Kathir Tamil Movie Review
Cast-;
Venkatesh, Santhosh Prathap , Dhinesh Palanivel , Prashant Pillai , Venkatesh .Rajini Chandy , Bhavya Trikha etc.
Crew-;
Written and Directe ; Dhinesh Palanivel, Music : Prashant Pillai , DOP : Jayanth Sethu Mathavan , Edit : Deepak S. Dwaraknath , Art : Marshal , Action Director : ‘Stunner’ Sam , Lyrics : Karthik Netha, Umadevi, Muruga Boo pathi , VFX : Carve Costumes : Meyammai & Nivetha , Makeup : U.K.Sasi , Sound Design : Sync Cinema , Sound Mix : Har ish DI Colorist : Hany Haleem DI Studio: Nube Cirrus, Mumbai , Publicity Designs : Nanmaran Sarathi, Raaj Rufario , PRO : Sathish (AIM) , Promotions : CTCMediaBoy , Production Executive : M. Boopathy Raja , Ex ecutive Producer : G. Karuppusamy , Production Banner : Dhuvaraga Studios , Audio Label : Think Music etc.
Story-;
While some filmmakers have been churning out mindless entertainers with established stars, a few others are still trying hard to tell stories that allow the audience to take home something. Kathir falls in the second cat egory. It’s not a great film, but then, the world that the director builds out of two characters is quite inspiring and serves the purpose. Kathir revolves around two people — a youngster who has gone through many failures and an old woman with an inspiring past. It’s about a beautiful bond between them and how the young man’s life takes a turn after he learns the story of the older woman.
Though Dhinesh Palanivel’s plot is simple, the situations he creates here makes us travel along with the prota gonist. The film begins with Kathir (Venkatesh Annadurai), a frustrated engineering graduate, who leaves his hometown, after an argument with his dad, in search of a job in Chennai. His incompetency in English becomes a barrier toget a job in the IT industry. During this time, he gets acquainted with his house owner Savithri (Rajini Chandy), an old woman with an inspiring personality. Though Kathir’s irresponsible behavior irks Savithri, they form a beautiful bond as days pass by. Kathir tells her about his love story during his college days and how life has always been unfair to him.
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Movie Review-;
Resting a fictional world in a realistic setting to aid in suspending disbelief has always been cinema’s favourite gimmick. The realism in most films works not only because of how aesthetically the mundane is captured but al so due to how real the characters and events are and how they fit into that world. In Kathir, the lack of the latter acts as a downer. The way some characters talk, the way some scenes, in the beginning, are set up and drama ti sed….you can’t help but think of the word ‘amateurish’. Dhinesh Palanivel’s idea of telling a tale with simple emo tions is laudable and in fact, it takes us into the world of his characters without trying too hard. The plot is quite interesting and engaging throughout. However, if Dhinesh could have constructed the screenplay in a non-linear pattern, it would have been a better film.
Kathir won’t be a disappointment for people who walk into theatres to watch a good story, but it might struggle to satisfy a larger section of audience. Just when we expect Kathir’s back story to be something intriguing and powerful, all we get in return is an usual break-up story. But even then, the director manages to throw in some good moments during Kathir’s college days and the reason for break up, too, works without being amateurish. However, the second half turns out to be powerful as Savithri’s flashback portion wins hands down.Kathir foll ows the life of the titular character, played by newcomer Venkatesh. After a tiff with his father, the unemployed engineering graduate decides to move to Chennai where he forms a beautiful love-hate friendship with his eld erly house owner (Rajini Chandy).
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In the flashback, Kathir and his friends do something sickening to an innocent woman and though one can ass ume that he might have had a change of heart later, the lack of an apology makes one wonder if the film supports Kathir’s problematic take on a woman’s right to end a relationship. These scenes are excruciating and one can’t help but wonder if making up a better conflict wasn’t possible under these scenarios.The paati’s flashback is tha nkfully better. The cinematography, the 4:3 aspect ratio, and the brownish colour grade work in its favour. Sant hosh Prathap plays a cameo as the paati’s late husband and the emotions in these scenes work relatively bett er.Post the second flashback, the film’s tone changes drastically, and it almost becomes another ‘vivasayi’ movie.
Unlike many such films, Kathir actually dwells on a practical solution, however, the writing drags it out for too long, and it gets exhausting once again.Though the writing doesn’t offer anything memorable for the audience, the cinematography and the music do manage to create a lasting impression. DoP Jayanth Sethu Mathavan’s cr eativity in the framing of the shots, the angles and the compositions he goes for are all commendable. The best move the makers of Kathir made was to choose Prashant Pillai as the music composer. I wouldn’t be surprised if the OST of the film grabs a lot of attention.It’s sad to see how small films like this miss out on becoming some t hing great even when there is potential. I mean, it could have revived itself at many junctures.
Hopefully, someone gets to make a better film about the Kathirs and paatis of our world, for there is a good film hiding somewhere there. The latter, who Kathir calls ‘paati’, vows to help Kathir find a foothold in the city. San thosh Pratap is shown as a communist and revolutionist who fights for the cause of the farmers and the oppres sed community. His sequences are interesting and that itself could have been made as a separate film. However, that’s the problem with the film as well; in one film we get three separate stories, which could have been develo ped into a lengthy film. The mood keeps varying and that distracts the viewers. Barring a beautiful melody, Kath ir’s flashback is needlessly long and unengaging. It feels like a mishmash of scenes inspired by films like Premam or Hridayam.
There’s a fight sequence set in a college ground that is eerily similar to the Kalippu fight sequence in Premam and one might find more of such inspirations here and there. Unlike in Premam, where the fight was meant to show the drastic change in George’s demeanour, this fight is pointless in Kathir.At this juncture, the story has ever ythi ng in place to become a solid film about a unique friendship between a naive, impulsive, egoistic youngster and a wise and caring elderly woman. Sadly, we don’t get that film. The structure of the screenplay from hereon is bas ic: we get a flashback for Kathir, a flashback for paati, and a resolution. Bhavya Trikha, who plays Venkatesh’s gi rlfriend, has also done a decent job. Though Santhosh Pratap’s presence in the movie is only for a few minutes, his performance is power-packed and interesting.
The background score and music, composed by Prashant Pillai, elevated a few sequences, which would have otherwise been ordinary. Except for a few mistakes in the continuity, the technical team has done a decent job. Overall, Kathir is a good watch for people who expect to take something memorable from a film.Otherwise, the film is well-intended and the climax is also convincing. The main highlights of the film are the performances of the lead casts. Both Venkatesh and Rajini Chandy have done a great job and they have made sure that they portray their characters in a realistic way.
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Written By- T.H.PRASAD -B4U-Ratting-3 /5
