“Mandela”,
a light-hearted but very well-thought story. It strongly yet in its own
comical way captures the significance of ‘one-vote’. If today's world
is on a quest for seeking its identity, this movie begins with the very
notion of an identity-less situation. As much as I enjoyed the movie, I
couldn't help but to realise most of the meanings that were embedded
deeply. Set in a village in Tamil Nadu, the movie collects around a
prominent family's personal rift to making it a caste issue overtly. The
outright hatred that is deep seated in 'caste' is aptly picturised and
at the same time, its hypocrisy comes upfront as a caution. The
transition in the name caught my complete attention - 'Smile' to
'Mandela', more like an 'identity-less' (but still happy) to 'identity'
(the root cause of all other problems) - I find it a clever play with
the names. One could imagine all the significance a name like Mandela
could hold. Our people need more movies like this.
Nice write up. Well made movie. Different climax would have given realistic approach. I like identity part that would have given more importance along with date of birth. Which to most is not accurate.
ReplyDeleteArun - Thank you for reading through! Though there were many loopholes in the story, that could have been fine-tuned - it still deserves credit and applause for not carrying any deliberate remarks against any particular party/community, and much more for the efforts that went into making it light-hearted.
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