Thavamai Thavamirunthu
My dad doesn’t like most movies. In fact, he cannot stand most of them. “Violence…”, he’d say with a typical frown of his face. The last time I’ve seen him not hate a movie was Chinna Thambi, god knows how long ago.
Since I was not used to watching movies in theatre regularly as a kid, I used to get over-awed everytime I was in a theatre and that was probably a reason I never disliked any movie. So, when my sister asked me how the movie Chinna Thambi was when we were walking home after watching it, I said it was very good and she replied that it was awful. My dad spoke on my side and said that though it didn’t have a story, it was pictured well. That is the last time when, I feel, he had spoken in favour of movie.
Till of course I asked him about the movie in the title of this post. It’s the story of a father who raises his kids and how the kids pay back their father in his old age (or some such thing). Apparently, my parents had watched it sometime last week and my father liked it immensely. He told me over phone that Cheran has directed an excellent movie. I’d read in many online posts that the movie is very good, though my friends said that it was not as good as his earlier film Autograph. The director has also acted in both of these films and has claimed that the content in these are autobiographical. I’vent seen any of them and till now assumed that the director has discovered an “ulti-senti” (ultimate sentimental) formula that he is trying to sell to the ever-emotional Tam crowd. But my father’s assertion interests me. As long as the director gives clean entertainment I shouldn’t have a problem. Will check out both these movies sometime…
- General | Time: 8:40:21 PM (UTC+8)
Me too saw this movie (and Kingkong)in theatre last week.Lengthy one..But comparing to the commercial movies coming now, It is good. Oru thadava parkalam…
Comment by Subbaraman — January 12, 2006 @ 9:23:47 AM
this movie has created a big impact on my mom. i have never seen my mom sitting down and watching a movie since i was young. sometimes, she will watch the movies while she is doing the house chores and i never heard any commments of the movies she had watched from her. But, it really surprised my me, when my mom called me over one day and talked just about the movie.(imagine im in australia n she is malaysia, and she called just to talk about that movie). She even mentioned to me that she had stayed up until 2.00am just to finish that movie. tat is typically not my mom at all. i got the chance to watch the movie few ays ago. although, the movie is quite long but the message provided in the movie is good. The way the director has brought the story and the smoothness in it has been a plus point for teh movie. THAVAMAI THAVAMIRUNTHU, a movie to educate today’s young generation(includes me). Its really worth it watching
Comment by naayagi — May 12, 2006 @ 8:11:19 AM
i watched this movie thrice…i think it was a really nice movie. Conveyed good message to the youth today.
Comment by ankita — June 17, 2007 @ 8:50:57 AM