Prasand R Reddy

The last scene makes me feel that iruvar meant alter-ego. One of director Maniratnam's best movies. The story's about the rise of two iconic leaders in Tamil Nadu - MGR and Karunanidhi - the names of the characters in the movie are phonetically similar too. A sweet, romantic story of the rise of the masses. Annadurai's and Kalaigar's gentlemanly tale of movies, revolution, politics and most important of long lasting relationships going beyond the ideal relationships depicted even in literature. The character of Kalaigar being more complex, extroverted was more impressive. Prakash Raj did total justice to it, nay this movie is him totally. But this does not in any way reduce the greatness of Mohanlal. Many good stories have been changed to the demands of great stars, this is not seen here. Very honest to the trade, very professional of you Mohanlal sir. The print on PrimeVideo was terrible though I persevered to the end despite that.