The film revolves around the reputed drama troupe,Thavathiru Sivadas Swamigal (Nassar) is the leader,Kaliappa Bhagavathar (Siddharth) and Gomathi Nayagam Pillai (Prithivaraj) are his apprentices,When everything seemed to go fine with the film,Gomathi becomes jealous of Kali.
Performances:-
Siddharth as Kaliappa Bhagavathar - Siddharth's character got overshadowed by the villain in his previous film Jigarthanda,but here he gets his chance to even himself with his fellow actors,his new style of dialogue delivery especially in the scene where he plays Rajapart is sure to make a deep impact among the audience.
Prithiviraj as Gomathi Nayagam Pillai - His character is quite similar to Pasupathi's character in Veiyl (Also a Vasantha Balan film),Despite putting in his best efforts his character is goes unnoticed among the drama troupes as they give more preference to Kali,this leads to jealousy,Prithivaraj should be commended for taking up this role,he gave his best performance in his Tamil film career with Gomathi.
Vedhika as Vadivambal - Arguably one most of under used actresses in film industry today, last year in Bala's Paradhesi she showed that lesser familiarity with the language,won't effect their performances If they put serious effort to get the right output,and yes she did it again,she deserves accolades for her performance.
Nassar as Thavathiru Sivadas Swamigal - Nassar is a versatile actor and he just proved it again in his role as a mentor for his actors in his drama company.
Others - They are adequate
Technicalities :-
Cinematography by Nirav Shah - Considering the fact that this film is based on stage dramas,it needs special attention from the film's cinematographer,and Nirav Shah did his fine best to get the lightings right according to the drama sequences.
Editing by Praveen KL - He has been doing very smooth editing for his films of late and his tried his best to keep the film engaging,the 1st half was entertaining while the 2nd half is a bit cheesy with overlong melodramatic scenes,Praveen could have trimmed those scenes a little.
Production Design by Santhanam - Given that the film is set in the pre-independence era,it needs a lot of sets to bring back the current feel,added the medium budget of 20 crores,the job would be even more harder,but Santhanam proves to be exceptional with his convincing work with a relatively lesser cost background arts.
Music by AR Rahman - The musicals involved in stage dramas are long forgotten and it would be hard to get people's attention, roping in a popular Composer like AR Rahman worked in the favor of the film,he not only gave the perfect background score and songs but also his popularity is niche audience to the theater.
Writting & Direction - Vasandha Balan :-
First of all Hats-off sir for attempting to make a film on this rare genre,it takes more than just guts to come this far. Vasantha Balan is a great director and Kaaviya Thalaivan is a fine example of his skills,his writing worked out very well to a large extent but still it does have some flaws,the first half was fabulous and entertaining, but it seems the film lost its path suddenly turning into patriotic film midway overlong emotional scenes dis-appoint at the end.
Plus:-
Performances of the actors
Production Design
Cinematography
Music
Direction
Minus:-
2nd half Very Predictable
Screenplay could have been handled in a better way.
The Final Word - Despite its flaws,Kaaviya Thalaivan is still a must watch for the efforts put in by the entire team...
Rating - 7.5/10.....
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