Redout
I am not a reviewer. I don't even know who Kurosowa is ( I heard about him 3 days back).
I just had a lot of thoughts that needed spilling and here they are.
I just had a lot of thoughts that needed spilling and here they are.
If I have to talk about things I know it would be limited to Varada being miraculously allowed in the OT
(evalo periya appatucker aa irundhalum OT la entry kadaikadhu)..Senapathi's stay in the hospital and so on.
(evalo periya appatucker aa irundhalum OT la entry kadaikadhu)..Senapathi's stay in the hospital and so on.
Yet I am here and typing this out to get it out of my system.
with a lot of unspoken dialogue, and dramaless drama, you will be disappointed.
Visuals-wise this movie was arachuvitta sambhar but for the eyes.
A lot of sun-play everywhere, which are some of the best moments in the movie,
whether it is Vijay Sethupathi as Rasool(Screamed for the first time in the theatre, feels good, not going to lie)
A lot of sun-play everywhere, which are some of the best moments in the movie,
whether it is Vijay Sethupathi as Rasool(Screamed for the first time in the theatre, feels good, not going to lie)
Varada in many scenes, Ethi at the hospital window, the trailer staircase, or Chaaya opening the windows.
The best sunlight moment goes to the light spilling into Lakshmi's window,
as she wakes up to find her husband gone, and then gone forever.
There is something about that visual that I can never forget or describe.
as she wakes up to find her husband gone, and then gone forever.
There is something about that visual that I can never forget or describe.
There are all the things you'd expect to find. A beautiful aerial shot of the city and
?Marina, lots of staircases. A lift scene. Rain. Morning after scenes.
Mirror scenes - the contract killer finding his costume...Aditi talking to Varada in front of the mirror.
Chitra waking up very Shakti-like in the hospital.
There is even a scene where Varada looks through the window bars EXACTLY like in Roja.
?Marina, lots of staircases. A lift scene. Rain. Morning after scenes.
Mirror scenes - the contract killer finding his costume...Aditi talking to Varada in front of the mirror.
Chitra waking up very Shakti-like in the hospital.
There is even a scene where Varada looks through the window bars EXACTLY like in Roja.
Most of the dialogue isn't said. There is no lingering to watch them talk or cry.
You just see the visuals, feel it and figure it out.
The music sets the moodscape for the visuals, with each person/sequence having their own theme music.
Then there is that moment of complete silence when the nephew is being named.
Time stands still and the tension is thick around the house.
Time stands still and the tension is thick around the house.
Reflections of the mother in the mirror as the the family breaks into argument over succession is one of the best shots
to be created.
to be created.
Not much is said, but it sets the momentum. Varada has a low opinion of the Dubai salesman brother -
the money isn't his, his youngest knows nothing, he has suffered, he wants the power.
Ethi doesn't think much of his brother's comments, but understands something is off.
Senapathi, like Daenerys, thinks it doesn’t need immediate attention, otherwise the movie would have ended there.
the money isn't his, his youngest knows nothing, he has suffered, he wants the power.
Ethi doesn't think much of his brother's comments, but understands something is off.
Senapathi, like Daenerys, thinks it doesn’t need immediate attention, otherwise the movie would have ended there.
Another absolutely stunning yet heartbreaking movement is when Ethi tells Chaaya he loves her, and then loses her.
Mazhai kuruvi will never be the same for me. The rainbows in that scene though.
Mazhai kuruvi will never be the same for me. The rainbows in that scene though.
There are all these moments that you have to tie together.Nobody is going to spoon-feed you lengthy dialogue.
The few words that are said, set the storyline.
The few words that are said, set the storyline.
Whether it is the mother telling Senapathi he never allowed any of his sons to be close to him,
Ethi telling Chaaya he doesn't let anyone be close to him, Varada resenting his father at Parvathi’s.
Or Varada quoting Lady Macbeth.
Ethi telling Chaaya he doesn't let anyone be close to him, Varada resenting his father at Parvathi’s.
Or Varada quoting Lady Macbeth.
For a movie about avenging their ladies though, the ladies don't get to say or do much.
There are these moments of beauty. When Chaaya wakes up and asks Ethi if he will take her.
Parvathi as the cold glass of Pepsi on a hot summer day.
MR is definitely partial to ARH here, when it comes to the backdrop .
Her house is one of the prettiest sights, a place you'd expect somebody like Tara to live in.
She is the woman he loves, can be himself around,and ultimately is the pawn used to drag him out.
Parvathi as the cold glass of Pepsi on a hot summer day.
MR is definitely partial to ARH here, when it comes to the backdrop .
Her house is one of the prettiest sights, a place you'd expect somebody like Tara to live in.
She is the woman he loves, can be himself around,and ultimately is the pawn used to drag him out.
Anger mixed sadness, when Renu is falsely implicated and in jail.
Frustration, as Chitra knows that her hot headed git of a Varada is destroying everything,
but loves him too much to let him die alone.
