Harish Palaniappan's

Prithviraj has become my favorite actor after mozhi and this one. Padmapriya and Nitin Satya prove to be actors to look out for.

Nitin Satya does the mildly psychiatric villain role much good, without getting tempted to over do it like all those other tamil actors who generally get too very excited when put in a psycho character.

This is about the tamil film 'Satham podathey'.

Actor prithiviraj is also the comedian in the film and his typical malayalee way of talking to people and expressions add a lot of happiness to the film.. (this film without him would have been a blockbusterly sad TV serial).

I remembered a lot of my malayalee friends (guys) past or present, whose way of wittiness and talk i could relate to in prithviraj's.

And all actors made me feel the film at heart, and I was eagerly waiting for a action climax where the villian gets a good beating.. but that disappointingly never happened. arghh.. probably the director prefered to excuse the character. anyways.

I think I became particularly jealous watching Prithviraj in his character.. made me feel like I should be as nice as him with people someday.. including the wittiness and nuttiness.

But except for his dancing skills ofcourse... whenever prithviraj is doing his steps, you can see his uncomfortability flat on his face.. and would actually love the stupid moves he makes if you can see it as your friend trying to show off.

The film has a complex story...complex because it has to be delivered to a conservative audience. It is about impotency and problems with a marriage gone wrong.. very carefully handled without sensitizing the story at any point, without allowing any kind of unpleasant discussion or interpretation of the story.. Everything that happens within the story of the girl's married life shown, could be considered too sensitive but with the mildness, the jokes, and breaks director has inserted into the telling of the story, the sensitive discussion goes like a breeze without the audience feeling uncomfortable at any point.

While the first 90 minutes was handled extraordinarily nice (in my opinion even deserving an oscar.. uf.. who wants that stupid hollywood accredition.. lets say 'national award'), the later part was too too dragging.. or, probably i felt it that way, because i was watching the night show in the theatre, and it was getting too late beyond midnight.

Whether the director has become my favorite too.. never.. i will only like one director the most i think.. that is "myself" .. though my padams don't run much as yet.

'satham podathey' .. satham potu sollalam.. nalla padam...oru thadava paaklam.
(if you didnt understand the above.. it is tamil written in english.. .. yea, as if my english is already understandable. :o)