Director-Saami.
Producer-Karthik.
Music-Sabesh Murali.
Cast-Aathi,Padmapriya,Kanja Karuppu,Sona,Banuchander.
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This is saami's 2nd venture,1st one being "uyir" which stirred controversies.This one aint any exception-it comes with "A" rating from the CBFC.Rightfully so,i might add.
The movie is set in a rural milieu and Anbazhagan alias Ayyanar is a ruffian who terrorises the village.The debutant aathi makes a mark with his crude mannerims and his physical build-the height,broad shoulders epitomises virility-overdone at times though.He reminds you a lot of paruthi kaarthick.The first half is pretty much made up of two things-you can see the hero in his prurient self trying to rape someone..anyone..and the next thing you can see is that he keeps guzzling "kallu".At any instant of the first half,he is either drinking down litres of kallu and or attempting to rape hapless woman who fall in his sight.His sidekick Idi Thaangi (played by Ganja Karuppu)envies the sexual prowess of his master.He constitutes the humour track which does evoke few "smiles" at times-rarely though.Not much can be said about the first half where the keyword is booze,sleaze,rapes and more of it.The funny part is that not much of a difference lies between the protaganist and his bull who's libidos are most probably the same.And all that credit goes to the director who potrayed him that way.The title is justified as you can see his uncouth activities like-tearing the old lady's ear,trying to stab the pregnant Azhagamma and making her run miles reminds you of his animal like behaviour and ruthlessness.ANd i'm glad i brought Azhagamma(played by Padmapriya).Thankfully,she aint one of those run of the mill heroines but climbs palm trees,beats up ruffians and delivers knock-out punches in a perfectly believable manner.On the usual lines,Ayyanar makes amorous advances on her--only to be swatted back in his own fashion and he decides to marry just to conquer her.Then comes the twist in his life when he realises she aint a subservient woman whom he came across all along.As the plot progresses,you cant stop grinning at the bickerings between the two.The first half ends with the hero suffering from some mysterious disease and some really weird symptoms.The 1st half is pretty racy and the question "yen(why)" posted to you raises many questions in your mind-are they asking you why are you still here or is it that why did you choose this movie of all the movies..!?!..The movie pretty much reminds you of paruthiveeran esp that song in the middle of nowhere..but thankfully that feeling of "seen-this-before" fades away once the second half gets rolling.
The second half is where you begin to see signs of a human in the hero.For one he begins to love his wife-not withstanding the beatings though.He begins to suffer from a really mysterious killer known as AIDS.It is in this half that he gets used to dope,homosexuality,drugs etc in the prison.But if there is one thing that i dont understand,it is the question of why does the hero often put into jail.!.As the second half progresses,you start to loathe this guy for the insensitive clod that he is towards his wife.Padmapriya potrays the role of caring wife with perfection eventhough its beyond her scope.He sodomises literally everyone and anyone whom he finds and he pays for his promiscuity later on.Day by day his condition deteriorates and he gets admitted in the hospital.Inspite of getting admitted for the same,he doesnt change and remains animal like.He gets banished out of the village for the same.As the disease worsens and symptoms get more worse,he drastically turns into something else,more tinier and a weaker guy.The make up for this character is perfect and is faintly reminiscent of "Rakthakaneer" stuff.But then at the end of the day,he learns what is life all about and tries to repent for his sins by offering the place in front of his house for constructive purposes.By the time you feel pity for him,he dies.In the end a fitting end for the guy that he has been all along in his life.In the climax,there is this long speech from padmapriya which is little unjustified considering the funeral rites that she has to perform..!!
Overall mirugam scores and it seems like a 3 minute AIDS awarness ad being elongated into a 3 hr movie with the elements of a movie.This awarness part can be observed by the way the doc delivers a speech to those villagers..it reminded me of those govt of india DD ads..!!.This is a movie worth watching and beyond any doubt not with parents.It is a realistic movie with overdoses of sex,violence and vulgarity.Credit must be given to the director for skillfully treading the thin path between sex and at the same time delivering the message too..!!
Well...thats about mirugam i guess...do watch it and let it make you into an animal..like it did to the guy posting this blog...!!
