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Thalaimuraigal Review
- 1/1/2014 1:25:15 AM
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Cast: Balu Mahendra, Master Karthick, Sashi Kumar Subramony, Ramya Shankar, Vinodhini, SasikumarDirection: Balu MahendraGenre: DramaDuration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Synopsis: A haughty old man, who is estranged from his son for over 12 years, starts looking at life in a different perspective when his grandson comes to stay with him.
Movie Review: For retired Tamil teacher Subbu (Balu Mahendra), it is his religion, caste and language that are close to his heart. For 12 years, he has not been on speaking terms with his son Sivaraman (Sashi Kumar), a doctor, who married Stella ( Ramya Shankar), a Christian girl and an orphan, against his wishes. But when Sivaraman hears that his father had suffered a stroke, he goes to his village at the insistence of Stella, who wants their son Aditya ( Master Karthick) to get to know his grandfather.
This is the set up of Balu Mahendra's Thalaimuraigal, a drama on human relationships that puts across the one question that matters in the end — 'who am I?' Midway into the film, Aditya gives a photograph of himself to his asks his grandfather if he could say who the person in the photograph is. The old man replies that it is just a piece of paper and questions the kid who he really is. Subbu delivers this line in a haughty manner, probably expecting his grandson to acknowledge his lineage (in the form of religion and caste) but even he doesn't realize the profoundness in his question. In a later scene,
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