The Sound of Silence
“Mouna Ragam” literally translated to mean The Sound of Silence is Mani the God Saar’s movie. A very beautifully directed movie, an exceptional star cast, amazing songs directed by the King of Music, lyrics in which one can just drown, Delhi shown at it’s best and I have only just begun singing laurels of the movie. If you are a Tam or have some Tam blood running in you and have not seen this movie then I urge you to see it. In case you don’t understand Tam then go on a date with a Tam boy/girl (Am I throwing hints or what??) but believe me he/she will be so caught up in the movie that no translation will ensue and you have to just fathom what is happening from the moving images in front, which by itself would be a feast to the eyes.
Now that I have acted Marketing Executive of the movie and done my campaign, let me just start the actual blog ;). Revathi a young college girl at one time gets transformed into this home maker and the strength of character she exhibits is simply phenomenal. She is this really happy-go lucky woman and Karthick simply falls for her. Karthick is this typical Raj of DDLJ fame sort of character, pretty much a wastrel, but somehow you can’t help falling in love with him. He is a sort of rowdy, the typical bad boy, whom parents would urge their kids not to even look at, but with every minute of the movie you only fall uncontrollably in love with him. His comic timing and the kind of playfulness exhibited are simply brilliant. So it is not before long that our lady starts to like him and even goes to the extent of deciding to marry him in the register office. But there comes the whiz bang twist. The Police mistakenly think he is involved in some crime committed the previous night and accidentally shoot him just as he was coming to the Register office.
But life has to move on and Revathi, much against her wishes ends up marrying Mohan. He is everything that Karthick was not, a serious demeanor, overly responsible, has a proper job, lets see, a typical Tam Bram guy ;) and the contrast between the two characters is just too stark.
He works in Delhi and soon she finds herself in an alien city with a person she hates. As her first gift she asks for divorce and they go as far as consulting a lawyer, who tells me them how you need to stay together for a year to move apart, whoever comes up with such rules. And so they endure each other, he patient as ever and she trying her hand at biting sarcasm. They have nothing called a sex life. “Oru Eedupadum illa” and they just stay on strangers under the same roof, like their union was a mistake and each was trying to move on with his/her life without even coming close to accidentally running into the other. There is one beautiful song in this movie sung by SPB the god. As I type this I am listening to that song. The song has made it to Suchi’s all time fav list. Some of the lines from the song go as below:-
தாமரை மேலே நீர் துளி போல் தலைவனும் தலைவியும் வாழ்வதென்ன,
நண்பர்கள் போலே வாழ்வதர்க்கு மாலையும் மேளமும் தேவையென்ன,
சொன்தன்களேயிலாமல் பந்த பாசம் கொள்ளாமல்,
பூவெ உன் வாழ்கைதான் என்ன சொல்.
மேடயை போலே வாழ்கையல்ல,
நாடகம் ஆனதும் விலகி செல்ல.
ஓடையை போலே உறவும் அல்ல,
பாதைகள் மாரியே பயணம் செல்ல
Like water droplets on a lotus flower what is this life that the man and wife are leading?
To lead a life as if one were friends what is the need for all the garlands and drums?
Without any relations, without any emotions, without any love,
What is the life that you are leading?
Life is not really a stage (Shakespeare will turn in his grave I suppose)
Where once the drama is over one just moves apart,
Relationships are not like channels,
Where if the path changes the journey could still continue.
Then she starts to understand him and the relationship better and he wants to distance himself from her as much as he can so there will be as less pain as possible later on when they really have to move on and away.
The highpoints are how the two of them and most of all Mohan handles the whole relationship, how Revathi progresses from being a little girl who knew not a care to trying to nurse her husband while still trying to run a household, managing to pick up a bit of Hindi here and there. The friction in their relationship is brought out very nicely and one keeps contrasting Mohan and Karthick, liking each for a different reason ans trying to imagine what she would be going through.
But what was disappointing was of course the end, which was typical Tam movie style. They realize how much they care for each other in their own style and decide to get together. Or maybe I am obsessed with sad endings as Gif would gladly agree!
I would have probably preferred them getting out of each other’s life and moving on and then sort of realizing they miss each other, but by then it would be too late to do anything. Any more thoughts on endings?
