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Veerapandiya Kattabomman Movie Review
- 8/24/2015 9:56:02 AM
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Cast: Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, S Varalakshmi, VK Ramasamy, Javar Seetharaman, OAK Thevar, A Karunanidhi, CR Parthiban.Direction: BR Panthulu.Genre: History.Duration: 3 hours
Synopsis: The valorous tale of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the chieftain of Panchalankurichi, who was among the earliest Indian rulers to oppose the British.
Review: By the time they started Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Sivaji Ganesan and director BR Panthulu had become a formidable team, having worked on successful films like Thangamalai Ragasiyam and Sabhash Meena. Kattabomman was a passion project for the actor, and it was on his request that writer Sakthi Krishnaswamy wrote it as a play, which was then adapted into this film. This digitally restored version is far from perfect — there are instances when in the same scene, the colours seem to have been leached of the frames. The sound, too, feels a bit contemporary. And the casting of Indian actors to play the British characters (their faces are painted white and their diction has a faux anglicised accent) feels dated and even amusing. But set these niggles aside and the film still retains its dramatic force.
Historical accuracy isn't a strong point here and the goal of Panthulu is to glorify Kattabomman and project him as a larger-than-life character who was so fearless that even the British feared him. So, the supporting cast exists mostly for this purpose, the narrative lacks any complexity,
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