My thoughts on Mayakam Ena

RAW, RUDE and REALISTIC the 3 R's are the mandatory elements in Selva's movie and Mayakam Ena is not an exception to this. In fact that only makes this movie special. Loved every scene of it. Strangely I find this movie sharing the storyline of alchemist –“ when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” and Selva has made that realistic.

Of course it is not just another story where a hero wants to become a singer/cop/kick boxer etc and achieves it with all his heroic stunts just like sipping a cup of coffee. It’s a normal man's story whose passion for photography is burning inside. The movie doesn't give false hope to people like us that it is so easy to achieve your goal when you love them and that’s what makes the movie interesting.. The hero here neither beats the villain to death nor files a case against him when he finds him using his photo and claiming it as his own. Coz that's not what normal people do.(One more Tamil movie that was realistic with same kind of storyline is vellithirai and I loved it too).

Special mention about the female lead. She has got guts, attitude and most importantly good acting skills. Wish she chooses her movie wisely from now on, if that happens she is more likely to be a successor of yester year actress Sujatha. Danush as usual was at his best. We all know only his brother can bring out the best in him and that has happened as usual. BGM was good. GVP has done a good job.. Or is it a combined job of both GVP and Anirud? :P Although many didn't like the climax I simply loved it. The only thing that I didn't like about the movie is the placement and the picturization of "Kadhal En Kadhal" song.

To sum it all Mayakam Ena - A film by Selva :)





PS: I haven't read Alchemist fully. I stopped reading it half way as it is not my kind of book