Salamma, a single mother of two married, yet dependent sons with kids, has too much on her plate as she is just a sanitation worker at a government hospital staring at her imminent retirement. Ammani is a desolate old woman, abandoned by her kin and lives in Salamma’s house and makes a living by scouring garbage and trading recyclable material for cash. The money minded attitude of her family puts the lives of everyone involved on a collision course.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
92 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
14 October 2016
Directed by:
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Produced by:
Ven Govinda
Written by:
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Starring:
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Subbalakshmi
Nithin Sathya
Robo Shankar
George Mariyan
Sri Balaji
Music by:
K
Shot by:
Imran Ahmedh K. R.
Editing by:
K. R. Rejith
Distributed by:
S Pictures

What’s Hot

  • Salamma’s character required a lot of maturity and the director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan dons the role herself to inject the right dose of the required emotions that she would have had in her mind while sketching the character. Her looks and costumes compliment her acting to convincingly perform ‘Salamma’ on screen.
  • K’s music, though sparingly featured in the movie it definitely bears a good vibe that is used in the right proportion to set the mood with solos from Gana Bala and Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and to break the monotony with a comically portrayed number as well.
  • Lakshmy Ramakrishnan storyline is quite relevant to the Indian society and its values when it deals with issues pertaining to parent and dependents and when their roles are reversed with age. Her direction is also proficient as she involves the perspectives of various characters involved.

What’s Not

  • One can’t overlook the overdone dramatization of events in the movie, right from the way family feuds escalate to the way the money minded people are shown to mingle with a stranger just because there is a lot of money which they wish to claim – probably too much of influence of the reality show hosted by the director, which was credited to be the inspiration to make this movie.
  • The screenplay towards the climax was too hurried and did not have the required time to ripen, especially with such a drastic event being at the centre of the climax – this made the ending look unconvincing and rather rash.

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Verdict

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A potential issue of contention that plagues the dependent family members commonly seen in India, is dealt with in a fine manner by the director who also dons the lead role, but the over dramatized and exaggerated situations featured are mostly unreal leading to a pretty rash and hasty ending that was not so convincing as it ought to be!