The movie opens with blood turning the screen red much similar to the critically acclaimed "Veyil". But thats where the similarity stops. Angadi theru directed by vasantha balan is a hard-hitting, no-nonsense movie that brings to fore the unseen side of the life of the sales people of the busy ranganathan street. How many times have we ignored the sun-dried voice of a girl selling flowers or the persuasive tone of a garment salesman. Vasantha balan stops by and documents the livewire of the sales street and succeeds.
Well the story is a simple one liner. Its about how young people from different places, with nothing but poverty in common, throng the sales street, dreaming a better future. To brief it, Jyothi lingam (Mahesh), a school topper in a village near tirunelveli, due to his father's death, is loaded with the responsibility of mother and two younger sisters, comes to chennai to work as salesman in senthil murugan stores. He, accompanied by his friend marimuthu ("kana kaanum kaalangal" fame Pandi)slowly discover the reality. The humiliating and ill-treating supervisor(director A.Venkatesh) , the hell-like living conditions, body-squeezing workload; Poverty makes them digest these stuffs and get on with it. Amidst the sweat and tears, develops love between Lingam and Kani (Anjali). One day, sneha comes to the shop for an advertisement shooting, and the pair gets locked up in the shop entire night. What follows changes their life forever.
Casting is the strength of the movie. The lead pair immediately get the recognition from the audience as they easily attach themselves with the characters. Director Venkatesh as the abusive supervisor is a perfect foil for the role. Pandi who has already proved his mettle in kana kaanum kaalangal, utilises the opportunity to the full extent and prooves that he is a natural talent. But the credibility of the director lies in etching the supporting cast onto the minds of the audience. Be it the self-esteemed, unemployed man who turns lavotory into his business; be it the lady who is married to the dwarf; be it the blind old salesman who gives courage to the lead pair; they all leave an indelible mark, long time even after the movie is over.
These genre of movies dont move at a greater pace and incidents joined with linear screenplay makes it interesting. Kani's sister episode does little to help it and could have been done without. Dialogues sometimes lack clarity in the name of natural delivery and the nellai accent makes it even difficult to understand.
Music is a big bonus and movies like these with no real star power rely heavily on the gramaphone. Vijay Antony and G.V.Prakash Kumar make you hum to their tunes and the BGM travels nicely with the movie. "Aval appadi ondrum azhagillai" and "un perai sollumbodhae" are already the hot favourites on FM requests. Richard's camera captures the rustic life in the sales street with stark reality.
Kudos to vasantha balan, who has proved that "veyil" was not an accidental success. His confidence in the script shows his film making and he gets himself a seat in the row of directors who rely on the script rather than star power. His courage to handle this sort of the subject needs to be applauded and he is sure to win laurels for this. But the real success of the director lies in the fact that, next time when you visit the sales street, you are sure to ignore the sales people, but ... you will ignore them with dignity.
Well the story is a simple one liner. Its about how young people from different places, with nothing but poverty in common, throng the sales street, dreaming a better future. To brief it, Jyothi lingam (Mahesh), a school topper in a village near tirunelveli, due to his father's death, is loaded with the responsibility of mother and two younger sisters, comes to chennai to work as salesman in senthil murugan stores. He, accompanied by his friend marimuthu ("kana kaanum kaalangal" fame Pandi)slowly discover the reality. The humiliating and ill-treating supervisor(director A.Venkatesh) , the hell-like living conditions, body-squeezing workload; Poverty makes them digest these stuffs and get on with it. Amidst the sweat and tears, develops love between Lingam and Kani (Anjali). One day, sneha comes to the shop for an advertisement shooting, and the pair gets locked up in the shop entire night. What follows changes their life forever.
Casting is the strength of the movie. The lead pair immediately get the recognition from the audience as they easily attach themselves with the characters. Director Venkatesh as the abusive supervisor is a perfect foil for the role. Pandi who has already proved his mettle in kana kaanum kaalangal, utilises the opportunity to the full extent and prooves that he is a natural talent. But the credibility of the director lies in etching the supporting cast onto the minds of the audience. Be it the self-esteemed, unemployed man who turns lavotory into his business; be it the lady who is married to the dwarf; be it the blind old salesman who gives courage to the lead pair; they all leave an indelible mark, long time even after the movie is over.
These genre of movies dont move at a greater pace and incidents joined with linear screenplay makes it interesting. Kani's sister episode does little to help it and could have been done without. Dialogues sometimes lack clarity in the name of natural delivery and the nellai accent makes it even difficult to understand.
Music is a big bonus and movies like these with no real star power rely heavily on the gramaphone. Vijay Antony and G.V.Prakash Kumar make you hum to their tunes and the BGM travels nicely with the movie. "Aval appadi ondrum azhagillai" and "un perai sollumbodhae" are already the hot favourites on FM requests. Richard's camera captures the rustic life in the sales street with stark reality.
Kudos to vasantha balan, who has proved that "veyil" was not an accidental success. His confidence in the script shows his film making and he gets himself a seat in the row of directors who rely on the script rather than star power. His courage to handle this sort of the subject needs to be applauded and he is sure to win laurels for this. But the real success of the director lies in the fact that, next time when you visit the sales street, you are sure to ignore the sales people, but ... you will ignore them with dignity.
