Madrasapattinam

Madrasapattinam :-
Period films are very less nowadays, and they are usually taken, when you know you have thin story line. With a weak story or may be with a known story, directors usually try to make the audience feel something different. Vijay has understood this very well and has taken us to the past and gave us a real experience of Madrasapattinam.
He captures us even with his title card, and never allows you out of the seat till the edge. Great work Vijay. The Story revolves around a washer man, in 1940s and his love with an English lady. First few minutes of the movie made me think it would, be another Titanic, or Benjamin button where the Lady expresses her past love life. However here it’s her journey to Madrasapattinam, which by then had become Chennai.
Art director Selvakumar had done a splendid job, with huge sets in the whole movie. However he could have done a bit more with colors, Fresh clean roads, Complete white walls, bright colors in some areas of the movie, doesn’t seem to give you the complete past effect. Also he could have done some more homework on the history. He had used broad gauge tracks in those times, with kiwi wall posters etc. I doubt if they were there in those times.
G V Prakash makes the movie pleasant while watching and some songs are really good. The background music stays with you for at least an hour after the movie.
Art director is Nirav Shah, his camera work is okay. But in some places he could have avoided the backgrounds. If you watch very keenly, you might find, that he has forgot to remove the recent age objects in the background. Check it out.
Editing and Screenplay has to go hand in hand for any movie to get successful. It has been made perfect combination in this movie. Switching from past to present and present past makes the difference here. Feel it!!!!!! Again good work by Anthony Gonsalves and Vijay.
Arya, has done a nice work in the movie. He has not only shown his arms and abs, but has shown his acting skills as well. I liked his work after Pattiyal, rest were either over or under for the character. His language should be improved a bit, he seem to use the same accent in almost all the movies. Make a note of it bro…
Miss Teen world Amy Jackson, gives you tons of happiness and refreshment as soon as you see her smile. Even a Doberman would fall in love with her, why not this washerman. She is just a kid now and will surely have a long tale to tell when she gets old. Make sure not to watch her official site.
Others side actors and characters have worked on the screen very well. Naseer, Bhaskar, Carole Trungma(Aged Amy Jackson) and the comedy artists had very less to show but it worked out well. Cochin Haneefa’s last movie and you could see the differences in his physique in many scenes. May his soul rest in peace.
Make up artist and costumes should have even worked more on history. At least till 1965s I think they had only half pants for even Inspectors.
This is the Director’s third movie and we can saw first of his own. His earlier works Kreedam ( remake of mallu kreedam) and Poi solla porom(remake of Khosla ka Ghosla) didn’t work out very well in Tamil cine world. But this movie will be a breakthrough and great success for him.
For the first time in my review I appreciate the producers of this movie. The Kalpathi brothers had completely trusted on the team and invested huge money to prepare the sets, outdoor locations etc. and they had got the profit of it. After a moderate profit from Irumbu Kotai Murattu Singam, this movie would cover all their previous losses if any.
Leaving behind all the small, tiny misses from Madarasapattinam team, this movie is worth watching in a cinema hall.
Rating  3 / 5