Now that I have acted Marketing Executive of the movie and done my campaign, let me just start the actual blog ;). Revathi a young college girl at one time gets transformed into this home maker and the strength of character she exhibits is simply phenomenal. She is this really happy-go lucky woman and Karthick simply falls for her. Karthick is this typical Raj of DDLJ fame sort of character, pretty much a wastrel, but somehow you can’t help falling in love with him. He is a sort of rowdy, the typical bad boy, whom parents would urge their kids not to even look at, but with every minute of the movie you only fall uncontrollably in love with him. His comic timing and the kind of playfulness exhibited are simply brilliant. So it is not before long that our lady starts to like him and even goes to the extent of deciding to marry him in the register office. But there comes the whiz bang twist. The Police mistakenly think he is involved in some crime committed the previous night and accidentally shoot him just as he was coming to the Register office.
But life has to move on and Revathi, much against her wishes ends up marrying Mohan. He is everything that Karthick was not, a serious demeanor, overly responsible, has a proper job, lets see, a typical Tam Bram guy ;) and the contrast between the two characters is just too stark.
He works in Delhi and soon she finds herself in an alien city with a person she hates. As her first gift she asks for divorce and they go as far as consulting a lawyer, who tells me them how you need to stay together for a year to move apart, whoever comes up with such rules. And so they endure each other, he patient as ever and she trying her hand at biting sarcasm. They have nothing called a sex life. “Oru Eedupadum illa” and they just stay on strangers under the same roof, like their union was a mistake and each was trying to move on with his/her life without even coming close to accidentally running into the other. There is one beautiful song in this movie sung by SPB the god. As I type this I am listening to that song. The song has made it to Suchi’s all time fav list. Some of the lines from the song go as below:-
தாமரை மேலே நீர் துளி போல் தலைவனும் தலைவியும் வாழ்வதென்ன,
நண்பர்கள் போலே வாழ்வதர்க்கு மாலையும் மேளமும் தேவையென்ன,
சொன்தன்களேயிலாமல் பந்த பாசம் கொள்ளாமல்,
பூவெ உன் வாழ்கைதான் என்ன சொல்.
மேடயை போலே வாழ்கையல்ல,
நாடகம் ஆனதும் விலகி செல்ல.
ஓடையை போலே உறவும் அல்ல,
பாதைகள் மாரியே பயணம் செல்ல
Like water droplets on a lotus flower what is this life that the man and wife are leading?
To lead a life as if one were friends what is the need for all the garlands and drums?
Without any relations, without any emotions, without any love,
What is the life that you are leading?
Life is not really a stage (Shakespeare will turn in his grave I suppose)
Where once the drama is over one just moves apart,
Relationships are not like channels,
Where if the path changes the journey could still continue.
Then she starts to understand him and the relationship better and he wants to distance himself from her as much as he can so there will be as less pain as possible later on when they really have to move on and away.
The highpoints are how the two of them and most of all Mohan handles the whole relationship, how Revathi progresses from being a little girl who knew not a care to trying to nurse her husband while still trying to run a household, managing to pick up a bit of Hindi here and there. The friction in their relationship is brought out very nicely and one keeps contrasting Mohan and Karthick, liking each for a different reason ans trying to imagine what she would be going through.
But what was disappointing was of course the end, which was typical Tam movie style. They realize how much they care for each other in their own style and decide to get together. Or maybe I am obsessed with sad endings as Gif would gladly agree!
I would have probably preferred them getting out of each other’s life and moving on and then sort of realizing they miss each other, but by then it would be too late to do anything. Any more thoughts on endings?
posted by OtherHalf at 12:10 AM
2 Comments:
What abt them going ahead with the divorce and then Mohan having sufficiently distanced himself from his first marriage manages toget married again, to this really sweet girl. And Revati, well she lives her life in love and in confusion(Of Karthick/Mohan!?)
Seriously sad endings are more effective, but then makes me go into depression for days after I've seen the movie :)
-Gif
Umm.....that is a nice line of thought Gif...yes,yes i really have a thing for sad endings.
But the thing about sad endings they seem more realistic, reminding us over and over again that life is not always just too much ooh laa laa....and has to be taken with a pinch of salt....u go through a whole, movie or book, living their lives, wishing that at a lot of stages things had been better and then in the end it all just anti climaxes....suddenly it becomes way too sunny and everyone seems to behave as per the rules and stuff like that! That is what i dont like! Maybe it shd more like grow towards the happy ending!
Like in Of Human bondage. It is a semi-happy ending and u have been through so much with the protagonist that u hope against hope hopen that things work out well for him. But maybe that shd occupy a whole new post ;)
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