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While I wait to watch it, I wonder: why wait until theatrical release to review this film, if you first watched it last year? Did you wait to publish so a larger audience can benefit from this review upon theatrical release?
Like prasanna iam also not able to watch this movie because the movie did not get a wider release here in usa.Vetrimaran talked about releasing an uncut netflix version.Guess i have to wait for that.It breaks my heart that rajini murugan got more theaters than visaranai in USA.
Superb review sir. Way u describe the each characters like treat to read. And the venkateshwar rao as ajay ghosh was the best character for me in the whole picture. finally climax will speak for long time
Visaaranai sleek reality minimal movie good to watch. Having chosen not to play morality games movie risks its own Judgement on Police and System which a composite movie would have handled with more artistic room.
The court scene when Pandi and co remove their shirts drew instant applause from the audience. A very sweet moment of optimism, even if only fleeting, does have its presence felt, in this otherwise macabre tragedy.
I was exceedingly disappointed with the climax of Aadukalam. That one made me realize that even a feast has to end only in a toilet. But this one here is an outstanding tragedy, crafted very poignantly.
I know the film narrative is young (100 year old) and still we can tell a story in different forms. What I am trying to say is this.. The prime character study in this film is Samuthrakani (the good cop in a bad system) and narrative should have moved in his point of view. Consider Onaayum Aatukuttiyum, the narrative moves in the point of view of Wolf (Myshkin) compared to other characters. Or to put the other way is to make the whole narrative driven by the fourth character who survived. I can imagine (guessing) that the real novel written by Chandrashekar should be in first person narrative. In film this would be something like how the friend character in Annayum Resoolum takes the place of the narrator though he is explored less. I mean we see Anna and Resool through him and additionally through our own eyes of the moving images.
Mentioning of caste and quota is very common during convestions among government employees. I think in modern India caste is more visible in government institutions and central universties than in society in general.
Taking the story to an altogether different angle right around the intermission stage, to the extent that they could be two different movies. Staging the pivotal scenes at night, in dark alleys/street corners. Holding off on the information about the real bad guy(s).
Who ever said Visaranai is steeped in unpalatable violence has done a great disservice to the society, because it would have discouraged many normal people like you and me to see the movie. There is so much gentleness and compassion that you see through-out the film, it freaks you out. Each person you think is the villain is eventually not the villain and you will be surprised to find out who the villains really are at the end.
Mr. Rangan, in the comments for your review of Aadukalam, you mentioned that you view Vetrimaran (at that time) a writer better than a director.
Considering the period of post-Visaranai, where do you think Vetrimaran stands now -considering the fact that Vetrimaran himself declaring that he never wrote any forms of screenplays for Visaranai?
Aditi: I think this is a brilliant choice. Not only is it a very good film, it also speaks an international cinematic language that Oscar votes can understand. Thithi would have also been a great choice.
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