything in life… he studies Tamil not for the love of the language, but he fells he would lead a better life. There ends the movie. One word, rather two words… Fuckin Stupid.
I am confused as to what to type… just like the movie so her goes the review of Malathi Rangarajan.
Katradhu Tamizh
Genre Drama
Director Ram
Cast Jeeva, Anjali, Karunas
Storyline An M.A. degree holder’s frustration makes him a murderer
Bottomline The loopholes are many!
Read the review on the Hindu and thought that the reviewer, Malathi rangarajan was biased. Ironically, after watching the movie I see that the reviewer as echoed what ever I wanted to say.
The movie is just pathetic… the director in the interview yesterday and in the movie is so confused about what he wants in life. There is no leftist approach nor there is love for the language displayed.
The whole movies accuse rich people and the IT/ITES fraternity. Lil does the director know of the struggles and the hard work put by these guys to make it big in life, than to sit and crib about the society. He complains about guys working in call centers…
Man I’ve been there, if you don’t know whats happening in a call center it’s a shame… working against body clock, hitting targets, taking abuses, all this not for fun, but to sustain… I know a million people do it to take care of their families and give children good education… blah blah blah…
For all the people who knows me know that I am way to better in speaking this language and I’ve mastered it. I dunno if the so called Tamil loving groupies can talk, recite poetry, explain grammar like I do! I am saying this only because, I feel that I have the bloody right to criticize these morons who claim that they love the language and crib about everything in life and end up being losers like the hero of the movie and the director of the movie.
The hero has no clue about anything in life… he studies Tamil not for the love of the language, but he fells he would lead a better life. There ends the movie. One word, rather two words… Fuckin Stupid.
I am confused as to what to type… just like the movie so her goes the review of Malathi Rangarajan.
Katradhu Tamizh
Genre Drama
Director Ram
Cast Jeeva, Anjali, Karunas
Storyline An M.A. degree holder’s frustration makes him a murderer
Bottomline The loopholes are many!
What is the director driving at? That choosing Tamizh as the subject of study takes you nowhere? That even if you go on a murderous spree, killing 22 people, you can go scot-free unless you choose to tell the world about it? Or that studying Tamizh i s a deterrent to being worldly wise? Writer-director Ram’s confusion shows on screen. When the main character is subjected to relentless suffering, it’s suffocating. And the incessant deaths get too bloody for comfort.
MR Film Productions’ Katradhu Tamizh (U/A) with its telling tagline, ‘Tamizh M.A.,’ has some brilliant performances from Jeeva and Karunas. Lack of make up makes debutante Anjali’s portrayal extremely natural. But with no help from the story department, the actors’ exercises are futile.
Prabhakar (Jeeva) is a bright student, who decides to graduate in Tamizh. Not that he’s passionate about the language; he finds solace in the company of his Tamizh teacher and decides to toe his mentor’s line. But Prabhakar is fluent in English too. He even prepares a bio data for his room mate who lands a lucrative job. Why the frustration?
He knows his salary will increase on the completion of a Bachelor’s in Education. Why the eccentricity? The moment he begins to kill without purpose, the man loses your sympathy.
At best, Katradhu Tamizh is morbid, and at worst, it’s irritating. The mother and grandparents die in an accident, so does his favourite teacher. Later, there’s also news of his father’s death.
To add to the gore, Prabhakar turns homicidal and kills at will. His lover’s behaviour is equally perplexing. When in grave danger, she could have sought his help, but strangely she resigns herself to her fate in a procurer’s den.
To add to the gore, Prabhakar turns homicidal and kills at will. His lover’s behaviour is equally perplexing. When in grave danger, she could have sought his help, but strangely she resigns herself to her fate in a procurer’s den.
Prabhakar catches hold of a cameraman (Karunas), gets his confession of the murders recorded on tape and hands it over to a private channel. But once the police want to nab him, he tries to escape! Till that moment, they aren’t even looking for him!
The lack of logic is befuddling. Lighting, tones and angles (S.R. Kadhir) give the necessary amount of greyness to the narration and Raghavan’s art complements the mood.
When you try to be different for the sake of being so, it only seems pseudo. Katradhu Tamizh is just that.
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