Anbe Sivam
"Anbe Sivam" was telecasted last week on a tamil channel and if you dont know tamil then you have missed a really good movie .This movie , one of the better Indian movies , touches the basics of politics without creating any controversies . For example : Nasser represents capitalist .He is a businessman with darker shades of character ...and in short a hardcore capitalist with no concern for his workers or society.Madhavan represents the democratic society ,or rather the people in democratic society .He complains about everything and is more concerned about himself .And kamal (namma thalai) is a communist . The movie revolves around these people and surprisingly the message(as per my interpretation) in the movie is not what kind of "governance" is good or more suitable . The message is - we all talk about corruptions and other things but we fail to see the good things. eg: Kamal says that Madhavan is god because Madahavan tries to save a kid by giving his blood .And similarly , in the last scene , when a guy comes to kill kamal but instead he ends up asking for forgivesness from kamal and because of this Kamal refers to him as god. Since Kamal's character is a believer in communism , the word "god" refers more to good things and not "god" as such . We fail to appreciate the auto-driver who returns things that you forgot in the auto , or the security guy who wishes you every morning or the next door kid who makes you smile . Why do we see only the bad things and complain and why dont we enjoy/appreciate the good things ?
Thinking more on these lines - though corruptions exist in our society , there is a system which works perfectly well . We keep talking about all the corruptions and politicians but how many actually try to get into politics and make things better for others . Who wants to clean the sewage ah ? Of course you might say the least I can do is morally support the right causes .Thats exactly what my great-grandfather and grandfather did , my father is still doing it and I will definitely continue with the tradition.But you think it really makes any difference? Naaaa .
I am not a perfect person and I dont expect the society to be perfect . There is a dialogue in Ayuhta ezhuthu (tamil version of Yuva ) which roughly translated means - "I will take care of myself...and the world will take care of itself" . How selfish ....but very true.
Thinking more on these lines - though corruptions exist in our society , there is a system which works perfectly well . We keep talking about all the corruptions and politicians but how many actually try to get into politics and make things better for others . Who wants to clean the sewage ah ? Of course you might say the least I can do is morally support the right causes .Thats exactly what my great-grandfather and grandfather did , my father is still doing it and I will definitely continue with the tradition.But you think it really makes any difference? Naaaa .
I am not a perfect person and I dont expect the society to be perfect . There is a dialogue in Ayuhta ezhuthu (tamil version of Yuva ) which roughly translated means - "I will take care of myself...and the world will take care of itself" . How selfish ....but very true.
posted by Jagan at Thursday, February 23, 2006
52 Comments:
briliant one da ;)
We always see the flaws the weakness or the displeasing side of a person, government, company ext yet we brush off the good
Good one.
This movie is one of my all time faves. Very neat, polite, and subtle movie that delivers a message smoothly. I loved the scene where Kamal and Maddy have a conversation at the railway station. Very well shot.
you have writen a good Post da. my eyes really disturbed when madhavan cried after the boy which he gives blood died. If we go to temple and pray we will not get happy, if some one show there love(pasam) we feel happy.
about the movie: i did not like the movie much. through out the movie he says the same thing which irritates.(though I like the principles of communism).
yepp awesome movie.. was waiting 2 watch the movie atlast saw it.. very touching movie with a poignant end..
machi serious post ellam eluthurai, enna da matter?
this is amongst my fav movies da, kamal rocks in the movie da!!!, and this is kinda the only movie where kiran looks kinda ok
Kamal actually did a need job of pushing his atheistic thots so subtely !!
very well written...
you echo some of my sentiments....
sometimes, the only thing we do is bitch about the system....
and yup! it is an awesome movie....i like madhavans acting in the movie a lot...and especially 'two to two to two-two"
Good things are taken for granted and bad things are given centrestage as we want to improve on the bad things... humans always strive to be better at what they do, so definitely bad things have to be voiced out and discussed to find a solution!
