The Life of Muthu Review - Thumbs Up
Everyone is now focused on GVM's comeback, and his most recent film, Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (Life of Muthu), which stars Simbu, was just released. Let's see if the film is able to bring GVM back in good shape with a fresh appearance or not.
The plot follows muthu (Simbu), a villager who used to live with his mother and sister, as he travels to mumbai due to unfortunate circumstances. muthu begins working in a hotel that is connected to the underworld, and soon he is drawn into it and becomes a gangster. What happens next and how muthu manages to survive in the mafia world makes up the remainder of the narrative.
The plot follows muthu (Simbu), a villager who used to live with his mother and sister, as he travels to mumbai due to unfortunate circumstances. muthu begins working in a hotel that is connected to the underworld, and soon he is drawn into it and becomes a gangster. What happens next and how muthu manages to survive in the mafia world makes up the remainder of the narrative.
Simbu has to pick up the gun in an unavoidable situation at the beginning of the film, and as he contemplates doing so, the action is cut off by a jump cut to another shot. However, after a few scenes, it will be shown, intercutting with the dialogue about whether muthu ends up on the good or bad side, and then it sharply cuts to a blank screen with the words "written and directed by G." You should establish your protagonist's journey in this manner, and you should also expose your identity in this manner! Theatre roared as GVM's name came in such a way with such a smooth cut.
This is just one of numerous instances of superbly written, brilliantly made scenes in the film. Muthu's universe was also meticulously established, and especially in the first half, the people, dialogue, and interactions between them appear so real that it won't take long to become engrossed in it. Simbu's performance as muthu was outstanding; the role calls for him to underplay by being mostly subdued and vulnerable, and he does it to the fullest; it is the best performance of his career.
The editing by Anthony was slick, the cinematography by siddhartha Nui is outstanding, the lighting and atmosphere of the Muthu's world was captured very naturally yet intensely, and the best part of "Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu" is of course A R Rahman's music. The vibe of the "Mallipoo" song is to be experienced only in theatres; it's a freaking good track but the visual context to it, the lead to that song elevates its impact by 10 times, also his background score packs the proceedings with a solid punch and overwhelms us every time it rises.