Reflections vs. Lakshmi’s face, as she realises one of her son’s tried to kill them.
Frustration, as Chitra knows that her hot headed git of a Varada is destroying everything,
but loves him too much to let him die alone.
Reflections vs. Lakshmi’s face, as she realises one of her son’s tried to kill them.
Different shades, but its all the same red.
They do nothing more than being the ghee that holds the fragile laddoo together, which is eventually going to crumble.
They are the thread that holds all the characters together ( otherwise it’s just a power battle
between a lot of blood thirsty men).
They are the thread that holds all the characters together ( otherwise it’s just a power battle
between a lot of blood thirsty men).
There are the *WHAT* moments too.
Like Varada in the anaesthetist's spot after Chitra get gets shot.
The police not responding to Renu's call.. Plus I am not sure where they found the bag from.
Mrs Senapathi looking so pretty post face surgery
( that face should have been swollen and bandaged throughout the timeline of the movie).
Senapathi’s recovery is a medical miracle.
The police not responding to Renu's call.. Plus I am not sure where they found the bag from.
Mrs Senapathi looking so pretty post face surgery
( that face should have been swollen and bandaged throughout the timeline of the movie).
Senapathi’s recovery is a medical miracle.
Then there are the moments that strike you later.
Like the panicky Varada shooting the almost dead contract killer in front of his family.
Like the panicky Varada shooting the almost dead contract killer in front of his family.
But this movie isn’t about them. This might be a movie about the fight for power.
But its also the movie of the underdog.
But its also the movie of the underdog.
This is Rasool as Tom Hagen 2.0
VJS on his own is brilliant. VJS with MR is like watching light sparkling off diamonds, you
can decide who is the light, and who is the diamond.
VJS on his own is brilliant. VJS with MR is like watching light sparkling off diamonds, you
can decide who is the light, and who is the diamond.
When Rasool makes an entry as the suspended friend, always calling him Nanba...
you think of all the great friendships in history.
But what if your friend chose to do what is right over choosing you, knowing you are wrong?
Few things are as valuable are friendship. Very few things are more valuable than friendship.
you think of all the great friendships in history.
But what if your friend chose to do what is right over choosing you, knowing you are wrong?
Few things are as valuable are friendship. Very few things are more valuable than friendship.
Rasool seems like he is there for comic relief from the start ( the Deepika scene is cut).
With all the self deprecation, you think he is the poor orphaned police officer.
Shamed for being a Gangster's son, this might just be the story of Karna Reloaded.
The funny, good guy ( he is, just that good guy = bad(bad guy) ).
With all the self deprecation, you think he is the poor orphaned police officer.
Shamed for being a Gangster's son, this might just be the story of Karna Reloaded.
The funny, good guy ( he is, just that good guy = bad(bad guy) ).
He has all these funny moments and punch dialogues (which worked)..
while pretending to be the most powerless character in an otherwise serious movie.
while pretending to be the most powerless character in an otherwise serious movie.
Till he makes the final punch.
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Why Godfather ? (I don’t know enough Tam lit for the other connect) … and also because all the characters are here:
Varada: the macho, hot tempered son, known by enemies to make rash decisions, thirsty for power
Thyagu (Freddie) - the son who doesn’t want to get his hands dirty, but expects the power to come to him.
Also the least invested in his family or people
Also the least invested in his family or people
Ethi (Micheal) Resembles Senapathi in style, cold & quiet revenge seeker, loses the woman he really
loves in a shootout, never actually set out to be the boss.
loves in a shootout, never actually set out to be the boss.
Rasool (Tom Hagen) - the trusted, almost adopted son, Varada’s best friend, closer to him than his brothers,
with a terrible backstory and an urge to prove himself.
with a terrible backstory and an urge to prove himself.
Parvati (Lucy) - his pretty mistress, the woman he can stop being the Don.2 with and cook with,
who he loves and is used by his enemies.. And so has a pivotal role in how he dies.
who he loves and is used by his enemies.. And so has a pivotal role in how he dies.
Chitra (Kay Adams but for Sonny) - the good wife trying to make amends for her husband,
even if she differs in principle. The ignored voice of reason.
even if she differs in principle. The ignored voice of reason.
Lakshmi (Mama Corleone) - knows what her sons are upto, can’t change it. Maternal figure to Rasool as well.
Senapathi ( Vito Corleone) - the reasonable Don, who can reason with his enemies.
Dies a painless, peaceful death at home.
Dies a painless, peaceful death at home.
Mama (Clemenza) - One of Senapathi’s oldest friends and right hand men, doubted during the course of the story.
Chinnapadas’s son - in - law as the Woltz equivalent, loving (too) young girls.
ps.
[Realised Rasool in the opening scenes talks (humorously) about, beating up the guy who berates the police(friend dhaane....) and tries hard to erase the stain that is his father's past. ]Thanks for reading.
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