R ARIVANANTHAM
While veteran director Mani Ratnam’s periodic drama, Ponniyin Selvan 2’ based on Kalki’s novel is a magnum opus, ‘Yaathisai’ is a low-budget periodic film with rich content.
The director Dharani Rasendran has focussed more on the details presented in the movie, making it interesting for the audience to connect with it.
- Director Dharani Rasendran has focussed more on the details presented in the movie, making it interesting for the audience to connect with it.
- It narrates the detailed story of Pandiya dynasty, and how the Einar, a tribal group came face to face with them and tried to pull them down.
It has filled with interesting historical information and the research carried out by the director are clearly visible on screen.
Despite having no famous faces in the cast, the actors have managed to keep the audience glued to the screen with their performances.
Trailer:
Shakthi Mithran and Seyon who played the prominent roles in the movie have delivered excellent performance of their characters.
Vaidehi, Samar and Rajalakshmi have all understood their characters and gave an awesome performance in the movie.
Though the film is produced in low budget, the production value of the film is quite impressive.
The audience feel realistic, because of majority of the portions are shot in real locations.
The movie is set in the backdrop of the 7th century, revolves around the story of a small group of tribals whose language and conversation are age-old fought against the Ranadheera Pandiyan of Pandya Dynasty.
It narrates the detailed story of Pandiya dynasty, and how the Einar, a tribal group came face to face with them and tried to pull them down.
What happened during the war, who emerged victorious and what happened after the war is the rest of the story
BGM by Chakravarthy quite impressive and it adds more authenticity to the movie.
DOP Akilesh Katamuthu has captured the scenes beautifully.
