Sarvam Thaala Mayam Movie Review by Praveena | G V Prakash | Rajiv Menon | Aparna | AR Rahman
Sarvam Thaala Mayam Movie Review by Praveena | G V Prakash |
Rajiv Menon | Aparna Balamurali | AR Rahman
#GvPrakashKumar #ArRahman #SarvamthaalamayamReview
Acclaimed cinematographer-director-ad filmmaker Rajiv Menon
returns to direction after 18 years with Sarvam Thaala Mayam — a story that
revolves around the life of a young Dalit guy, who wants to make a mark in
Carnatic music. As someone familiar with the Chennai music scene, Rajiv
explores the things that bother him as a connoisseur of arts and mirrors the
never-ending debate of the art form taken over by socially-dominant Brahmin
patrons and practitioners.
Peter (an impressive GV Prakash Kumar) doesn’t want to be
like his father Johnson (Kumaravel), who makes the mridangam, but never plays
it. We know where the problem exists, but Rajiv beautifully translates them on
to the screen without blaming anybody. Though Johnson is a recipient of the
Kalaimamani, he is happy just making the instruments that fetched him money.
Rajiv intends to question, “why don’t we see someone from the mridangam-making
community become a popular name in the kutcheri circuit?”
Peter, an ardent fan of ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay, is hooked to the
drums, but later drawn to Carnatic music after observing the legendary
mridangam artiste Vembu Iyer (a superb Nedumudi Venu) perform on the stage. Peter
is constantly discouraged from pursuing his dreams. His mom wants him to focus
on studies and his father asks him to stop daydreaming. “The doors will be shut
on your face, and that’s the reality,” warns Johnson. Peter simply retorts,
“I’ll break open the doors if the need be.”
That’s what Peter does. He soars high beyond his caste
restrictions, and that is the beauty of music. When you believe in the art form
and surrender yourself, it doesn’t let you down.
Ever since Peter saw Vembu Iyer’s recital, he wanted to
learn from him. He decides to pursue him relentlessly and goes to his
residence. A senior disciple of Iyer, Mani (Vineeth) humiliates him and
suggests that he attends classes in a Government music college so that he gets
job in a Corporation school. Peter doesn’t give up; meets Iyer and confesses
his wish. Though Peter is drunk, Iyer appreciates him for his skills when he
saw him sing and dance on the streets. I would say this is the second-best
performance in GV Prakash’s career after Bala’s Naachiyaar.
Iyer is not a casteist like his disciple Mani. Somehow, he
likes Peter’s sincerity; guru bhakti, and decides to teach him mridangam after
testing his patience for a while.Iyer is portrayed as a ‘purist’ and
‘traditionalist’, who is against ‘Skype classes’ and reality shows. Besides, he
doesn’t believe in being an accompanying artiste to female vocalists. Nedumudi
Venu packs quite a punch and delivers a commendable performance with all those
trademark quirks of a veteran percussion artiste.
Peter is exposed to a new world, literally. He stays away
from the non-vegetarian food, liquor, learns slokas and witnesses an avani
avittam ceremony. His life takes a new turn when he learns music. The film, in
fact, tries to show how your life changes when you take an art form seriously
and discover a guru. Even when he is with his girlfriend Sara (Aparna
Balamurali), he thinks about Carnatic music. He sees someone chop vegetables
and makes references to ‘Adi talam’.
Circumstances slowly lead Peter to leave Iyer. He goes on an
all-India tour, meets different musicians and learns from them. Of course, he
misses Iyer and his tutelage. There is this scene where Peter is served tea in
a plastic cup when he goes to his village. You are shown how ‘untouchability’
(which knows no divide) is still prevalent. Peter is treated the same way —
both in the city as well as the hometown.
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