Mayakkam Enna

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21 - Priyan B @Priyan May 7 How did I miss this out for years? Rating: 7.9/10 See more 09/02/2013 Saw it 20 times.. Dhanush surprises me every time.. See more 03/28/2012 'Every1 Follow Their Heart' See more 02/08/2012 At first I thought this would be a ordinary movie, but Mayakkam Enna really surprised me. The story is meaningful and very touching and Dhanush and Richa's performances were brilliant. I know that Dhanush is a great actor, but to see Richa, a newcomer, perform this well is amazing. The songs were good and also matching. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed well. The only thing that I found odd was that they didn't show how it leads to Karthik marrying Yamini and also about Karthik's suicide attempt. The jump seemed pretty bad so it was surpring that he got out of it alive. Selvaraghavan did well with writing and directing Mayakkam Enna. See more 01/22/2012 Definitely a quintessential relationship movie. Selvaraghavan's tight script has redefined Kollywood's love stories, the complexities and harsh truths are brought to surface. Solid performances by Dhanush & Richa has made this film a truly rewarding watch with all it's close-to-heart scenes. The core strength of the subject is at the freshness of the story, portrayal of the characters and the strong emotions. One of the best Tamil films in recent times. See more 01/01/2012 Film #340 Mayakkam Enna (2011) It's a very good tamil film. Definitely one of my top 10 favorites of this year. Compared to the majority of movies that come out from kollywood, this is a different film. It's essentially an art film...and a helluva good one it is. I first watched this with a whole different set of expectations but after watching this film, I realized that director Selvaraghavan is quite an intelligent director. I mean his last film made me hate him a lot and I lost a lot of hope in him, but he proved to me that he's still got the freshness that he had with his film "Pudhupettai" which is easily one of my favourite tamil films of all time. What makes this film so good is that it actually has some social commentaries, metaphors, brilliant acting, great cinematography,etc which is rare to find in a tamil film. The first half of this film is a light hearted romance story that deals with betrayal, friendships, emerging adults, etc. All the actors are great in this but Richa Gangopadhyay and Danush were just brilliant as both play some very complex characters. This is one of the rare tamil films where I actually felt a genuine connection with the characters. The story is quite good in the first half. It's the second half where the film begins to lose it's momentum. The second half is filled with some tamil cliches and get's rather melodramatic. I would've enjoyed it more if the film didn't have the main character getting into a deadly accident that destoys his life overall. The first half of the film is very centered towards the male main character while the second half is more focused on the female main character as she has to go through a lot of troubles with her mentally damaged husband. The second half of the film is quite dark and very depressing. A bit TOO depressing to the point where the film feels like it's taking forever to end. Then it does with a rather cliched and predictable ending. None the less, the film does go very indepth in the relationships of these characters and making you feel horrible to watch them go through this pain. The music really brings up the emotions. There are a lot of small social commentaries like in one scene, the female lead tells a friend who tried to get on her while her husband is running around crazy on the road, about how we live in a world where feminists fight for woman rights and all but at the end of the day, females have to force themselves to be like men as we live in a sick and twisted world where if a woman shows a weakness she will be pounded immensely. I could go on and on with reasons of why this film is so good but I will end off with saying that if it wasn't for the weaker second half, the film could have been another masterpiece from this director. It's definitely not a film that many will understand straight up and demands a second viewing. 7.4/10 -Alexson Philipiah See more Read all reviews

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