
They are the crown-jewels of this poetic crown in Tamil filmdom. His facial expressions are fine but fits the bill perfectlyĪll the youngsters in the flashback are so lovely in their acting. Parthiban gives a very subtled, relaxed performance as Shanmugham. Her role in Kannathil Muthamittal is a close second. I would say, from what I have seen, this is her masterpiece. For most part of the film, she becomes Dhanam. This film has so many poetic touches that it is hard to list them all outĮxceptional work done by Thangar in getting the perfect cast together. The songs, music, the dialogues, acting and screenplay are quite extraordinarily done, albeit being ordinary in nature. I am not mesmerized from top to bottom many times, while watching movies.
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The movie ends when Valarmathi(Shanmugham?s wife) realizes her mistake and takes Dhanam?s son as her own, thus ending flash back.Īzhagi is a beautiful poem, portrait, a symphony, a masterpiece or whatever superlative piece of artistic excellence you may want to put. As a result, Dhanam leaves the place and leaves her son at an Ashram. Slowly she develops an attachment towards Shanmugham and before late, his wife comes to know about her soft corner towards him. Things lighten up and Dhanam regains composure. Seeing the disheartening state of Dhanam ? who works as help at a construction site, he takes her home and tells his wife to keep her as a house-help. As the fate would have it, Shanmugham sees Dhanam and her son at a scene of accident. On the other hand, Shanmugham climbs up the ladder and is successful in life. Dhanam stops schooling and she is married off to a drunkard.

As they reach their adolescence, a calf-love develops between Dhanam and Shanmugham and the school punishes Dhanam over an incident where almost everyone in the school proclaims their infatuation to Dhanam indirectly. The carefree childhood days are shown in the most beautiful way with the enthusiasm of a kid in the candy store. Dhanam is from a well-to-do upper caste family and Shanmugham is a dalit.

Dhanam joins the school and is given royal treatment for she is an ?azhagi? (beautiful). Oh Boy! What a flashback? You are shown a school in Pathirakkottai, which Shanmugham goes to. The film starts with a nostalgic flashback of Shanmugham - a happily married Veterinarian with kids. The movie surrounds two protagonists, Shanmugham (Parthiban) and Dhanalaxmi(Nandita Das) from their childhood to adulthood. This is strictly for those who love excellent cinema. Azhagi is not a movie for those who love light-hearted entertainment and masala film values. Thangar has given a masterpiece of painting etched so gracefully with great components(actors, music, script). A poem from a self-proclaimed painter of light ( Ozhi Oviyar) Thangar Batchan. The down-to-earth nature of this film makes it a poetry on celluloid. Azhagi is a great piece of filmmaking that makes you laugh and cry (some people). This movie introduced something that was missing in the soul of many movies. This movie was so vividly different from the normal cinema that you are mesmerized!.

It was like a fresh breeze of serene wind whilst walking on a beach. Not long ago, I saw a poetry on celluloid. I remember the song ''Money for Nothing'' by dire straits. The success rate of these films is very low. Many films in bollywood and many known names in Kollywood follow this trait. Many directors depend upon a lot of flamboyance and materialistic needs of a masalaic commercial cinema to make it a grandeur gala.

In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director.
