ON Tamil movie Iruvar (1997)=Could have been turning point in Indian film industry


Indian film director Maniratnam was in great form after making 13 movies,especially after the success of the movie Bombay(1995).He made his ambitious movie "Iruvar" with lot of passion and perfection,which is quite evident in the movie.Maniratnam who is also well known for his innovative one liner,well structured screenplay,cute and good imagination has given his best work especially in the first half of the movie.Recording the history of a nation in a movie is not something possible in Indian film industry due to it's commercial pressure,but Maniratnam has daringly attempted for it with biography of two great persons Anandan and thamizhchelvan(based on real life filmstar,chiefminister M.G.R and writer,Chiefminister Karunanidhi).It is about their struggles,dreams,ambition,family,affairs,political and film career.And of course film tells about their friendship,competition and jealousy. The first half of the movie is beautiful,inspiring.But i have to accept the fact that second half is dry,dragging because of the scope,accuracy concerned in the story as it based on real life.The movie team deserves apprecitation starting from writer,director Maniratnam,camera person Santhosh sivan,art director,music of A.R.Rehman ,actor Mohanlal and acting team,dialogues of Suhasini and the entire movie team.If some magic were done in second half of this movie,this might have become turning point in Indian film industry. The movie Iruvar was not commercially successfully.But i cant understand why it is not been celebrated by the media for it's quality,professionalism of this movie team.Good,inspiring,hard and quality work form the Iruvar team

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