Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Abiyum Nanum - as I see it

A few days back, I watched the tamil movie "Abhiyum Nanum" (Me & Abhi). What an awesome movie! Its been a very long time (after the movie Mozhi), I felt so touched by a tamil movie.
Even though one can find similarities with the English movie Father of the Bride, Abiyum Nanum is class apart as far as the tamil movie audiences are concerned.

The simple tale of father-daughter relationship brings tears to the eyes in a lot of scenes. It shows how the fathers are in total admiration of their daughters and till the daughter gets married, even the wife has to take a seat back.

The story meanders around the likes and dislikes of the daughter, how she convinces her father
every time and how the father sheepishly admits finally that his daughter is always right.

When the daughter chooses to marry a Punjabi, the father is at the end of his wits. How can my
daughter choose this man ? What does she see in him ? How can she love him so much ? Why
is she not even looking at me when this Punjabi is around ?
Actually, it is not this particular man that the father is against. Any man his daughter chooses to
marry will have to face his bitter words to begin with. Till the father is really convinced that this
man is the right person for his daughter, mustard splutter from his face. Every dialogue,
scene that father-daughter duo enact deserves real good appreciation.

Fantastic direction, each scene better than the previous one, a must see for all men who love
their daughters more than their life.

2 comments:

Ram said...

Saw the movie last night and remembered that you had written about it earlier.

It is slow moving story telling that yet manages to never bore you, of the kind of story telling that is not common to Tamil cinema these days.

Yet again, admiration for Prakash Raj the artist as much as the producer.

UmaS said...

Ram : Gud, u liked it too. If any such good movies release, pl let me know. Sitting in this telugu dominated state, I am the last to know of a good tamil movie.