Kannathil Muthamittal - An excerpt
Movie: Kannathil Muthamittal
Director: Mani Ratnam
Scene: Sujatha (A short story)
The Story: A 9-year old adopted kid, Amuda, is told about her adoption by her parents on her 9th birthday. After two scary attempts to run away from her home in search of her 'mother', her father decides to take Amuda to riot-stricken Sri Lanka and try to meet her mother. The father, a writer, is giving a speech to a packed house to tamilians in Sri Lanka...
The Scene: Bored by the speech, Amuda wanders off the auditorium. There is security around, poicemen all around. She crosses the road and playfully walks along a foot-path with blades of grass she has picked up. She finds a lame young man sitting on a wheel-chair. She playfully walks upto him,
Amuda (A): 'Hi!'
Lame Man (LM): 'Hello!' (With a stern face, just about to show a smile...)
A: 'What are you doing?'
LM: 'Nothing!'
A: Realizing he also speaks her tongue, 'You are also a Tamilian?!'
LM: 'Yes...'
Amuda plays around, realizes that the Lame Man has a diary with him... takes it and opens it. She finds poems written...
A: 'My dad's also a writer, he also keeps writing such poems... Bore! I do not understand anything.'
LM: 'Is it?', seeming interested, 'What's his name?'
A: 'Thiruchelvan, but writes under mother's name... Indra! Actually, she is not my real mother... just the one who's bought me up! Have you heard about him?', with extra pride, 'He is really famous! He is giving a speech... there, across the road in the auditorium. House full... people are clapping after every sentence!'
LM: 'Impressive!'
A: Realizing the bizarre tamil accent, the typical one from a Lankan, 'Why do you talk Tamil like this?!'
LM: With a meaningful smile, 'This is also Tamil!'
A: 'Hmm...'
Indra now sees her ahead on the walk-way... Shouts for her...
Indra (I): 'Amuda... '
A: Looking at the Lame Man... 'That's my mom... always worried. She fears that I will run away again!'
Amuda runs towards her mother... meets her,
A: 'Amma, that guy there. He is also a Tamilian, nice man. I was talking to him only... He is also a poet, but not as famous as father...'
I: From a distance, 'Thanks, Sir! Did she trouble you? She talks a lot... Sorry for the trouble!'
The Lame Man just smiles back...
A: 'Uncle, please do come to our house if and ever you come to Madras... We will have fun. You can meet my father... Address is: Flat 3, Ground floor, Poongavanam Society, Royapettah, Chennai - 14! Do come...'
The Lame Man smiles and begins to move forward on his wheel chair... Amudha and indra turn back, when Amudha realizes that she still has his diary with her... in a jerk, she turns around murmuring ...
A: 'Oh! Amma... I have to give his diary back...', and breaks into a sprint...
I: 'Amu...', Indra shouts out for her in reaction...
A convoy of government cars come around the corner... the Lame Man stands up... runs across and jumps on one of the cars... and BOOM! A huge blast, Amudha flies backward... glass pieces wounding her face... Indra falls down in shock!
6 comments:
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Hey Abi! Just wanted to bring it to your notice, your links on this blog do not work! You'll have to replace the @ with the .
Sorry to jump into the bandwagon a bit late ....
There are a lot of things about this movie that i just loved.
Mani Ratnam has the ability to put scenes that you would remember just out of nowhere....
Anjali for instance...
Alaipayuthe scene when Madhavan proposes to her in the train...
Kannathil is no exception when it comes to the movie as a whole.
Rather, I would like to talk about the music
For instance a simple song, sung is a raw voice, for what some people call a dubitable cause.
"Vidai Kodu Engal Naadu"
Each line of this song is more meaningful than any song i have heard. There is not a line that shouldnt have been there. There are no filler words to fill in the rhymes.
Lines which translate to:
Even if you have a father, will you be as comfortable as your mother's lap?
Even if you go to heaven, will you feel as independent as your own place?
Our music is lost in our children's cries
I can just go on and on..but this song is probably the example of a peaceful resistance. A song that is trying to get a message across.
"Kannathil Mutthamital - Title"
This songs's been picturised as a father and mother describing their child and what she means to them.
Amazing thing is, you could use this song to describe any one in your life...Even god. (I sort of have this fixation that any song Yesudas sings is for god...and i think i am right)
... Ok I think i've written a blog almost now ... I will stop ..but anyone who hasnt checked out the music ..please do. :)
(removed previous comment coz of "semantic" errors :) )
and correction Abi ...
Its not:
this is also tamil
its:
this is also your tamil ...
and that makes all the difference!!
Deftly added touch that was.
thnx KT... :) anyway.. the dialog, are you sure if it is indeed 'your tamil'... 'cos i remember it is 'idhuvum tamizh daane' ...!!!
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