Pithamagan (2003)
4/10
Good story but.....
22 August 2022
It's about an outcasts who gets accepted by a man. Both become friends. Both share different adventures and their bond gets strengthened. Further his friend gets killed by the outcast's employer. Then he takes revenge and become outcast again. The film's story was a good one but stayed undeveloped esp in detailing aspects of society and the emotionalism of characters.

Vikram is wild as an outcast. He is like a demon suddenly out of hell to the mainstream. He talks nothing, knows nothing, just growls to express emotion like an animal. This characterisation is very immaturedly shown. Its unbelievable. It should have been suggestively shown as an evil or flatly to point out what is socially incomprehensive. Apart from that there is nothing interesting going on in the movie. It's the same routine of going here and there, working, talking, funny business etc. Only Vikram's character is the bright point. Only he lifts up the movie. It was needed a few subplots to represent the truth of such outcasts people, but a lot remained left out regarding this. The scene where Vikram felt care for the first time is a good one, a bit emotional. Violence is not compromised at all, seems made only for southerners, not for all.

The film is pessimistic, with an unhappy ending where friendship is broken at the end, families shattered and love lost. Vikram is violent and only acts human for his loved one, none others, not even for a beautiful women. He is kind of complex character who even has a double side, chanting hymns for the those who leaves the world in isolation. Almost all of the film reflects the rural mindset, connected to the soil though and undeveloped in thoughts and actions. Only some will be it's hardcore fans. A 4/10.

A 37 on a scale of 100 due to cautious presentations.
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