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Pandiyan , Avvai Shanmughi, Vishwanathan Iyer, Mudaliyar, Joseph, Sethurama Iyer and Basha >>>> Madhana Gopal, Avinashi, Kameshwaran, Thiripurasundari, Palakkad Mani Iyer. The story telling in AV was crystal clear and the characters been set with much defined boundaries. Casting of AS enhanced the movie watching experience. MMKR works in parts. But not as a full stretch movie.
MMKR actually stands testimony to this. All the characters from the 4 kamals to Varadhu kutty were beautifully fleshed out and not even one was out of sync. To think of plot points for each character and to excecute it across a 2 hour 47 minute film and to actually make it work on screen. Common Venki, it is a monumental effort and to dub it as just working in parts doesn't do justice at all. IMHO if there is a film that stamps Kamal's authority as a script writer, its MMKR. Take a look at this.
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Especially in the second half, on one hand you have Madan plotting the swap with Raju for his covert plans and on the other, Avinashi sends in Kameshwaran to retrieve his cash from Madan’s safe. Now we get all the laughs from these two individuals from their own predicament of playing someone else. One does it for passion and money while the other is coerced and ends up being a reluctant performer. Therefore, they both become the foil in the grand scheme of things. Kundan mentions how your scene can fall flat if your foil is not working. And that’s why – ask anyone – Kameshwaran and Raju are the breakout characters of MMKR.
In a subtext laden film, here is something that has been spotted and revered by millions of fans – when Raju gets the confirmation that the guest house is free, Avinashi instructs the housekeeper to take them to the guest house. And then Raju asks him,” Indha Arumugam ogay dhane?! Dubakoorunga namba mudiyadhu, naa ootla illadha nerathla ootaye vadagai uttu sambadhichuvanga Anbe Vaa mathiri” And he says this to Nagesh, who played that exact character in Anbe Vaa! What follows is even funnier – “onnaku theriyadha vishayam kooda indha veeta pathi ennaku theriyun ya, oruthan 25 latcha rooba lautrukan!” Raju keeps trying to get ahead of his newly accepted role, that of Madhangopal, and ends up talking about Avinashi(Nagesh) to Avinashi himself! And says,”Seri onnanda solli enna prayojanam.” How do you think of something like that? Nagesh portrays that character, but is the subtext a coincidence or something that they really hit upon? Or that instance where Raju and Madan are standing in front of the mirror still reeling under the astonishment of bumping into each other, and ask Bheem,”Epdi enga double action?”, to which Bheem remarks,”Ennaku naalu theriyuthu boss“. That scene is a masterstroke
