Is Madrasapattinam another Hollywood movie like Academy award winner Slumdog Millionaire set in Indian backdrop? No indeed, technically it is not! The reason is obvious. Slumdog Millionaire was directed by British film-maker Danny Boyle, while Madrasapattinam is by Indian filmmaker Vijay (Kireedam and Poi Solla Porom fame)! But, in terms of quality of content and artistic value of performance and picturisation, Madrasapattinam gives the appeal of a Hollywood period movie. Hopefully, after Slumdog Millionaire, Madrasapattinam would be another landmark in the history of Indian cinema in showcasing Indian films and culture to the world! Cheers to Madrasapattinam team!
Who is in it?
Madrasapattinam is a love story set in the pre-independence period (1945-1947) of India. Arya plays a dhobi-wrestler named Ilamparidhi, English actress-model Amy Jackson as the Madras Governor General's daughter Amy Wilkinson, Alexx O'Nell as a cruel British officer Robert Ellis, Nasser as wrestling master Ayyakanu and Cochin Hanifa as Nambi, a funny translator working for the British.
What is it about?
The film begins with a funeral in London at the present time. We see an old lady sitting still before the remains of her departed husband William Space. Soon, we come to know that the lady is motionless not because of great sorrow, but she is dying owing to a blood clot which has been in her brain for long and is now turning fatal. The doctors wish to conduct an immediate brain surgery, which gives only 50:50 chance of survival. Despite rigid opposition from her family, the lady decides to leave for India to complete some "unfulfilled tasks", promising that she would be back in time for the surgery.
Chennai welcomes the senior citizen where she relives many memories of 1945, when she had reached the then British ruled Madras as the 18 year old beauty Amy Wilkinson, daughter of the Madras Governor General. The contemporary Chennai evokes periodic flashbacks in her memory and that's how we meet a dhobi and wrestler Ilamparidhi, also called Paridhi (Arya), who lived in the pre-Independence period of India. Paridhi, from the dhobi (washerman) community, lives in Washermanpet area, and washes the clothes of the British people. Amy's meeting with Paridhi coincides with his community's fight against the government's decision to build a Golf ground in the colony of dhobis. It is only Paridhi who revbolts and fights against this decision, even at gun point. She calls him "brave". The relationship between Amy and Paridhi develops and subsequently develops to love.
In 1947, the British government announces the much-fought-for independence to India. Independence turns out to be joyous for millions of natives, but not for Paridhi and Amy. Why? They know that independence means separation! In this fear, they lose their presence of mind and embrace in public, giving a chance to her groom-to-be and villain Robert Ellis (Alexx O'Nell) to prove before her father that Amy is having an affair with a native dhobi. After some strong arguments, the Governor General orders his men to capture and kill Paridhi secretly, then sends his daughter to Delhi and then to Britain. But on her way, Amy escapes from the train and returns to Madras in search of Paridhi. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
Performances
As an Aghori, Arya didn't have many choices to showcase his multiple talents as a hero in his last year super hit Naan Kadavul but this time, he really rocks in Madrasapattinam in all facets of true heroism: manly looks, realistic fights and romance. He perfectly fits in the role. He could grasp the real spirit of a period film and never attempts to overdo the character.
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