‘Bala’ once again proved himself as a veteran in film making, with his characters’ sounding Naan Kadavul! The movie fulfills the thirst of the real film goers after a long time!
A massive different platform Bala has chosen this time. His characters were made from the communities which we come across everyday in India, the Sanyasis and Beggars. Up to us, beggars are those who lean with plates to lend their lives or they betray and take away money from us.
But here we come across the real life of beggars and the mafia which operates them without any pity. Hats-off to Bala who has brought more than 150 physically challenged characters in the wide screen as beggars. He has broken the rules yet again and proved this time that he is capable of bringing out the talent from mentally challenged people as well. Those who acted in this movie could proud themselves because they were a part of this movie.
Its quite discomfort to digest the Arya’s character for those who do not know much about ‘Aghoras’ (Explained in Vedas and could still notice a few in Kashi). But Bala has plotted Arya’s role a little polite than the real Aghoras.
The story is simple; Rudran (Arya), who has been left by his own father among the sanyasis in Kashi for more than 12 years, has turned himself as an Aghora. Arya’s father somehow manages to take him back to the native after a long time.
Since being an Aghora, Arya could never fit into the normal family life. He shifts himself to the near by ‘Malaikovil’ (A temple in hill), where Sanyasis with “Kanjaa”are put up in a cave (Again it’s important to realize that many of the real life Sanyasis smoke Kanjaa.
Also it is widely believed among the Sanyasis that Kanjaa brings concentration towards God). In the Malaikovil he spends few of his days. This is the place where the Beggars Mafia operates physically disabled people to earn money. The Mafia leader is ‘Thandavan’ (perfectly performed by Rajendran) who shows no mercy to the beggars, instead treat them and call them as “Articles”.
A new blind girl ‘Amsavalli’ (a role by Pooja; which she could never dream again in her life) is added to this beggars group without her interest. The day-to-day activities of this group take place in the rest of the movie. Real-time comedy without any specialists is a sense brought by Bala in the midst of all these characters. The climax resembles Gandhi’s principle of saying “A cow can be killed immediately if it suffers a lot under disease and slow dying”.
Camera has been handled by Arthur.A.Wilson. The cinematography is as good as it looks that the things in the wide screen happens in front of our eyes. Never gives the feel of a cinema anywhere. BGM by Illayaraja is strong enough to bring the feel that Bala wanted to! Especially the song “Pitchai Paathiram” is pleasant to listen as well as the visualization brings pity in every heart…
Never mind those who do not understand the concept completely and criticize the movie poorly! Because no other movie in the near future is going to resemble Naan Kadavul! Together it is an awesome piece by Bala! Go and watch in theatres!!!