'Mayakkam Enna'  -  Film Review

Yesterday saw the movie 'Mayakkam Enna'. 

The movie had expectation as it is a Selvaraghavan - Dhanush combination again.

As Dhanush has mentioned in his interview to a weekly magazine, his brother has not casted him as a psyche in this movie, for a change he comes as a freelance photographer, in normal state of mind for most part of the movie, though.

This is the story.. Karthik (Dhanush) has few friends. Sundar is one of his friends. Karthik is a photographer and he wants to make his mark in his career and looking for an opportunity to breakthrough. He meets Madesh who is a great person in wildlife photography. He requests Madhesh that he wishes to be his assistant so that he can learn from him and achieve his goals. Madhesh insults him. As Karthik requests again and again, he asks Karthik to take some 'bird photographs' and show him and based on that he will decide if to take him as his assistant.Karthik agrees.

Meanwhile, Sundar introduces a girl called Yamini (Richa) to Karthik saying that he loves her. But Richa tells that she is dating Sundar and that does not mean that she is in love with him. 

Karthik goes to a forest to take photographs of birds. With him, Sundar and Yamini are also travelling.Karthik works very hard, and gives his best to take wonderful photos.

With Yamini's behaviour, Karthik thinks that she is in love with himself and advices the girl that it is not right. But she does not agree.

Madhesh  rejects the photos of Karthik,insults him and sends him back. Karthik feels very bad as all his dreams get shattered inspite of the hard work and he feels depressed and dejected. At that time Yamini consoles him and tells soothing words. Love blooms between Karthik and Yamini. 

Sundar comes to know about this, gets shocked. As there is no other go, he is forced to accept , attend and bless the couple on their wedding.

After few days, Karthik happens to see in a famous magazine one of the bird photos which he took with Madesh's name as the photographer. He realizes that the expert Madhesh has cheated him. He gets shocked and in that shock meets with an accident. He behaves differently after the accident and he is not in his normal self. At those times, his wife Yamini supports him.They face many problems later. What happens next and how the couple manage then forms the rest of the story.

No wonder that Dhanush, the actor, got national award at this young age. A very good performance from him. He is able to show even the minute expressions very well. He is able to gel very well with the role and he has done that with ease. Good job Dhanush!

Richa looks serious for most part of the movie. Not sure why so in the initial part. For the second half it is understandable but for the first few minutes, it is not known.While smiling, she looks sweet. She has done well in the scene where she gets angry with her husband after the big loss to them. Her role in this is not the normal Tamil heroine one.

Hatsoff to the camera man. He steals the heart in the forest photography scenes. We fly with the bird, and open our wings in the cinema seats. The camera is good throughout the movie.

Ravi Prakash as Madhesh has done a neat job.

The role of Sundar reminds you of 'Yaradi Nee Mohini' Karthick. The look he gives his wife when she tells about the cup he won brings smile.

No need to tell about G.V. Prakash, the songs are already a hit. The background music takes you into the movie and you don't feel odd anywhere. He already has many hits and is promising to go further.

The story line is simple, but Selvaraghavan's treatment and presentation makes the difference. 

While watching the movie at one place felt as though the people keep on drinking in the movie. Hero drinks, friend drinks. Then they stop for few seconds or minutes then they start drinking again. Atlast it is good to see that the hero gives up drinking. 

There is a slight humour throughout the movie, all visual without much dialogues. It is good for the ears and mind!

What is happening on the screen is a different from what you guess!

The bottomline is 'follow your heart'. And the movie tells what will happen if you do that.

I will suggest you to watch it ! It is a bit different movie!