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good movie.good post.did u notice kamal hassan mention about tsunami in the movie in the hotel to madhavan.
machi, enakku oru grass-itching aagiduchu machi un post padichu..... serious post ellam ezhuthara?? India poi maarittiyaa?
but, really nice movie..... evrybody gave a fine performance in the movie.... n as Vatsan said, one of those movies in which Kiran looked gud!!
hmmm.. simple dialogues during the conversation between kamal and maddy were the strength of the story..
@kicha: that time i was juz wondering why didnt such a nice movie run like a box office hit... then one of my friends told me, padathula enna iruku, padam muluka pesikitey irukaanga !!!!!!
>>But you think it really makes any difference? Naaaa
jagan, read this post machi.... a Big change is always initiated by many small changes !!! :-) lets not give up...
yes Jegan...one of the all time best movies in my list...Its a pity many of my friends had a different opinion.
Again a pity that such bold attempts by Kamal go to a waste...sigh*
Interesting..I haven't seen this movie da... will check it out..
what have u been doing other than watching movies and trying to save the world? hehe..
Hey my Favorite Movie too...Good Post and Very true as far as today's world is considered !
See Good things and try to Appreciate them ;-)) That's where God resides...Love is God !
One of your best posts !!!
very well written and they way you described characters of Kamal , Nassar , Madhavan clearly brings out the message of the movie .
Anbe Sivam by far my best movie ..and the concept of GOD brought out in this movie is somthing i always believe in and hopefully follow it ..
Good Job Macchi !!
neatly written and a very nice movie... while we see the movie from this sphere of politics, it can aslo been seen from a philosphical sphere and it makes perfect sense there too!!
aya eppadi thellam eppadi , vry nice post, machi uto changed nallavana
very nice movie indeed.. climax was one of the best..
That was quite a revelation!!
I`ve seen the movie about 3 -4 times, but have looked at it in this angle.. the way you look at it, the capitalist, democrat and communist angle i am talking about.
All this time, I was only inspired by the presence of God in love in Mankind angle of it.
Definitely a superior movie, which unfortunately will never find box-office success in India..
yathirigan: Agree that Kamal has tried something in this movie.
I am not saying that the theme of the movie is not good. but the screen play, kamal's monotonous acting, cracking of jokes.... I'm stopping here, since jagan's post is already flooded with comments..
i don't know tamil... but i didn't miss anything :)
the movie was dubbed into telugu... and i watched it twice till now...
it's a touching movie... i like it
A nice point brought out well too..Jegan...nee thaana antha jegan...coll la en kooda padichiye..eppdi ippdi??
Yeah.. a real good movie with lots of positive thoughts told in...
Along with Anbe sivam and Ayuhta ezhuthu, RDB also joins in the similar stream.. Good Post Jagan.. Cheers!
Good One machi..
hey mams, eppadi da ippadi? pinnita da....
"anbe sivam" one of my fav.
u knw its a award movie but, unfortunately padam tamilnadu la
"oothikichi".....
as u said, the message givn in the film is an "extraordinary beauty"..
Anbin Padhai serdhavanuku Mudivey illaiyada, Manadin Neelam edhuvo adhuvey vaalvin Neelamada....
In that movie Kamal shows how a true communist should be. But what happens on ground is different. But still a few of such communists lives in our time.
"I will take care of myself...and the world will take care of itself"
-i totally agree.
ps: doesn't mean one shouldnt lend out a helping hand once in a while.
That was really a good movie...Good that you watched and stayed in one place for more than 2 hours
Seri..yaarukuda padam pathe :-)
You are tagged!!! :)
wat man u 've become full of wisdom??
@visithra - naa sonnathu thirippi appidiey solli irruki-ey ..eppadi athu ?
@dreamvendor- yeah ..the railway station scene was shot well .madhavan had done a real neat role .
@jeevan - danks machi ..yeah sowing love makes us more human .
@kicha - hmm..u didnt liek the movie ? and he says few things again and again ? I dont think so ..they only thing he repeated was that there is god in every person . and even after repeating tht few things , i dont think it reached people.
