Naan Kadavul(2009) - Tamil

Cast : Arya, Pooja, Physically challenged people and new faces.
Directed By : Bala
Produced By : Vasan visual ventures
Music : Ilayaraja

Storyline:

A father with his daughter goes to kasi in search of his son who was left there 12 years ago for his superstitious belief in his family. He finds his son Rudra(Arya) who turns to be an Agori and decides to take back to his home. Where in his village Mudhalali who runs a begging business with a lots of physically challenged people who are been tortured severely in doing it. Rudra who believes him as a god saves the physically challenged people(which includes Pooja) from the evil Mudhalali.

RE-el-VIEW :

I'm really running out of words to explain how good this movie. Till date in Tamil cinema there can't be any movie better than this and it would be really tough and challenging to make a movie like this or even better by bala.

Movie starts in kasi bringing out the spirit that exist there and moves to mallaikoyil to feel the much more better taste of the main plot and find purpose for it.

Arya is who is an agori(these people are not human, this can be meant in any sense. To know the real life of these people, check the video in youtube) and his appearance cannot be forgotten because it threatens when you come out of theatre. Arya's commitment in Naan kadavul is not just about having a long beard and hair,it's all about kind of tolerance(physically and mentally) and patience to work in kasi and do yoga asana's(standing upside down). Bala has moulded Arya as a good actor and carved a niche for him in Tamil industry which will last for long time. To be honest there is nothing much scope for Arya to showcase his acting skills in this movie when compared to Pooja but we can't takeaway his credits, its the other way he has shown his commitment with his looks and on-screen appearance which is par excellence. Rudra characterization is raw and threatening which is unusual in Tamil cinema but still this character holds the heroism of different kind. More than tamil Arya speaks Sanskrit with hard voice.

Arya's introduction in Naan kadavul with Illayaraja's background score is awesome. Amount of hard work that arya has given can be seen in each scene.

Pooja comes as a blind girl has shown excellent acting skills which is ever scene in Tamil cinema recently . Definitely she should deserve the recognition for the kind of acting she has shown and will go places from here on. She has dubbed for her own voice which is really good. After watching this movie pooja's character still stays in your memory this is because of strength of that character where bala has impressed everyone with his direction. It is entirely Bala's movie no doubt about it, each and every scene uniqueness of bala can be experienced by the audience. This man is really great . Stupendous direction,screenplay and handling of characters without the lag for a single minute in the movie with little flaws.

Mostly importantly this movie had to deal with lots of physically challenged people and these people are the supporting characters where they come till the end of the movie. Each one has shown excellent acting and credits goes to bala in handling them and bringing their talent. Comedy which is seen in this movie are done by physically challenged people this shows the kind of strain taken by bala in bringing out the characters in the screen.

Without Ilayaraja there is no Naan kadavul. Background score which is awesome and makes you feel the core content.

Arthur wilson camera really steals the show with his awesome cinematography captured in kasi and in mallaikoyil.

It would have been tough time for censor board to do their job. They have chopped many scenes which shows real character of agori(what he eats???) and dialogues. I do not know how did they give green signal for teasing nayantara openly in comedy scenes but it was enjoyable. Finally they end up in giving U/A. Naan kadavul will not be easily accepted by weak hearted people. Naan kaduval makes you feel heavy mentally at the end of the movie.

This movie is not simple , each and every scene and dialogue makes sense so people who like only commercial movie with non sense punch dialogues saying "SEE ME IN ACTION" or "IM BACK" do not watch this movie.

Hope this movie changes directors and actors/actress who follow so called commercial formula.

"Worth watching and never miss to watch in life time".