Star
Arya, Catherine Tresa, Madhuvanti Arun, Y. Gee. Mahendra, Super Subbarayan
Director
N. Ragavan
Music
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Release Date
Fri, 14th Apr 2017
Kadamban tamil Movie Song Lyrics
Rank | Movie | Lyrics | Views |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kadamban | Uchimalai Azhagu | 762 |
2 | Kadamban | Saama Kodaangi | 750 |
3 | Kadamban | Ilarattham Soodera | 746 |
4 | Kadamban | Aagaadha Kaalam | 741 |
5 | Kadamban | Otha Paarvayil | 723 |
Story
Arya along with a group of villagers wages a war against a powerful businessman, who wants to destroy the forest surrounding Arya's village for his greed.
Kadamban (Arya) is a daredevil tribal who belongs to a small clan living
high up in a mountain in a dense forest. He loves his forests and is a
sort of protector for it. Radhi (Catherine Tresa) is madly in love
with the hero while her brother looks at him as an enemy. The head of a
corporate conglomerate Mahendra (Deepraj Rana) and his brothers plan to
illegally mine the mountain range for alkaline metals and to do that
they need the tribals to move out their village. When Arya and the
others refuse they first use deceit and later brute force against them
and whether the hero and his little clan survive the onslaught or not
forms the rest of the story.
Kudos to Arya for first beefing up his body and then for the daredevil
stunts that he has performed which keep us in awe throughout the film.
The climax fight in which he shows great agility in moving along with
the elephants is a treat to watch. His cricketing prowess is put to
good use in a fight with hungry hyenas too. On the whole its Arya and
he alone who owns the film. Catherine Tresa who is obviously miscast
with the sole intention of capitalizing on her Telugu market makes up
for it with a sincere effort especially in the physically taxing action
sequences in which she is also a part of. Aadukalam Murugadoss as the
serial impregnator provides genuine laughs. Deepraj Rana as the main
antagonist is given buildups from the very beginning but because his
character is poorly written ends up as a cardboard villain. The actors
cast as the tribals perform well and the one playing the evil ranger
also does a satisfactory job. Y. Gee Mahendran and his daughter
Madhuvanthini are cast in surprising roles and they carry it very
convincingly.
In the first half director Raghavan has incorporated scenes of how the
forest and the animals are affected by greedy humans be it wounding
them fatally by carelessly thrown beer bottles or the killing of
elephants for tusks and the endangered tigers for their teeth and nails.
The fact that the tribals are forced out of their environment by the
government and other vested interest parties by luring them with modern
amenities and false promises are also exposed. One cannot help being
reminded of the genocide that Tamils faced in the neighboring country
through the fate suffered by the Kadambanur people. The pre-interval
sequence is picturized well when brutality is meted out on the villagers
by the ranger and his henchmen which is gut wrenching.
On the downside a film like ‘Kadamban’ needs intense writing and
realistic filmmaking to get the message across strongly but this is
where the director has let his film down by concentrating more on
commercial elements and losing sight of the purpose of his story in the
process. The riveting brutality scene we mentioned earlier that comes
near the interval creates a great impact but the same is repeated again
after the interval when bombs are thrown at the tribals and all the
reactions are similar to the previous one and so the effort is wasted.
If uneven pacing mars the narration, the amateurish graphics like in
the hyena fight further alienates.