#SCSuggests - Quarantine "Boredom" Saviour

It'll take time since you get back to your theatre seat and grab a tub of popcorn. To become your #BoredomSaviour, we have an interesting list of 3 movies for your love of Cinema.


Psycho

"A psycho killer is on loose. It has been 18 months since the police have taken up this case and still hasn’t solved it. A blind man begins to take up this case to get back his love held captive by this Psycho, solving the case not just by merely seeing the crime. The physical and mental darkness existing in the characters becomes the media of understanding and solving crime."

Though atavistically violent, Mysskin’s magic and Ilayaraaja’s Score bring out a grim universe where even silence feels orchestrated and unsettling.

Watch Psycho Trailer  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDZCXPBYHY0

                          

Mysskin’s works tip-off to be very artsy and abstract all the time. Psycho is no exception to that, but it isn’t your normal Psycho Killer movie. It just has the traits of one. Mysskin directs a movie more empathetic to the antagonist and perfectly justifies as to why. This perfection is aced by the brilliant work of the technical department. With Frames looking like paintings, humans as sculptures and silence as something defined to be soar/wild tune ( Maestro Ilayaraja deserves credit for his top-notch musical contribution). The immersive quality of the movie by Masterclass Direction of Mysskin gets multiplied by intriguing undercurrent notes of mythological references, especially to Buddhism, to be precise, “The Legend of Angulimala”.

Psycho is a movie made with the highest significance to “Cinematic Storytelling” and deserves a watch for the unique elements it touches throughout being a Psycho Killer film.

                                  

MathuVadalara  

(Available on Prime Video)

"3 friends live the life of ration in a small penthouse with no fan, dripping water from the ceiling and main door as the urinating spot for the owner's lad. The salaries earned by 3 are just enough for a Wifi to binge TV series, breakfast and the house rent. Nothing more, Nothing less. This state of living brings out a swindling idea in one of them, for increasing their money, yet, is never fool-proof. It’s this very risky nature that Mathu Vadalara spirals into."

Mathu Vadalara is like having a friend with an enjoyable sense of humour and comedy timing but spending time with him always get weirdly twisted and problematic. You’re still glad that his comedy is what that makes up the time spent peppier though troublesome.

Watch Mathu Vadalara Trailer - https://youtu.be/tmb2G-C6byM

                             

The movie’s biggest strengths are in its clarity with the segments to be dealt light-heartedly. The innovative comedy is the one to look out for. There is no scope for Melodrama and generic boredom has been completely refrained. Especially, the Vintage Chinranjeevi movie references and the TV Serial which plays out amidst the scenes are much more than comic relief. Excellent Casting choices and freshness in characters makes up for the #BoredomSaviour.

HeyRam

(Available on Prime Video)

Hey Ram bears this running satire among the cinephiles who lived through the time of its release that “It is Kamal Hassan who Wrote, Directed, gave Screenplay, Acted and also partially produced Hey Ram, but Ultimately it is Kamal Hassan who only watched the film.” This statement does throw some light on the box office failure of Hey Ram due to never escapable controversies both politically and religiously. Also, it never got the release in Telugu.

"Hey Ram is about the Dysfunctional Saketh Ram’s Life as narrated by his Grandson, a novelist. Saketh Ram, a man suffering from a weakly constructed mindset and PTSD holds an agenda to kill Mahatma Gandhi, as he finds Gandhi’s revolutions Responsible for the horrific incidents with his First wife in Calcutta."

A movie which is a symbol of excellence for the Kamal Hassan’s love for cinema. Yes, cinema as a whole and not Acting singly. A movie filled with Kamalisms and his prowess with the “Art” of Cinema is what makes this an Underrated Gem in Indian Cinema. Kamal affably shines more as a Writer-Director, getting complimented by his Master Class acting in the persona of Saketh Ram. Cinematographer Thiru said in a recent interview that the movie omitted the colour blue and gets a very tinted, heated and monochromatic colour, just like the characters influenced or blindly believed by the prevailing ideology either For or Against.

Watch Hey Ram trailer - https://youtu.be/GKLvKk_uXzA

                                    

Hey Ram is ahead of its time when referenced to its content, as its ideology and the methodical approach does fly over the head even now. But, it’s also a blessing in disguise that it did have a release, at least, because it would’ve never seen the face of theatre if made now, as for its controversial notions, both Politically and Religiously. All said Hey Ram achieves something which even the Cinema now, 20 yrs after it's release, cannot in terms of writing and should be watched by all the bussing film-makers.

Fun Fact- Sailesh Kolanu, the director of HIT (The First Case), has a special place for this film in his heart. He even gave a tribute to Hey Ram in this movie by having the Scene with Saketh Ram romancing Aparna (Rani Mukherjee) on a TV in the background. (Try to find this scene in the movie and mention in the comments).