Maithanam
Movie
Maithanam
Director
M S Sakthivel
Music
Sabesh Murali
Cast
Suresh Guru, Jyothi Raj, Sekhar
Maithanam
Director
M S Sakthivel
Music
Sabesh Murali
Cast
Suresh Guru, Jyothi Raj, Sekhar
Mainthanam directored by Sakthivel interestingly has four assistant directors in the lead and director Agithian in one of the pivotal role. Even though the director has taken a completely new script for a genre like this, but misses out in the screenplay. It is very slow, but it is taken care at most of the times by riveting performance from the cast.
Sukumar (Suresh Guru), Logu (Jyothi Raj), Siva (Sekhar) and Suri(Kennedy) are four friends who will do anything for each other. They live in small village between Coimbatore and temple town of Palani. Sukumar’s dad Velu (Agathian) has a special affection for his daughter Shanthi (Swasika). The four friends loaf around, watch cricket matches together and booze. Swasika has a special penchant towards Logu, and he does not reciprocate fearing a back strap to his friendship with Suri. One fine day Santhi gets engaged against her wishes, and suddenly vanishes. Whether Shanthi elopes or has been kidnapped and how the four friends search for her and face trouble finding her forms the rest of the plot. The last fifteen twenty minutes will leave you feel bad that you are also part of this society who fundamentally live for good name from neighbors, and fake up one’s life.
Performance especially from Suresh and Agathian is top notch, extremely good. Even Swasika has emoted well. Music is average with some good BG scores. Cinematography is fine. Movie does not have a comedy track, and whatever instance the director has tried to play with humor, falls miserably. If this has been marketed by the leading power house of Tamil cinema you could have seen an HIT, thus is the content of Tamil industry in 2011.
Overall when you think of the genre "friendship", you would immediately have images of Nadodigal, Subramanipuram but this movie is conspicuously different just for the script and novelty of the director’s creativity. I would recommend this movie only if you can appreciate this and enjoy the performance of the lead cast.
Sukumar (Suresh Guru), Logu (Jyothi Raj), Siva (Sekhar) and Suri(Kennedy) are four friends who will do anything for each other. They live in small village between Coimbatore and temple town of Palani. Sukumar’s dad Velu (Agathian) has a special affection for his daughter Shanthi (Swasika). The four friends loaf around, watch cricket matches together and booze. Swasika has a special penchant towards Logu, and he does not reciprocate fearing a back strap to his friendship with Suri. One fine day Santhi gets engaged against her wishes, and suddenly vanishes. Whether Shanthi elopes or has been kidnapped and how the four friends search for her and face trouble finding her forms the rest of the plot. The last fifteen twenty minutes will leave you feel bad that you are also part of this society who fundamentally live for good name from neighbors, and fake up one’s life.
Performance especially from Suresh and Agathian is top notch, extremely good. Even Swasika has emoted well. Music is average with some good BG scores. Cinematography is fine. Movie does not have a comedy track, and whatever instance the director has tried to play with humor, falls miserably. If this has been marketed by the leading power house of Tamil cinema you could have seen an HIT, thus is the content of Tamil industry in 2011.
Overall when you think of the genre "friendship", you would immediately have images of Nadodigal, Subramanipuram but this movie is conspicuously different just for the script and novelty of the director’s creativity. I would recommend this movie only if you can appreciate this and enjoy the performance of the lead cast.