At the beginning we see a younger version of Aural leaving his home after some sort of dispute which he felt he had lost. We know it had something to do with house ownership and he felt he had unfairly lost. Soon we are sent forward 22 years and we see an older Aural in another city with his wife and explaining why he feels he should attend a wedding, but doesn't intend to stick around.
Then he is greeted by an unknown man. This unknown man claims to know Aural from childhood, but Aural cannot not name or place him. A lot of conversations, but Aural keeps trying to break away. The unknown man is persistent and tricks Aural into staying overnight. Aural does change, but you will have to wait until the end to learn the identity of the unknown man
Attitudes gained from harsh experiences are not easily changed. The process is not particularly noticed.
The title, Meiyazhagan means man with truth as beauty in Tamil.
C. Prem Kumar was the director and writer. He started his film career as a cinematographer where he earned 6 credits and he now has 3 credits for directing and 3 credits for writing (the 3 same films). His credits included " 96" (2018) and "Jaanu" (2020). A film critic Baradwaj Rangan noted an encouraging similarity between the two Tamil films. He felt both stories had a traumatized lead character who met the other lead character and after long conversations the trauma was resolved. Baradwaj felt the plots were therapeutic.
Jyotika and her husband Suriya were the producers. Jyotika has performed in Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and Hindi films. She has 50 acting credits including "Raatchasi" (2019), "Thambi" (2019) "Ponmagal Vandhal" (2020) and "Srikanth" (2024). She has been a producer for 6 films. For her acting check http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2022/04/raatchasi.html For her producing check where she was heavily involved with my top overall film for 2021,"Jai Bhim" See http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2021/11/jai-bhim.html
Govind Vasantha composed the music. He also sings and plays the violin. He was a founder of the band Thaikkum Bridge. He has 41 credits for composing and 14 for the music department including "Solo" (2017), "Thambi" (2019), "Ponmagal Vandhal" (2020), "Jaanu" (2020) and "Soorari Pottru" (2020)
Mahedran Jayaraju was the cinematographer. He has 6 cinematography credits including "Jaanu" (2020).
R. Govindaraj was the editor with 9 editing credits.
Karthi played the unknown man. He earned a Master of Engineering degree and then went to the University Binghampton tin the U.S. to earn a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering where he also attended some lectures on film. Soon he used family connections to get into film back in India. He has 30 acting credits, 2 for the Music Department and 1 for Assistant Directing including "Thambi" (2019), "Ponnlyn Selvan, Part 1" (2022) and "Ponnlyn Selvan, Part 2" (2024) and "Annapoormi" (2023).
Arvind Swamy played Arul. After an education in India he went to Wake Forest University in North Carolina for a Master degree in international business while he was active in overlapping with his film career. He had a serious injury and took years off from acting, coming back in 2013. He has been a playback singer and a dubber (in Tamil). Arvind has 34 acting credits including "Roja" (1992), "Bombay" (1995) "Kadal" (2013) and "IC 814: Kandahar Hijack" (2024). "Kadal" has a song by A.R. Rahman that is number one in my collection. see http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2024/09/ic-814-kandahar-hijack.html
Sri Divya plays Nandhini, the wife of the unknown man. Her first experience in films was as a 3 year old on a children's movie. She has 24 acting credits including "Jana Gana Mana" ((2022). see http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2022/06/jana-gana-muna.html
Devadarshini plays Hema, the wife of Arul. While in college she anchored some television shows. She has 82 acting credits including "Enthiran" (2010), "Eega" (2012) and "Mersal" (2017).
Available on Netflix with subtitles. If you appreciate family dynamics this is a must.
As usual I have bolded the first mention of films I have seen. They are not necessarily a recommendation, but generally I found them worthy of my time. If you follow the links you should be able to determine if a particular film is worth following up.
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