Muthuku Muthaga Tamil Movie
The opening song being nice works against the film than for it. It gives you false hope that Muthukku Muthaaga will turn out to be a good film but it just snowballs down. Again and again, it emphasizes on the unity of a family, so much it gives a premonition of what is likely to follow. The family consists of a couple (Illavarasu and Saranya) with their five sons who're referred to as Ambilai Singams. These Ambilai Singams are respectful of the elders in their pride and will attack anyone who barks, roars, meows or tweets at them. If at least that was the character they were playing they should've stuck to it. Trouble raises its head when the Ambilai Singams get married, turn weak and shed tears when parting with the elderly Singams, thus failing to live up to their title. That isn't all, the Pombila Singams they're married to, dominate over them and do not allow them to share their prey with the elderly Singams.
Tamil films often compare their heroes to animals, Singam, Siruthai, Puli. Why? They ingrain into the heads of the impressionable Tamilian that, being uncivilized with animal machismo is cool. And the hero always exercises authority over other characters, which is why the animals in comparison are at the top of the food chain. That's harmful enough to disrupt social equality. Muthukku Muthaaga is supposedly an action comedy. When the action was going on, I wanted to laugh and the comedy scenes did little to tickle me. I remained as stone-faced as the actors of the film.
The film tackles ideas that have been repeated 'n' times. This is the second film in two weeks where a man is married to someone he isn't in love in order to uphold his family's commitment. What does Rasu Madhuravan think he's doing? Does the think he's bridging the generation gap? Film has had this happening since the early 90's and has left Kollywood a tainted image, that's being rehabilitated by some fine talents in the business. While they continue doing that, there're filmmakers like Rasu Madhuravan who fail to catch up.
Muthukku Muthaaga, just like those dreadful television serials on Sun TV, churns out a family story drenched in so much sentimentality that you wonder if you've missed subtle hints at the parent child relationship being incestuous. The film thinks it's a tear jerker that touches the audience's hearts but the only one who'll be left crying is Rasu Madhuravan. Never mind, it's going out of theatres next week. So let's just let it go.
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