FILM - Magane En Marumagane
DIRECTOR - TP Gajendran
CAST - Mithun, Vivek, Yamini Sharma, Thenmozhi, Nasser, Saranya, Livingston, Paravai Muniamma
HE’S been partnering heroes in their celluloid exploits, playing their sidekick, pepping up the scene many a time.
And now Vivek gets to play one of the protagonists in Magane En Marumagane.
The role seems more like an extension of his earlier ones. Only this time, the character is allowed to evolve, has a beginning and an end. His jokes and humour however are of the crude gross variety, with double entendres strewn in liberally.
The film revolves around three sets of families and their evolving relationship.
Z a m e e n d a r Nasser and his wife Saranya known for their largesse have two children, Mithun and Yamini, a scheming uncle Livingston and his trying-to-look-glamorous but badly dressed two daughters, cousin Vivek, and his all-encouraging grandma. Vivek, a good for nothing guy, worms his way into the hearts of Nasser and manages to get married to his daughter Yamini. His spendthrift ways and addiction to gambling angers Mithun. He has a good job, and on the prodding of his uncle Livingston, ditches his parents in their state of penury, and is all set to marry one of his uncle’s daughters.
There is the coy, sweet maid Thenmozhi at Livingston’s house, who holds a torch for Mithun. Framed for a murder, Vivek leaves for Chennai, and makes it big dabbling in the real estate business. The return of the two prodigals, the son and the son-in-law, is what the rest of the story is about. There is mushy, heavy melodrama towards the end.
Some makers evolve with time and the trend while others are satisfied sticking to their decade old style of scripting and narration.
Gajendran belongs to the latter category and this film is yet another example of it.