'Magane En Marumagane' (T amil)
Cast- Mithun, Vivek, Yamini Sharma, Thenmozhi, Nasser, Saranya, Meenal, Prabhu and others
Director: TP Gajendran
Alas! How long will these filmmakers keep boiling the same stuff over and again? Perhaps, you would have to walk out of theatres yelling it. We have watched several films based on issues pertaining to middle class families. Of course, there have been certain amenities that these cohorts could experience after watching these flicks. But, this time TP Gajendran spills out the clichéd ingredients that lack substance.
On the whole, it’s not a film meant for multiplex audiences and may click amongst the groups in suburban areas and touring talkies in villages.
The film revolves around a good-for-nothing guy Challenge Singaram (Vivek), who his pining away with gambling addiction. His childhood sweetheart Ponnarasi (Yamini Sharma) always remains the apple of his eyes and somehow manages to convince her parents (Nasser and Saranya) to let her to marry him. Her younger brother Ragh u (Mithun) gets infuriated over Singaram’s fraudulent act of stealing his mobile, which leads to a split amongst the joint family. Off the late, there is yet another shock awaited for Singaram as he gets framed for the murder he didn’t commit.
When he's released from prison, Singaram vows to reform himself and finds a way to set things rights. He makes it big in real estate business and becomes rich. On his return to village, he finds that his in-laws are missing and their lives have been pathetic now.
What follows next is a series of flashback sequences that reveals the reason behind their pathetic situation.
The film doesn’t boast off anything special as TP Gajendran comes up with a hackneyed script.
The characterizations are so stereo-typed that it turns us annoyed after a certain extent. Mithun looks so spiritless and he badly needs to go through a crash course in acting. He fails to emote with realness during certain sequences that would have gained him appreciations.
Yamini Sharma does justice to her role while Vivek steals the show with his comedy tracks. But it would have been better if Vivek had avoided uttering double entendres.
Technically, the film lacks solidity in all areas - music, cinematography and editing. Dheena’s musical score is disappointing as none of the songs are worthy heeding. Cinematography and editing are completely amateurish.
The first half somehow travels passably with accordance to Vivek’s comedy tracks while the second half is drenched with sentiments and emotional quotients.