I had draft ready of a sensitive topic for my next blog but seeing Amaran today I wanted to pen my thoughts on Sai Pallavi first. Before coming to Amaran a quick word about Meiazhagan ....When I saw the movie I loved and also posted a blog on the movie ..Till then movie got very less attention and only very few appreciated the movie as much as I did and once it was released in Netflix last week tamil people all across the globe just loved the movie and read so many lovely reviews on the movie...I just love reading long articles about a movie and thoroughly relished reading those articles/blogs on some of the experiences people felt after watching the movie. I am happy good movies will always have a place for a movie buff.
Now coming to Amaran ....there are already outpouring number of reviews about the movie on the social media so I am going to focus on the movie's lead actress Sai Pallavi. SivaKarthikeyan's ticket to big league is underlined with Amaran's success as the movie is having unprecedented craze amongst audience. I have absolutely no doubt that movie will be one of biggest blockbusters for 2024 as most of the screens in TN are playing Amaran. I saw SK during FETNA convention more than a decade back and his growth has been very organic. Amaran extracted best out of him and all his looks in the movie were very apt. With due respects to SK I could imagine Surya/Karthik/Vishal/Arjun doing the same role and bringing justice to the role as the character was powerful. But when it comes to Sai Pallavi there is no one in this world that would have done her role - she just lived the character and gave so much of life to Indhu Rebecca Varghese. Hats off to director for the characterization and it pains my heart when I see talented actress like Manju warrier wasted for her role in Vettaiyan.
My all time favorite actress will always be none other than Revathy as there are so many movies and scenes from her movies which I love so much and Mouvna Raagam being my all time favorite tamil movie. Revathy was one actress who never believed on skin show and always chose her characters carefully bringing in life to the character. Nadhiya I would say is my other favorite actress whom I like for the same reasons and hats off to her for signing off from movies and settling down in London when she was at her all time peak. Other actresses come and go but no one was actually consistently choosing good roles. Now I am happy Sai Pallavi will be my favorite actress after Amaran. Best thing about Sai Pallavi is she likes to be herself and not fall prey to commercial formats in the name of masala movies. She always has pimples and curly hair and she is very natural and doesn't feel that will bring down her confidence. I was shocked when Mani Ratnam said he is fan of her and wanted to cast her in one of his movies - you don't get to hear this from man of few words.
Some of my favorite scenes from Amaran movie where Sai Pallavi just rocked are as follows:
(a) When she throws a paper with her phone number to SK and hides her face behind the wall - childishness in her face was beautifully captured !!
(b) Her agony of neither able to convince her parents to marry an army officer nor making SK understand on the ground reality was pure class ...close up shot her crying not knowing what to do was brilliantly written and conceived by Sai Pallavi
(c) Her Happiness after seeing SK in terrace with her daughter and running all the way to the terrace not being able to control the surprise was lovely
(d) Anxiety of waiting on the phone call not knowing what those bomb shots did to her man and finally her relief when SK said he is doing fine .....Her facial expressions were simply outstanding and gives intensity for the audience sitting in the theatre ....
(e) Her compassion of reducing the financial burden for SK through a phone call was very natural
(f) When she was informed SK is no more through her brother the way she broke ....Hats off to GV for no BGM here ...This is how background score unlike some loud music in the name of BGM score ..
(g) After SK's demise the way she carried herself (no tears on request of his better half); Gloomy face with so much of pain is classic example of how one should act.
These are some of the scenes I liked and there are lot many. Director has taken the plot and did lot of research and then came up with a screenplay leveraging his R&D efforts. All of us knew the climax but still what makes the movie a good one is because of its making. Taare Zameen par released in the year 2007 and I remember shedding tears before I exited the theatre hall and I am happy today after 17 years Amaran made me shed some tears. Cast and crew has to be appreciated for making a wonderful movie and will not be surprised of Sai Pallavi wins National award for her character because according to me National award is honored by getting into the hands of Sai Pallavi.
