O Kadhal Kanmani (2015)
The way he made the artist to
portray the characters, the graph of
the two lead characters, Anandhan
and Tamilselvan, the importance
of the side characters, the song
placements, the muted speech at
Arignar Anna’s Death, The Bond of
two opposite party leaders, clearly
shows us why he is the master of the
art. The Main important thing that
makes Iruvar as a masterpiece is its
Flawless writing!
Thalapathi , A Crime Drama
loosely based on Mahabharata,
the friendship between Karna and
Duryodhana, remains one of the best
movies ever made in tamil cinema,
with Mani Sir’s strong writing served
as the main reason, the characters,
the drama, the emotions, the love,
the affection, the revenge, most
importantly the friendship, all these
were well portrayed and it remains
as a cult classic.
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Ayutha Ezhuthu , a Hyperlink
film which stressed the need for the
rise of youth politics at that point of
time. He used the Rashomon effect
as the story telling method and
handled it with perfection. All the
three storylines will have different
backstories of the three characters
and all of them were given proper
time space to show the character’s
depth and their detailed background.
25 Films, 6 National Awards,
Mirror shots, Train sequences, top
angles, staccato dialogues, close-
ups, romance, drama, friendship,
relationships, emotions, love, kisses,
lust, politics, terrorism, biography,
everything.
Making these into films could be
easy, but making these into cult
classics is purely MANI RATNAM’S
Magic !
Srinivasan Aravind