Raattinam – A realistic rural love story.

by Hari Hara Sudhan

Once again, a realistic love story from a set of fresh talents. Director K.S. Thngasamy debuts as a director and an actor, he plays the role of hero’s brother. Furthermore, the lead pair, Lagubaran as Jeyam and Swathi as Dhanam, debuts as well. Manu Ramesan has scored the music and cinematography by Raju Sundar.The film even before its release has been selected for German International Film Festival, so lets congratulate the whole team.

Story

A love story between Dhanam, a school girl and Jeyam, a happy-go-lucky guy, who accompanies his brother in family construction business. If Jeyam’s family has a political background, on the flip side, Dhanam’s family had powerful government employees like Port trust chairman her dad and Public prosecutor her uncle. They both fall in love, and they plan for an outing to Thiruchendur and guess what? They get caught by the police. Things get bitter after that, two families try to stop the outrage, but it grows bigger, and they go for third man settlement, where  politics and ego plays the spoilsport. How Jeyam and Dhanam manage to solve the problems and what happens to them is the rest of the story.

What works? 

Casting was perfect, the biggest plus is neither the boy had manly looks, nor the girl had angelic attraction. They look like one of us, which helps us to resonate with the film easily. Though there are many new faces, the director had made sure that everyone has given a decent performance to name a few, Jeyam’s friends, Director  K.S. Thangasamy himself and Dhanam’s uncle. Picturisation of songs is good, "Asathum alagu" is the pick of the album. The unexpected twists and turns make the film an interesting fare and set it apart from the clichéd films.

What fails to work?

Story has nothing new. It is the same love story.  Even good picturisation couldn’t enhance the songs; they come as speed breakers,  except for “Asathum alagu". Few amateurish acting in the first half is also a slight downer.

Final word  : A good one-time watch with a riveting climax, you can give it a try. 

Rating: 3/5