@hells angel - good . i guess u must also watched kannathil muthamital this weekend :-)
@vatsan - seriouis post ah - athu appo appo varum da ..and yeah ..got to agree tht kiran looks gud in this movie.
@sujay - i dont know if kamal is atheist or not ..but the message was really gud .
@kaushik - i echo ur thoughts ? good to know there are ppl many people who think in similar lines . Hopefully more people look in this way.
@RA - its gud if the bad things are voiced and a solution is found . But we dont seem to be doing htat . complaining is more past time for many ppl da ..
@aravind - yeah ..kamal did talk about tsunami . But I guess no one cud have predicated that TN cud be affected by it.
@kuttichurvura- i didnt change machi ..me same porrikki always . as for the grass itching effect - i remember a real gud college joke . i will share it with u in mail sometime later . send me ur mail id .
@yahtirigan - kicha ve mannichi vittudu da ..chinna payan theriyama sollitain .
@ashok - yeah ..pity that movie wasnt commericially hit . but I guess kamal did get gud reviews .
@tamilponnu - it is not one of those fast movies ..so u need some patience to watch it .
i have been porrikifying as usual..no saving he world business - i dont hav time for it ;-)
@gladmeetin - so settled in usa ? epo ni nalla peter viduriya ? not peter ..i mean mary .
@shiv shankar - thanks da ...naan sonnathu vida ni enna rombha praise panni irrukirey . so enna treat vennum unnakku ?
@naikutti - philosophical sense ? can u b more eloborate ?
@AC- me not changed nallavan da. we are always partners in crime da ..so u is the not worry .
@eclectic blogger- yeah ..very neat climax.
@srijith unni - well , every movie can b interpreted in many ways ..not necessary in the same way as director himself might have picturised . its just my view on the movie da.
@kicha - kamals' monotonous acting ? inthis movie ? i htink this movie is more different form his other "different " movies da .
@chaitanya - i didnt know tht the movie was released in telugu too . i guesss it must hav been equally a flop movie in telugu.
@shiv - athisayama irrukule ? ennale nammbha mudiyala na parthukoyen ;-)
@matt - well. i dont place ayutha ezhuthu in same league as anbe shivam da .
@senthil - danks da
@my_days_Are.. - che oru payan nallavan yosicha , unngalakku pidikathey .
and yeah ..there are many gud movies which flop ..and anbe sivam is one of them and it definitely deserves better treatment ..
@jo - i believe kerala is one of few places (other one being bengal ) where communist came into power in a democratic way :-)
@precious - ur PS is understood without without saying .
@beautiful mind - he he ..i actually went for the movie with few "friends" ..i watched it only bcos i liked the movie and NO other reason :d
@silverine - i will kill u for this .
@sophia - athu naan by birth ;-)
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hemm...very nice post.
i believe we are here because we're evolved to be here. and also because we're masters of our destiny. but then we're not alone here, so there is a greater purpose in life rather than being selfish. lets live life and find that purpose.
Nice movie.. I too watched it that day.. and what you say is very true.. Practical and Real!!
Instead of complaining we should try appreciating small good things and try make life better for people who depend on us.
@kuttichuvaru - mailed u machi .
@GP - maams ..philosophy ellam nalla thaan irrukku. but i prefer to be practical machi.
@bindu - gud ..looks like all youngsters agree on this .:-)
One of my all-time faves too! :-)
@chaitanya - i didnt know tht the movie was released in telugu too . i guesss it must hav been equally a flop movie in telugu.
yes it is...!
Yep,my favo movie!
and abt teh latter part of ur post...hmm:-?:-?
@vinesh - :-) ..
@chaitanya - hmm..but glad u liked it .
@ramses- i didnt get ur comment machi .
hi ,
first time here and my first comment on my fav film "anbe sivam". i have watched the film many a times. but still every time i used to watch it, i get the feeling of completeness which i could not find in any other movies. a very good film presented in a damn good way. i pity those who could not understand how good this film is.
amazin write up...and yeah...kamal's my thalai too...:D...kool that u talk abt appreciatin stuff...jus a lil curious...u do it???
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