He has done just four films and has already built a lot of reputation. Even more surprising is that his films are expected to be 'off-beat' and not of the 'commercial masala' brand. I am not sure of expectations of Naan Kadavul but I went to Pithamahan with a big expectations and even more surprised to see it surpassed (normally expectations are belied ;)). I had not seen his earlier two films - 'Sethu', which almost everybody claim is a classic, giving a stunning life for the actor Vikram alias Kenny and 'Nanda', which gave a life for Surya, who was doing mediocre films at best. I felt that if not in Nanda, Pithamahan should have got Laila a national award and Ilayaraja for background score. Infact, even in Naan Kadavul, background score of Ilayaraja is simply exhilarating. The tempo of the film which is just near 2 hours of duration can be just sensed by the background score.
I had mentioned about Bala's opinion expressed to Jayamohan in my last post on public opinion of 'Aayirathil Oruvan'. Surprisingly, unlike 'public', media gave a very favorable opinion of 'Naan Kadavul', whether it is Hindu, Sify, Behindwoods. Of course, I liked what I saw and opined so. In my college days, I didnt like whatever little that I saw of Sethu and even later didnt venture into Nanda, though I heard good 'word-of-mouth' for the latter. Recently when I saw those movies, I could see that he has really churned out good products. I was also impressed on how he keeps the unit in good spirits. Even during 'Naan Kadavul', Pooja mentioned about the 'puzzles' that he used to ask - like Tamil palindrome. As a director, maybe he is ‘God’ of a different kind.
How does he rate ‘Naan Kadavul?’RIGHT :)
“The best among my four films! You have to keep growing, right?”
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