Kattradhu Thamizh (2007) :
Brief Review -
A very depressing film to watch which attempts to break the silence on social inequalities and torture with atrocious characterization. Kattradhu Thamizh is Tamil cinema's attempt to bring that disturbing and socially harrassed character which we saw in Hollywood movies of 70s. 'Taxi Driver' should be the best example to find the similarities and recently we saw 'Joker' (2019) too on the same theme. I haven't mentioned Satyajit Ray's 'Abhijaan' because i felt that film had quite stable character and mainly because it was an Indian film only. Kattradhu Thamizh is mainly set in IT Industry era and unnecessarily drags one or two more professions to prove its point. A young post-graduate faces difficulties with finding employment, and struggles against social inequalities. The film also focuses on his childhood, again some horrible facts that helps the narrative to find its reliability and reasonable motive. The film goes wrong with some theories while overintesifying the mental state of the protagonist's mind. That scene when he visits a lavish office of his friends and gets angry by knowing his salary and after a while almost molests a girl. Why? Was he completely mad? Even crazy people don't do such stuff, no matter how much psychologically disturbed one is. There are some more scenes like this when i didn't find the protagonist doing good and then i became sure about how it's gonna end in the climax. However, the overall narrative is highly engaging and dark. Jiiva's compelling performance kept me hooked throughout. Even Anjali was superb in her role. Director Ram's debut surely deserves praise for trying to do something excessively intense and dark in Tamil Cinema. The film justifies its genre, rather i say redefines it but the Speech is senseless sometimes. That's the only reason i have reduced one star, rest Splendid!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A very depressing film to watch which attempts to break the silence on social inequalities and torture with atrocious characterization. Kattradhu Thamizh is Tamil cinema's attempt to bring that disturbing and socially harrassed character which we saw in Hollywood movies of 70s. 'Taxi Driver' should be the best example to find the similarities and recently we saw 'Joker' (2019) too on the same theme. I haven't mentioned Satyajit Ray's 'Abhijaan' because i felt that film had quite stable character and mainly because it was an Indian film only. Kattradhu Thamizh is mainly set in IT Industry era and unnecessarily drags one or two more professions to prove its point. A young post-graduate faces difficulties with finding employment, and struggles against social inequalities. The film also focuses on his childhood, again some horrible facts that helps the narrative to find its reliability and reasonable motive. The film goes wrong with some theories while overintesifying the mental state of the protagonist's mind. That scene when he visits a lavish office of his friends and gets angry by knowing his salary and after a while almost molests a girl. Why? Was he completely mad? Even crazy people don't do such stuff, no matter how much psychologically disturbed one is. There are some more scenes like this when i didn't find the protagonist doing good and then i became sure about how it's gonna end in the climax. However, the overall narrative is highly engaging and dark. Jiiva's compelling performance kept me hooked throughout. Even Anjali was superb in her role. Director Ram's debut surely deserves praise for trying to do something excessively intense and dark in Tamil Cinema. The film justifies its genre, rather i say redefines it but the Speech is senseless sometimes. That's the only reason i have reduced one star, rest Splendid!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.