Mullum malarum

Podigai TV...The name of this Tv channel gives u nostalgic moments of famous programmes like "vayalum vazhvum","Oliyum Oliyum", "Malarun Ninaivugal", "Chitrahaar"..and more.. Once upon a time before 90's, when the private channels got into force..it was DD who had the monopoly..and after 90's DD has virtually lost all its viewership...thanks to SUN TV , JAYA TV,etc..which had new contents and new dose of presentations and programmes...

But after really a long time i started watching this DD tamil channel..Podigai TV..still the same old sets, actors, and name boards...still the same old doordarshan..but this time it has some difference in content..i can see DD is trying to bring in few innovations to its programming.. one such example is the programme where they take a very common day-to-day topic... and get opinions on this from the general public..Its a welcome relief from the ever increasing cinema non-sense that gets beamed in all other private channles..nowadays i feel completely frustrated seeing similar reviews..same movies....same junk interviews with current cinema affairs...Ofcourse not to mention the azhugai soaps like mettiolli,etc...

DD has indeed started delivering in good contents , but still lagging years behind in presentation.. Have u guys ever watched programme named "Surabhi", that used to be telecasted in DD National Channel.. Similar programme is now been done for tamil audience..with more emphasis south indian culture...its a refreshing change to all non-sense that gets telecasted on other private tamil channels.. Its very informative and showcasts the art form of south india very well..

Last Sunday i also watched a beautiful "malarum Ninaivugal" from Director Mahendra...a trend-setter in his times and also for the current contemporary tamil cinema..his style of presentation and story adaptation saw a new generation of emerging technicians who worked under him..namely balu mahendra,ashok kumar(cameraman), and more...





Its was a news to me when mahendran revealed that all his movies were adaptation of novels and short stories in early eighties.. His handling of Rajinikanth in Mullum malarum showed how well versed the actor is ...and that actually paved way for the emergence of a super-star..mahendran mentioned in his interview that during the time this film was formulated.. rajini was known for his side-actor / villain roles, and casting him in this character of Kaalai in Mullum malarum...where the protogonist displays the character of a rough rural guy who has inner soft mind of love and affection towards his sister...Its a complex character that has a negative hero quotient in it ..still shows lots of impeccable affection towards his sister shoba ... Rajni palyed this role with utmost ease..few movies like this have only tried to show how well this super-star can act .. its really sad that there were very few directors who made good use of his talents..

Who can forget the climax of this film.. when shoba and the whole village gangs up against Rajni's wishes to get her married with sharthbabu (engineer)...and when shoba leaves her brother alone with lots of agony .. to go against her beloved brother's wishes... thanks to Raja's immaculate adaptation of folk instruments ... Still the background music gives a great compliment to the artists expressions and the director's handling of screen play at this point.. Raja uses a drum/dholak sort of instruments with the same rhythm..."dum dhak . dum dhak".. first as shoba leaves her brother and goes along with the marriage party..the rhythm starts with a slow tempo... as the marriage party proceeds, the camera focuses on shoba (weeping) and rajni's expresessions ..and with the rising tempo of the same rhythm..one gets really attached to the scene and waits for the event of climax to happen.. when the tempo reaches its peak..shoba returns to her brother's welcoming hug and weeps on his shoulders...what a classic BGM to a fitting climax from mahendran's screenplay..If not for raja's music, Mullum malarum would have been unfortunately cast as one of those art movies... thanks to Raja, that mahendra's sculpture got all the beautiful colouring it required ..

With due respects to the author..i just came across this post in google..while i was searching for musical reviews on Mullum malarum...Sharing it for the wider audience thru my blog ( if there are ppl who look at my blog ! ;-( )...
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Hope to see some comments this time for sure... :-)