MOVIE- SENGATHU
BHOOMIYILE .
Release Date:
Genre:
Family
Language:
Tamil
Starring: Nivas, Varun,
Vishnu Priya, Bhavan, Senthil, Singam Puli, Priyanka, Sunu Lakshmi
Direction: M Rathnakumar
Music: Ilayaraja
Production: Revathi
Duraimurugan
Here
comes another family drama based on revenge and retribution, set in the rural
heartland of Tamil Nadu. Now, we have been crying ‘cliché’ out loud for some
time now, but there are still film makers who believe that there is enough
juice left in the pulp to deliver one more box office success. Well, that
belief might be right, but it has to be backed up by a good story and film
making. Does Sengathu Bhoomiyile deliver the goods?
Well,
the premise holds absolutely no surprises. It tells the tale of two families,
closely related to each other, falling apart due to an unfortunate incident.
The falling apart does not end with that incident; it snowballs into something
much bigger, ending up in the loss of lives and a total collapse of their
relationship. Now, they are baying for each other’s blood like sworn enemies.
The ‘pangaali’ problems and the boiling blood resulting in swishing sickles and
death is something that easily gets on our nerves these days.
Director
Rathnakumar must have known how and where to draw a line and give this film an
identity of its own. Towards the end, the gloom, death and despair become a bit
too much for everybody. The major problem with the film is that it has nothing
but actions and reactions that hinge on one solitary incident which started it
off all. We are not given much of an insight into the minds of the characters;
they are just impulsively sickle wielding men. The only characters who seem to
show any kind of emotional involvement in the whole affair are the women; but
they have precious little space.
