CGB: Papanasam

Off late I have seen dumbaku movies.... so to evade the sins (Pavam).....

Watched Papanasam twice during the first few days of release. There is a purpose for this, being a diehard fan of Kamal, thought I should watch more than once during week 1 since I did watch Dhirshyam once during its first week. If not it will be injustice….so watched Papanasam back to back.

In the past I have seen back to back movies of Kamal like Guna, Anbe Sivam, Kuruthi Punal..those are real back to back, immediate show after the previous. Those are unforgettable glorious days….from Deviparadise to Udhayam or to Kasi…using my bi-cycle as a racer bike.

In the above list I have watched some all alone ( esp Anbe Sivam), just to enjoy the performance and dialogue delivery with minimum disturbances around. Having seen the original version I was sure Papanasam will also fall under the above list, so ventured out all alone on Saturday and accomplished the task.

In the past I was never perturbed by this act of venturing alone since all those are during BM period ( Before Marriage) where as this one is in AM…makes a huge difference to your life style.

To reduce the ruffle took everyone in the family the next day so that I get perpetual food at home and this appended my back to back movie list of Kamal

Now to the movie….

Normally in his movie you will see his touches but in this one I think he let Jeetu to be independent except in choosing Gautami, I personally feel Meena would have added more charm to the role. Some changes to the original like adding the emotional element in the climax, more dialogues for MS Baskar since he is native of that place, language (Papanasam tamil) difficult to follow at some places, TVS XL Super replacing bicycle etc.

One notable change to the original version was the police character played by a comedian Shajon whereas in this one by Mani, only similarity between these two is that they hail from Kalabhavan. Mani created the Mahanadhi Thulukanam impact to this film. Big salute to Jeyamohan for his dialogue, some of the best ones are