Manikandan of Jai Bhim, Aela, Kaala fame’s directorial debut “Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham” is an excellent reflection of a middle-class retiree’s life and his struggle to cope with the younger generation. With Manikandan himself as an actor in the role of the unemployed, survives by just drinking tea is a motion poster of a youngster who seeks jobs by trekking across the streets of Chennai.
For Delhi Ganesh, as a retiree, “NES” is another imprint on his career. Hats off to the team for coming up with a simple story, the contemporary reality of the former generation that struggles to move along with the IT-based younger generation.
I admire Manikandan as an actor on screen for revealing realistic acting, and now as a director and writer, my admiration has grown. And he had tried well to fill the generation gap through this beautiful and emotional flick. Manikandan's acting in Jaibeam as a lockup victim is exceptional and sent us to an emotional peak, and his appearance in unkempt hair and beard resembled a typical tribe.
The comedian-actor and anchor in Tamil, Aadhavan, had done a role opposite to his character in nature (as lighthearted) with a formal face and scornful against his retired father is a different experience for him and us as well. A couple of songs in the movie had significantly woven to suit the emotional texture, and the lyrics were of pulling the right strings of the heart.
The importance of the later generation and their memorization of what the automated and computerized world missed had well captured the director's notice impressed me. Overall, a must-watch movie with the family. I think every family who has a retired person could easily connect with the subject likewise.
(The movie is available on SonyLiv)
Very interesting ^^
ReplyDelete...as an old fellow, I hope all too well the struggle of coping these days!
ReplyDeleteHello, Your friend is lucky to find a job, there are so many unemployed actors. I too admire their skill at portraying different characters, they seem to wear their emotions just under the skin. The older generation do find it hard to keep up with the modern world, which is a difficult part to play.
ReplyDeleteJeeven, Excuse me but did you just comment on my blog. I think I remember seeing your name, but when I ticked, it disappeared. The tick is to post, not delete. Would you mind to comment again please.
This sounds like an excellent movie.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good film.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a very appropriate movie for the times and. life ~ good review ~ namaste,
ReplyDeleteWishing you lots of love in your days,
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Hubby and I are both retirees and we can related to present days issues. The world is progressing too fast for us to catch them.
ReplyDeleteThe movie must be good to get your reviews. Thanks for sharing this post. I wish to watch movies in the cinemas again soon.
ReplyDeleteJob hunting exhausting. Nice post, Jeevan.
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