| Cast |
Parvathi Menon, Srikanth |
Music: |
S.S. Kumaran |
| Direction: |
Sasi |
Making a movie out a famous novel is often a difficult path to tread. Very few adaptations have been successfully made into films like Jeyakanthan's 'Yaarukkaga Azhudhan' and 'Silar Nerangalil Sila Maninardhal'. Director Sasi has boldly attempted to make a feature film out of the short story titled 'Veyilodu Poi', written by S. Tamil Selvan.
The story revolves around an innocent village belle Mari(Parvathi Menon) whose world starts and ends with her fiancée Thangarasu (Srikanth), with whom she is in deep love. Time turns a new leaf and Thangarasu finds himself unable to accept Mari's love. Knowing for sure she won't win her childhood love, Mari still prays for a peaceful life to Thangarasu.
Sasi has woven a soft romantic story in an interesting manner with even small sequences given great care. The comic act by the boy who manages his cattle, events that occur in School, the non-vocal manner in which Mari expresses her mental agony are all nicely filmed.
The 'foreman' matter, which drags beyond a particular point, makes a patient viewer yawn. Also, the 'mobile number forgetting' scene too lacks credibility. The 'hanging act' indulged in by Mari is far from reality. Likewise, the 'treatment' meted out to Thangarasu by his wife smacks of unrealism.
Newcomer Parvathy Menon delivers an unbelievable performance in her very first film itself. The film belongs to her: it's Parvathy all the way. The way she emotes in various circumstances speaks volumes about her vast acting potential. It won't be surprising at all if Parvathy manages to win an award or two for her performance in the film.
Srikanth should be applauded for agreeing to portray a character in a film which is basically a heroine-oriented one. Though Srikanth's character, by no stretch of imagination can be labelled as a 'challenging one', Srikanth delivers a subdued performance, which was what the director probably expected of him.
Debutant music director Kumaran has involved himself fully in the proceedings and has scored at least a couple of hummable numbers besides making a neat work of background score. The 'Chuchu mari' song deserves special mention. Cinematography by P.G. Muthiah is a major plus point to the film. The way the drought situation and other scenic places in the villages captured is quite admirable.
Dialogues by Sasi are practical and the screenplay is reasonably a fast-paced one. For those who would like to have some quality-film viewing instead of sheer masala entertainers, 'Poo' is a not-to-be-missed film!
Poo - Worthy all the way!