Periyar... The movie.

Well been thinking to update my blog right after the movie got over.... but took sometime to do it.

The movie started off portraying inital days of periyar and what made him take the rationalist path. Some people are not made they are born that way... I guess periyar is one such kind... as the movie progressed one could get a feel what kind of person periyar was... scene from movie: inspite of being a non-believer of rituals and all the supersition that existed in the society periyar successfully administrated the temple accounts... he says belief is different from management skills. This is responsibility and he does it with atmost sincerity.

Post interval the movie is at its best... one actually forgets the actors and gets a feel of watching periyar in real-time. kudos to the lead actor 'satyaraj' is has definitely done a great job.

I had my own mindset about periyar... but his thiniking is different and very genuine... i had 2 questions which had been in mind for a long time... why he said Indian Independence day is a black day in the history of India and why he actually got married to maniammai... The reason why he called Indian independence day as a black day is because "independence without social freedom is not really freedom" congress those days were only against British rule not against the social injustice that were prevailing and they were not interested in that at all... thatz the reason why periyar said independence without social freedom is not worth anything. made absolute sense to me. While I din't get strong reason why he did the later... Periyar was 60 when he got married to maniammai and he lived upto 90. the reason why maniammai joined periyar and helped him was to ensure he lived long enuf to serve the society which is a very valid cause and she lived upto it... it is because of her periyar managed to live a healthy until 90...

well a must see movie. What was more interesting is to watch the movie with people who enjoyed it more like how i did....

the only thing I felt would have added more value is that 'the incident should have been dated' was not able to relate to the year...

I wish someday My grandfather NSKrishana's life should also be picturized.