Alagushanmugaraj V

Hats off Mari Selvaraj 👍.... . The rise of the oppressed is the ultimate theme of Karnan. And through several pumping visuals and a smartly constructed screenplay, Mari Selvaraj attains that. The presence of craft in Mari Selvaraj’s storytelling is brilliant. By the time he completes around ten films, I think people will be keener to witness his use of visual metaphors in his movies. Karnan is a politically fearless and cinematically sensational creation. Dhanush, as Karnan in the beginning portions, is your typical angry young man. But as the trauma increases, there is a gradual change in the way the character reacts (still being that short-tempered one), and he makes sure that his performance has that strength and grace to feel like the hope of a village. As a Malayali, it was a bit tough in the beginning to get accustomed to Lal’s dubbed voice. But his performance as the cool Thatha was really good, and in the climax portions, the performance was genuinely heart-wrenching. Rajisha Vijayan may not have an extensive role in the movie, but the film does offer her some space to be the feisty and understanding girlfriend, and she delivers a memorable performance. To see Yogi Babu in a serious character was a refreshing sight, and I hope more filmmakers will use him for quality character roles. Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, as Karnan’s sister, delivers a top-notch performance. As the menacing police head, Natarajan Subramaniam conveyed the upper caste frustrations subtly and effectively. I don’t know the names of many actors who portrayed the roles of the village seniors. They all delivered an incredibly earnest performance which helped the movie make the audience root for the villagers. Mari Selvaraj’s vision for including metaphors is really remarkable. By looking at the Donkey in a more empathetic way, he is somewhere asking his viewers to shed all their prejudices. He is breaking a stereotype through that symbolic representation, and maybe that’s what he believes society should do to give the Dalits an equal chance. In the second half, the gears are getting shifted, and Selvaraj gives you a view of how the upper caste system endorses this class divide to remain in power. The anger you see in the upper caste people when they hear the village people’s names are never shown in a gimmicky way. And Karnan is not a movie that tries to be a one-man show. The hero is presented as a character who asks the older generation to let him take a stand so that at least the coming generation can aspire to live in an equal world. Theni Eshwar has done the cinematography of the film, and he uses the silhouette lighting occasionally to depict the Karnan aspect of the movie by making the Sun the backlight. Santhosh Narayanan’s background score is earthy and pulsating at the same time. The movie’s production design is really brilliant, and they have captured the brutality with utmost authenticity.👏👏👏👏 Dhanush & people acted very excellently. Karnan one of the important movie in 2021. This movie will be talk of the cinema for centuries. மாரி செல்வராஜ் அவர்கள் ஒரு அருமையான நடிகன்.👍👏👏👏

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