Vazhakku Enn 18/9 -Review
Vazhakku Enn 18/9
Vazhakku Enn 18/9 is a Tamil neorealist film which brings the various newspaper cuttings into two hour document .The film is written and directed by Balaji Sakthivel. All cast are new to the screen and a gratifying film to depict the current situation of the society.
Balaji Sakthivel’s approach to direct cinema is a multiple approach with mixed social ideology and the portrayal of anti social elements in India. According to Andre Bazin( French film critic), Vazhaku en 18/9 is a Neo realistic Tamil film which broke the Hollywood style of film making within the set of Mise-en-scene carrying an introduction ,plot, treatment and climax. Very few Tamil film director like Mahendran and Bharathiraaja who experienced the pure cinema. This film does not have song sequences for the antagonist. According to the Marshall McLuhan (a Canadian philosopher) the dress code, vehicle and the characters properties convey the Materialism which also denotes the characters economical background. Pure cinema, a representation of reality through the main stream medium dealt with various perspectives of human conflict and social inequality.
Vazhaku en 18/9 opens with a semiotic shot as it creates an ideology that someone is striving for life and then comes the alleged Protagonist version which initiates a narrative style. Velu, the Main character’s childhood life at village, a Neo Marxist approach exposes the economical state of the family. Adopting the reality to cinema to portray the exorbitant interest, the recent illegal activities practiced throughout India and its overdosed impact in Andra pradesh is bought to notice.
Velu works as a bonded child Labor in a Northern part of India exhibits the real incidents reported by newspaper articles .Then comes the death of their parents, sand mining labor job sacrificed many poor working class people in India due to inadequate safety measures. Unnoticed working class people death and least financial compensation is a never ending tale in India according the annual death reports.
Velu comes to Chennai and suffers financially without proper job. A prostitute, socially criticized woman according to the Ideological state apparatus helps Velu to find jobs in a roadside idly shop. According to Laura Mulvey’s (British feminist film theorist) theory, the male dominated society exhibits an anti feministic way of approach to the prostitute .Later; she is negotiated by the same society with an ideology of society.
Arthi’s version in the film introduces to voyeurism, a financially wealthier school student Dinesh approaches Arthi with the male gaze. He uses materials like mobile phone to view the girl without the girl’s knowledge. Technology is misused for an illegal purpose and these types of cases were reported by many newspapers after the evolution of mobile camera. Victim came to know about the recorded videos of her in Dinesh’s mobile phone. As soon she tries to avoid him, the boy hit her with acid by plotting a scene. Unexpectedly .The acid hits the housekeeper Jothi.
Repressive state apparatus, Police used their influence and twisted the case against Velu, a one sided lover of jothi. The Biased police closed the case by helping the culprit to escape. The police accepted the bribe from the culprit side for preparing the fake report which serves as a strong evidence against velu and he is sentenced to jail. This incident is also taken from the real life happenings reported by Tamil daily. Politician’s power and repressive Police attitudes bring social injustice, inequality to the economically poorer people.
The direct cinema which is shot in the real locations and original crowd were captured in the camera, Underground anti social drug business is portrayed during the scenes at slum. Cinematographer tried a different angle in two scenes .Firstly, When Velu comes to know about his parent’s death and secondly, When Rosy (a prostitute) receives money from Velu. Youth Culture and its periodic changes were drafted in this film and school going children’s views on multi cultured society is cinematographed. Youth’s Social freedom is misused and their extreme exposure towards the electronic gadgets is filmed. Due to the addiction of Interactive medium and lust for sex made them to violate all the rules and it spoils the moral values of society.
-Lingaraja
Vazhakku Enn 18/9 is a Tamil neorealist film which brings the various newspaper cuttings into two hour document .The film is written and directed by Balaji Sakthivel. All cast are new to the screen and a gratifying film to depict the current situation of the society.
Balaji Sakthivel’s approach to direct cinema is a multiple approach with mixed social ideology and the portrayal of anti social elements in India. According to Andre Bazin( French film critic), Vazhaku en 18/9 is a Neo realistic Tamil film which broke the Hollywood style of film making within the set of Mise-en-scene carrying an introduction ,plot, treatment and climax. Very few Tamil film director like Mahendran and Bharathiraaja who experienced the pure cinema. This film does not have song sequences for the antagonist. According to the Marshall McLuhan (a Canadian philosopher) the dress code, vehicle and the characters properties convey the Materialism which also denotes the characters economical background. Pure cinema, a representation of reality through the main stream medium dealt with various perspectives of human conflict and social inequality.
Vazhaku en 18/9 opens with a semiotic shot as it creates an ideology that someone is striving for life and then comes the alleged Protagonist version which initiates a narrative style. Velu, the Main character’s childhood life at village, a Neo Marxist approach exposes the economical state of the family. Adopting the reality to cinema to portray the exorbitant interest, the recent illegal activities practiced throughout India and its overdosed impact in Andra pradesh is bought to notice.
Velu works as a bonded child Labor in a Northern part of India exhibits the real incidents reported by newspaper articles .Then comes the death of their parents, sand mining labor job sacrificed many poor working class people in India due to inadequate safety measures. Unnoticed working class people death and least financial compensation is a never ending tale in India according the annual death reports.
Velu comes to Chennai and suffers financially without proper job. A prostitute, socially criticized woman according to the Ideological state apparatus helps Velu to find jobs in a roadside idly shop. According to Laura Mulvey’s (British feminist film theorist) theory, the male dominated society exhibits an anti feministic way of approach to the prostitute .Later; she is negotiated by the same society with an ideology of society.
Arthi’s version in the film introduces to voyeurism, a financially wealthier school student Dinesh approaches Arthi with the male gaze. He uses materials like mobile phone to view the girl without the girl’s knowledge. Technology is misused for an illegal purpose and these types of cases were reported by many newspapers after the evolution of mobile camera. Victim came to know about the recorded videos of her in Dinesh’s mobile phone. As soon she tries to avoid him, the boy hit her with acid by plotting a scene. Unexpectedly .The acid hits the housekeeper Jothi.
Repressive state apparatus, Police used their influence and twisted the case against Velu, a one sided lover of jothi. The Biased police closed the case by helping the culprit to escape. The police accepted the bribe from the culprit side for preparing the fake report which serves as a strong evidence against velu and he is sentenced to jail. This incident is also taken from the real life happenings reported by Tamil daily. Politician’s power and repressive Police attitudes bring social injustice, inequality to the economically poorer people.
The direct cinema which is shot in the real locations and original crowd were captured in the camera, Underground anti social drug business is portrayed during the scenes at slum. Cinematographer tried a different angle in two scenes .Firstly, When Velu comes to know about his parent’s death and secondly, When Rosy (a prostitute) receives money from Velu. Youth Culture and its periodic changes were drafted in this film and school going children’s views on multi cultured society is cinematographed. Youth’s Social freedom is misused and their extreme exposure towards the electronic gadgets is filmed. Due to the addiction of Interactive medium and lust for sex made them to violate all the rules and it spoils the moral values of society.
-Lingaraja
posted by Lingaraja Sivanaiah @ September 19, 2012
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