Adaikalam Movie Review

Adaikalam Movie Review

These are days when a hero has not one but many heroines, Kaladass Creations' Adaikalam is unique in the sense that there is no heroine. The film is a family oriented drama and it was Prashanth's idea not to have a heroine says the director. Bhuvanaraja who has worked as an assistant to K.S. Adhiaman is making his debut in Adaikalam as a director. Apart from direction he has written the story, screen play and dialogues. Bhuvanaraja says, "Normally debuting directors like to play it safe by taking up romance subjects. But I wanted to give the audience something different. When I narrated the story to Thiagarajan he emphatically said that there should be no compromise for the story."
The story revolves around a father and his children. There are just five characters in this film - The father Thiagarajan, his wife Saranya, their children Prashanth and Uma and their maternal uncle Radha Ravi. For some reason Thiagarajan is separated from his family. He enters his wife's house after 20 years for her funeral. He is forced to stay in the house till the 16th day ceremony is completed. The children grew up with an aversion towards their father and do not change their mind during the 16 days. The film ends with a twist when he mentions the story behind the separation. Bhuvanaraja opines "I want to break the bastion that movies are only love stories. I want to give a successful family oriented drama. There is so much melodrama in the film that it will reduce the weak hearted to tears. The movie will change the definition of present day mothers. With such a weighty character Adaikalam will definitely be a turning point in Sharanya's career. Apart from the five main characters Kottachi, Kadugu Ramamurthy and Jeeva are cast in the film. Sabesh - Murali scores the music and T.Anandakumar cranks the camera. Adaikalam is produced by Kalavathi Sri Narayanadass and Sri Narayanadass.

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