Yogi Tamil Movie
Paruthiveeran, director Ameer debuts as an actor in Yogi.
The story revolves around Yogi (Ameer), a ruthless killer living in the slums of Chennai. Killing and robbing for money is his livelihood. A man of few words, Yogi seems to be devoid of all emotions until a baby enters his life. That happens on one of his heist, when chased by cops, Yogi drives away in a car that is parked outside a fruit shop. But at the time of abandoning the car, he realizes that there was a baby all along in the car. As he walks away, the little one's screams drag him back to the car and he carries the baby home in a shopping bag.
Meanwhile the parents of the baby are in search of her and have lodged a complaint with the police. Yogi develops a fondness for the baby, which is traced to his love for his infant sister. As the story progresses, you are taken down memory lane, to the unhappy childhood of Yogi. His drunken and good for nothing father forced him to quit school and resort to begging. And was the cause of his mother's and baby sister's death. Yogi will miss them always. The arrival of Jessie into his life reveals a soft side of this hard core murderer, who contemplates giving up his way of living, just for her sake since he intends bringing her up as his own.
Ameer as Yogi has delivered a powerful performance and the story rests on his shoulders. Some scenes bring a smile like the one where he dances to the tune, 'Oru Koodai Sunlight' from the film 'Sivaji and his moments with Jessie.
This gangster flick captures realistically life in a slum and is ably supported with a tailor made cast, as in Yogi's friends. A few scenes leave you disturbed even after the story is over. Like the one where the baby is found with ants crawling all over her and the scene where the snake enters her basket. Madhumita, as the Telegu speaking Sulochana acquits her role well. Ganja karuppu in the role of a photographer lends humour to the story and it is not slap stick comedy. Vincent Asokan pulls off his role as the scheming husband with conviction.
Camera work by R.B. Gurudev has caught the intricacies of a slum well. Music is by Yuvan, with the song, 'Sirmevum koovathhulae,' topping the charts. Although violence and gore marks the story and the end is predictable, the goodness of humanity comes to the fore, when Yogi listens to Sulochana that a baby's rightful place is with her mother.
Yogi has been selected to compete at the Dubai International Film Festival scheduled for the second week of December.
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