Excellent. It is the fictionalized story of M.G. Ramachandran and his rise in politics. The other half of the Duo is M.Karunanidi.

The things that captivated me:

The period setting, the portrayal of the infancy of the Madras movie industry, the passion for movies and acting the protagonist shows (I forget his name, sorry) the early movie footages, the relationship between the two men Karunanidhi and MGR, the subtlety with which the political background is inserted into the story, Janaki(MGR's wife) and her early years, the dialogue, the direction, lighting, the texture, the Kerala lifestyle,images and traditions captured in film, his relationship with his mother,the marriage scenes and the young couple, Karunanidhi and the 'other woman', excellent, excellent, excellent!

The dialogue captured the elegant prose that the DMK party men had with the language and it was pleasing. Ishwarya Rai as the first wife and then later as Jayalaltha incarnate was credible.

The whole movie was done with great finesse and left you with a nice feeling of time well spent watching it on screen.

-- Champa Bilwakesh

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