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But are they allowed to do that peacefully? No. A quick nod to the community, who is given their land, saying they can delve there.
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For instance, a donkey is set free to roam around, but 2 of his feet are tied so it cannot run. It draws an ample amount of similarities and references from nature. Karnan is filled with some amazing metaphors. They themselves have to become their saviour. Which means their saviour doesn’t have a face. The deities have almost faded one of them doesn’t even have a head.
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Mari Selvaraj who gives this movie a mythological twist shows how even the gods have dulled out and taken their blessing away from this community. But what they get in return is police brutality, caste discrimination, harassment, lack of resources and so on. Their plight is to have a bus stop, let their kids study, their girls be safe when they roam around alone. Their demands are not the sky, but ones that people living in a city with good infrastructure don’t even pay much attention to. There is a war in the movie, the war between people who want to rise high and the ones who don’t let them. Second, he manages to give the high born protagonists, of the mythological epic, a low born twist and shows what if the tables were turned. First, he makes the evil and the good clear. The whole film has names from the Mahabharat. He is Karnan, the saviour who will become the face of their headless god. Karnan, aka Dhanush, is introduced to us through the track Kandaa Vara Sollunga, a song more of a cry for help than introducing their hero. They want to take you to the very core of this community and make you live with them, and their struggles. The writer-director with his team is not here to tell you the story while you sit in comfort. Her life had no value for the people watching her die like a stray dog. The camera zooms in, and her face is now replaced by a facade (mask) of a deity. The camera zooms out, buses pass from her sides, she continues to battle, she dies but none of the vehicles stops. The movie opens up with a girl younger than even 10, who is battling a seizure in the middle of a busy road and needs help. Unlike Pariyerum Perumal, Karnan does not believe in sitting silently, even for a minute.Īlso written by Mari, Karnan is a metaphorical film by taking references from the mythological story Mahabharat.
There is a structure to his showcase of individuals rising from the resistance. We conveniently give it a side-eye, but not Mari Selvaraj, who is consistent in showing what people on the lower level of the hierarchy have to go through. It isn’t that any of us don’t know systemic oppression exists.
Karnan Movie Review Written & Directed By Mari Selvaraj(Photo Credit – Instagram) Karnan Movie Review: Script Analysis Karnan becomes the face and resists the powerful, creating sparks that do burn his surroundings. Amid them rises Karnan (Dhanush), a young man who becomes the voice of the community who pray to the faceless god. Awareness is the key.Ī Dalit community is living in a small village, caged from all sides by powerful people who don’t allow them to have a voice. It is being told to you through a mythological and symbolic approach, so you know how vast the gap between the powerful and powerless is. Watch or Not?: It’s a story about people like you and me. But once you press the play button, there is no chance you are allowed to move. Utilise those moments of shock to do the deed. Loo Break: Karnan is enough to make you uncomfortable that you pause the film at least a few times. What’s Bad: My ignorance that I did not ever look at the evil levels of oppression some communities still face to get basic things. Selvaraj drags you in this shatteringly stunning visual telling of the story and makes you live the life of suffocation for almost 160 minutes.
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What’s Good: caste discrimination, oppression and atrocities are limited to newspapers and TV channels for privileged folks like you and me.
Kishan, and ensemble.ĭirector: Mari Selvaraj Karnan Movie Review Written & Directed By Mari Selvaraj(Photo Credit – Instagram)
Star Cast: Dhanush, Lal, Rajisha Vijayan, Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, Yogi Babu, Gouri G.