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It's the film which shows survival and struggles faced by people living in hill areas at forest surroundings. How system went cruel towards them when they need something is the story.....

This film remembers the feel of critically acclaimed Tamil cinema's Masterpiece #MerkuThodarchyMalai which was produced by our Makkal Selvan #VijaySethupathi

Story is not same but there are few similarities between these two gems. Usually this kind of films comes very rarely. Probably these two are the only films which perfectly portrayed the lives of people in hill areas, how they are suffering to survive.....

First 20-30 mins. You can enjoy the beautiful visuals, performances of such innocent lives. But after that, when the film enters into centric issue your hearts may filled with heartwarming emotions... We can travel with the characters and we can own their struggle.... Director #GaneshVinayakan succeeded in connecting his vision to audience. When coming to performances, that's simply flawless and too good. Lead actors #Abarnathi #TharunKumar lived in their roles. Velu & Poongodi roles haunts us for sometime..

Don't miss this excellent gem.

Highly recommended one.

Now Streaming on Sony LIV.

Thaen is a hard rending, poignant drama inspired from real events from Odisha, as an economically backward man is oppressed to his limits. This Ganesh Vinayak drama is visually enriching and emotionally soul-stirring, by virtue of its fidelity. With fresh faces and realistic performances as leads, this movie is powerful, affecting, and leaves you teary-eyed in the end.

Thaen follows a heart breaking story of an unknown Indian called Velu, who against all odds faces insurmountable challenges in the form of red tape when his wife is diagnosed with a rare disease.

Velu's only mistake in life is being born poor in a country like this. The movie highlights several social issues that haunts the poor till this very day. Full credit and a standing ovation to director Ganesh Vinayakan for making this wonderful movie. No amount of appreciation is considered less for the director's accurate depiction of pain and suffering suffered by the protagonist's family throughout the movie.

Cinematography is excellent, the visual beauty of the western ghats is captured wonderfully well in the early portion of the movie. Screenplay is written wonderfully well, the heart breaking scenes on struggles of the poor are written beautifully, I am very sure that the storyline will strike the right cords and will touch the viewer's hearts no matter which part of the globe they are from. Music and songs were excellent, barring a few places where the background score was too loud. Production design, costumes and makeup were par considering the budget. Editing has some issues, but a 105 minute runtime will not bother the viewer much. As the movie has several non regular actors in lead & supporting roles, many performances were either bland or pretty raw but the storyline and well written content will definitely make the viewer to overlook things.

Overall, Thaen means honey in Tamil, but there is absolutely nothing sweet about this movie, the movie highlighting several social issues will leave only bitterness within the viewer. Thaen without a doubt, will put forward several questions for the viewer throughout the movie, the writing will remind us to thank for the life that we have and stop complaining altogether. Everyone knows that, the system is long due for an outright overhaul, but in cases like the one presented in the movie, the whole system is depicted as a complete failure, who is it to blame? The voters? Or the government?. Highly recommended for viewers of all ages. 7.8 stars out of 10 for the movie on social issues that stings the viewer like a Thaenee (Honeybee).

Excellent movie to watch. Don't miss.

Great direction by Ganesh vinayak and beautiful photography.

Outstanding acting by hero tharun kumar.

A hard-hitting and realistic emotional movie with good dialogues.

Good movie.

Heart touching movie.

Direction is very good.

You can understand from the very starting that there is heavy research behind this movie ..... The character selection also perfect. The characters did their role perfectly by acting the parts really well especially the hero selection was extraordinary....these both traits makes you travel along with the characters in the movie... The story was so gripping and never made me bored at any part

Apart from the movie the story is amazing and the emotion of the director was perfectly put forth in the flim and its a much needed one at tis time and i was completely in tears watching the climax.

I am not able to put my whole thoughts into words but i am sure if u watch it you would get to know about this perfect work.

The movie was well written and executed but failed to register the exact timeline the movie was going through as it mentioned some of the political changes happened in India at specific timeline. The Visuals were great enough to grab our eyes yet the timeline the movie was going through was kinda messed up made me think and spend time on figuring out the timeline instead of concentrating on the story. The linear story need to be appreciate still a non linear approach would have given the movie a grasp of not looking into the timeline i am looking for. The cast were well performed and location was amazing.

The movie begins with aerial shots of the Kurinjimalai showing nature in a beautiful way. A man and a woman living on a hilltop want to get married. Due to archaic traditions, the marriage is considered unsuitable. But, Velu and Poongodi marry each other and vow to care for each other forever. Things, however, turn out different, as Poongodi's health declines and Velu cannot get much medical attention on time.

The movie throws light on how poor people are ill treated and how bureaucracies/corrupt practices exist in the government offices. Several times, the movie mocks the government and how some practices fail to help the poor or needy.

Given the fact that the director wanted to illustrate a point, so the pace of the movie was bit slow.

The movie focuses primarily on contrasting nature with civilization. It's definitely worth watching once.

Good Movie. Everybody acted well in the movie. The movie was interesting and thrilling at 1st half. BGM was good in the movie. The movie was not bored and lagged alot at 2nd half. Good Movie.

Great movie. The portrait of the fresh and simple nature in contrast with the red tape, which takes priority of processes over human life, is very powerful. The last scenes are particularly sad and will leave you a lump in your throat. Hope poverty can be eradicated in this world and equality in a society can be achieved.

One of the best Tamil movie created..with fantastic performance by every single character.. thumbs up for the struggle of the entire unit to film it in such a difficult place definitely giving us a wow of such a beautiful location ...loved the movie for it's authenticity n raw making..need more n more such movies to make our Tamil films proud. .the struggle of Malai vaazh kudiyinar was so well captured n hope it brings to the notice of every high level authorities that how their innocence been exploited and nature been destroyed by money greedy people.. definitely a must watch movie and appreciate.

This movie depicts the torture of the dysfunctional bureaucracy of India towards its poor people. The acting, story, music, cinematography are all outstanding. Can't recommend it highly enough.

Excellent movie with amazing cast.

Excellent movie 🍿