May 27, 2004 12:10 PM
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?Aytha Ezuthu? is the Tamil version of ?Yuva?. I thought of writing a single review analyzing both the versions but I could not make it within 8k limit. So, I have already written a review on Yuva and this review I am going to analyse the Tamil version and obviously some comparisons of two versions.
First of all, I laud the choice of title of the Tamil version, Mani could have named the Tamil version also as ?Yuva? but he didn?t do so and for that he gives a high funda behind the choice of the title. ?Aytha Ezuthu? is the name of a special letter in a Tamil language. It has three dots in a triangular fashion. The letter has no meaning when used in a word separately. Here the director compares this ?Aytha ezuthu? to the society.
The letter loses its meaning when anyone of the dot vanishes and so as this society is also meaningless without any one of the three protagonists and finally he conveys the society is a mixture of these three. And each one dot is dependent on the other to gain meaning to itself and similarly a person in one stratum of society is interdependent on the other. But I feel ?Akk? would be more appropriate title than ?Aytha ezuthu?, ?Akk? is how this three-dotted letter is pronounced in Tamil. But the title is more convincing when this funda also adds to it, that is ?Aytham means Tool? which conveys that ?These three dots when combine for a good cause becomes a powerful (Ayutham) tool to eradicate the social evils and revolutionize the Indian politics?. Isn?t this the subtle message in the movie?
And now coming to the analyzed, I have already analyzed the movie in detail in my ?Yuva?. So, I would just analyse the cast performances, which is the only difference between the two versions. For other analysis refer my Yuva review.
Madhavan as Inba Sekar: We have always seen Madhavan as a chocolate loving boy and a urban rowdy but it is a new experience to watch him in such a rustic and a confused role. According to me, his performance is not upto the mark. Though his looks are different and fitting the role, it is in the dialogue delivery he loses. He struggles to speak fluently in madras Tamil slang. But his performance at some points is stunning. I think Abishek is better in this role in Hindi version.
Meera Jasmine as Sashi: She is a surprise package and speaks more with her eyes and than with mere dialogues. Her voice is strange and fits the role but she has taken a lot of pain in performing this role. Among the three girls she has the full scope to perform and has utilized it well. Yet Rani in Yuva is better in this role.
Surya as Michael Vasant: He steals the show completely with his subtle performance and his unique body language. He has attained a maturity in all aspects of acting dialogue delivery, mannerisms, body language, subtle expressions, fired eyes in stunt sequences all adds advantage to his character and his performance sticks to your heart. A perfect choice for this character and I feel Surya is better in this role than Ajay devgan in Yuva.
Siddarth as Arjun: He is the usual Maniratnam?s teen hero with witty one-liners and readily captivating personality. Siddarth scores. Equally good is Vivek in Yuva.
Esha deol and Trisha: Are sweet in short roles but I feel Esha?s role is not at all required.
Bharathiraja as Politician: A trend setting Tamil film director ?Bharathiraja? has given an outstanding performance in a politician role. This is how Mani stands out in his casting; he chooses the best for the right. Most of his scenes are close-up shots and his expressions are great particularly in the scenes where he converses with Surya. But his acting and dialogue delivery reminds me M.R.Radha. I feel Bharathiraja is better than Om puri in this role.
And all other supporting casts Prasanna, Sreeman, lady playing Sreeman?s wife, person playing Siddarth?s father gives a very natural performance.
As far as the box-office results and the acceptance level Aytha ezuthu seems to be well received than Yuva. Again even with such a classic cinema Mani failed to impress north Indian by making a mistake which Shankar (Nayak) did by choosing Politics as his subject on which north Indian show less interest and think such subjects are far from reality. On the whole, I think Mani can stop doing films in Hindi and better stick to Tamil and it is not necessary to prove him to north Indians, as he is already known well there for his classic Tamil movies. Let them enjoy watching his Tamil movies and its dubbed versions alone in the future.
P.S: My 75th review will be posted shortly........
