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Movie Review: Mayakkam Enna

Movie Review: Mayakkam Enna

There is an un-missable lack of polish about the way Selva Raghavan writes and stages his romances. For one, they are better than his high budget, ambitious yet misfiring sci-fi epics. Secondly, they carry a sense of ominous doom lurking behind the initially friction-laden yet ultimately happy lead couple. This phenomenon is on full display with his previous projects 7G Rainbow Colony and…

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Mayakkam Enna.

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“God has been guiding me throughout my life. This is something I’m confident about. There’s no other way a thin, gawky boy from Chennai could’ve made it so far.”

- Dhanush

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Why I Didn't Like 'Tamasha' Or The Problem With Romanticizing The Creative Journey!

0SHARESshare on facebookshare on twitter Choosing an alternative or flipping from the comforts of a regular job into a new world is a harrowing and personal journey. There is no drama in it but the sheer act of surviving every day. It’s usually hailed by people with comfortable jobs as a great move. I have countless people on my…

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Naan Sonnadhum from Mayakkam Enna

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omg i love pirivom santhipom, ive been watching it since day 1. what do you think of it?

I love watching it though I'll never admit so to my mother. I love the Karthik-Jyothi love story. I am so happy that they got married, if she had married the other guy, I'd have stopped watching!

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Voda Voda from Mayakkam Enna

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3.Mayakkam Enna

The last time Selva Raghavan made a film, Aayirathil Oruvan, the stakes were high and for the most people it didn't work what with it's over the top eccentricities and inconsistent characterizations.

I liked AO for the same things though - over the top eccentricities! Most people would consider Selva's movies misogynistic and crude - most of his films are set in the slums and take a (rather) gritty look at the life of young boys and their love escapades (lust and animal instincts, included!). Not one to shy away from presenting the other side of the love, Selva has often made movies from a male point of view.

Maykkam Enna is no exception, even though he tones down the crudity and eccentricity to a large extent, still most of the characters are extensions of his older ones - just that this time he sets his story in a more urban setting among today's youth living a western life with in the Indian confines.

Dhanush - excellent and subtle as ever, it has been a long time since I saw someone act so subtle in Indian Cinema - plays Karthik Swaminathan, an arrogant prick and a struggling photographer. He spends most of the day hanging out with his friends at the beach, at the bar until his best friend introduces his new girl friend (uptown- peter - copy writer chick) - turns out later, she doesn't really consider her to be his girl friend - and the tug of war starts which ultimately ends as it always does in Indian cinema falling in love with Karthik.

Meanwhile Karthik is cheated by an ace Wildlife photographer - his idol - who uses Karthik's photo to gain more prominence which kinda breaks his heart until he ends up a maniac!

Selva drifts rather breezily through and covers a lot of ground - Theory of Relativity, I guess - in the first half where Karthik falls in love, cheats on his best friend, has a life changing moment with the camera at least twice, all this while singing about love failure and life failure and getting drunk.

All hell breaks loose once Karthik marries and finds out his idol has cheated him. He becomes an alcoholic and he can't deal with failure. Selva goes real slow here and shows how his wife, played by Richa - What's with the frown face? - becomes her mother (or whatever that Indian Marriage should mean!) and takes care of him carefully sending all his photographs for various publications after her day job. She never complains though is visibly angry most times, she has accepted him like he has accepted failure.

But how long? Selva is unable to decide. He stretches the second half - where the more sensitive side of both the actors come out, Richa again goes a little overboard here but not that bad nonetheless - beyond it's limit and is unable to provide a solution to the conflict for the longest time.

This results in a very contrived second half in an otherwise very good film. Ramji was good in Aayirathil Oruvan and he's brilliant here. There are various shots which impressed me and GV Prakash's music is good.

Also I noticed that Selva and his editor do a great job cutting the scenes and I love how Selva gives the movie a very modern look.

Last Word: I don't know how famous Dhanush is in his home land, Tamilnadu - I know he's famous - but this guy is such a joy to watch.

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Mayakkam Enna: Definitely one of my ALL TIME favourites!

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Just watched Mayakkam Enna....

Really, really, really good movie!

GUYS. This movie was seriously impressive. It has a really good storyline and is the perfect combo of good actors, a good story, good songs, and the perfect amount of comedy.

On that note, if anyone's ready to watch a Tamil movie, go watch Mayakkam Enna. You won't regret it(: Plus, it's Dhanush...he literally has a kolaveri in this movie. LOL

Dhanush's acting was amazing. I love his expressions and his sensitivity/emotions makes you wanna cry </3

Richa's acting towards the second half of the movie was priceless. She's officially found a spot on my list of actresses

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characters i wish were real - tamil - female

Yamini from Mayakkam Enna