Iraivi - review

A story of chauvinistic men, selfless women, impulsive decisions, compelling thoughts, provocative content, noble intent, all of that conveyed in parts and lost in translation at  most.

A character sketch for your interest ;

A dejected director's creation fails in his race against  time and fate,  when confronted with the love he bears for his brother. ( S J Suryah)

A smuggler's respect for women makes him desire for an ill treated wife of another.  He's a man in solitude, who wails in sorrow when he sees undeserving men partner divine women Ill treating them to the point of dejection,
never understood by his siblings, wants to avenge men that ill treat women, wants to covet another's wife for he can offer her a better morrow. (Bobby Simha)

That another with misplaced loyalties, failed love life, undervalued service to the undeserving, neglection of the deserving, with a wife that loves another but lives for him. (Vijay Sethupathi)

Now comes the part of the women who play the better halves of the above.

An office going wife, married to a drunk n impulsive idiosyncratic director,
in crossroads In her life, unable to decide between happiness and her love for him! (Kamalini Mukherjee)

A housewife resigned to arranged marriage, paying thy Lord to wed a  mixture of Ajith/ Vijay, ends up being wedded to a guy (Sethupathi) who's infatuated to a widow, whose loyalties lie elsewhere. (Anjali)

What we have here is women who haven't given up, men who haven't realised the inscrutable affection of love that their better halves bear for them.

It's a mishmash of noble intentions, made  in the honour of women who stayed back to let their men go about their impulsive, unchecked, selfish walks of life, with gravely misplaced loyalties indicating future tragic casualties.

Do these men, who venture out in the dark, choose to be enlightened by their spouses or do they impulsively choose to self destruct is what is the story to unfold.

The director hasn't given us Bharathi 's Pudhumai Penn, he gives us Iraivi - iraivanikum melana thunaivi.

It's a brave attempt in support of the women of the Old, the sacrificial lambs, even to date in this male dominated institution of marriage, a heart felt thanks to a mother's unflinching affection to her kids, a housewife's thankless job  and their fidelity of self sacrifice and motherhood, a loving lady's unceasing regard for the loved one, finally an ode to all the women who are forever under appreciated by us.

"Yevalo kevalamana aatkal ille namma?" -
 S J Surya's really knows to act, his instincts to exaggerate are subtly downplayed  by the director and given to us in refreshing doses.Vijay sethupathi plays a pivotal role in the movie,  that would make a man of the ilk described above hate himself. Bobby Simha underplays the role of the torchbearer for under appreciated women.

 Kamalini Mukherjee lets her eyes express, Anjali for a change has gone back to katradhi Tamizh days, to impress.

Karthik Subbaraj tries to elevate women to a pedestal wherein they are the epitome of sacrifice, the verdict is out. But I do agree that they are God's most noble invention, a invention with an ability to create like no man can do! If this movie is a hit, it'll go out to prove that the Tamil Audience are one of the most mature of the lot.

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