Aramm Review

Cast: Nayanthara, Ramesh, Vignesh

Music: Ghibran

Direction: Gopi Nainar

I don’t know whether director wrote the district collector character to be women or changed it when Nayanthara was on board. Whatever it maybe, the female IAS officer has added the movie more authenticity. The decisions which Madhivadani (Nayanthara) takes towards the end of the film are emotional ones which we can’t see in a hero-centric films. We are used to hero diving into the situation, however tough it is, and completing the mission.

The film is about the rescue mission of a small girl, Thanshika, who falls down inside an unclosed borewell hole. This is not that one day or one incident (like Gautham Menon’s hero tells) of Madhivadani, rather the issue is given more importance. So the most we know about Madhivadani is her name. The news channel debate that fills in the gap between two scenes is little annoying as it stresses the same point that of people of the village.

The people of village and their dialogues are mere reflection of reality. The cinematography adds value to the realism. The dialogues are sensible as there a dialogue goes differentiating administrators and politicians. The core plot does not get diluted even though there are scenes and dialogues apart from the core issue.

The interval scene where the girl will be pulled out of the hole brings you to edge of the seat and you start praying for the rescue operation to be successful. In a similar way, the whole film connects everyone emotionally. Ghibran’s background score helped big time for such intense emotions.

Verdict: Intense story shown with at most realism.