“Come, come,
Where to put a scumbag like me?
Is there another lover like me in this world?
Don’t waste time wandering and searching.
You are a dry wasteland.
I am the rain that should fall on it.
You are a city covered with earth,
I am the carpenter who needs to renovate it.
Come, come…”
These are the lines of the famous Rumi. Each of these is taken from the heart of divine love. Rumi’s holy life of the 13th century is still remembered by time. That holy life has been able to turn love so deep into a timeless thought. Such is the ethics of love that is shared once more through ‘Thiruchidrambala’. The film presents a new love experience that fills the heart.
Someone around us. Sometimes we are. Tiruchidrambalam is a film that marked his youth life in such a way. Through the picture it is possible to read the various stages of love that a man may go through. Every next moment of the film that flowed with ease telling the story is full of hope. Even then, it was the acting excellence that captured the viewer.
The backbone of the film is the actors who acted in competition. They are the ones who picked up the script whenever it was getting weak. Dhanush, who is coming as a delivery boy, has given his best performance in his career. Nicknamed Pazam, his character has another story behind it. Still, there are no unexpected moments in the film. The flow of the screenplay does not stop because of the acting excellence. The strategic handling shown in the casting also made the film doubly strong.
Nithya Menon, Prakashraj, Bharti Raja… are the soul of the film. Shobhana, who plays Nithya, is Dhanush’s shadow friend. From buying the application form to everything big and small, Shobhana is needed. He shares everything in his life with Shobhana. The acting moments between them are also memorable.
The film can be stitched together with the love poem that everything that was kept unsaid was only for him. Then love can be heard humming like poetry in the heart. From Rumi to Nandita, love pours into the heart. If you tear the ticket with a little love left in your mind, the movie will be a new experience.
Another aspect of the film is the family relationship that is presented without any connection to the film. The story of three generations is told in the dim light of a small flat. The script discusses the rhythms and ebbs and flows of the male-only family of grandfather-father-son. The father is played by Prakash Raj and the grandfather by Bharti Raja. Both are impossibly talented at bringing life to the camera. Tiruchidrambalam is the performance that underlines it.
Mithran Jawahar directed Pratibha with Noolil Korth. His magic from earlier films is repeated here as well. Anirudh Ravichander’s music also fueled the film’s progress. Om Prakash’s cinematography and Prasanna GK’s editing make it a fresh experience without stopping the flow.
The tenacity of family ties and the depth of love is a must-see on the big screen. It is an experience beyond spoken words. The film has the power to make love blossom even in a dry heart. The film completely broke the Tamil style of telling the story by building muscles as a supernatural being and it was a new experience for the audience. That is why it is possible to relate to life even outside the screen. It is for this reason that Rumi’s lyrics are remembered along with unadulterated visions of love.