Review: KANNI MAADAM
By Rinku Gupta Rooby Films' Kanni Maadam marks the debut of actor Bose Venkat as a director. A Madurai couple elope after an inter-caste marriage but Kathir 's ( Vishnu Ramasamy ) parents are baying for their blood and come searching for them to Chennai where the couple have found a sanctuary. But somwhow fate intervenes and Kathir is killed in an accident. Now his pregnant wife Malar ( Chaya Devi) is left all alone. 2 good samaritan neighbours Anbu and Shankar ( Sreeram Karthik, Murugan) rescue her but fate has other things in store. What happens next? Bose Venkat scores as a director not only in choice of subject but also in the handling of it. The practical aftermath of elopement, all the more so in the case of inter-caste rivalry, and the tragic effect it can have ( especially on the woman in case the spouse dies) is well brought out through scenes, situations and dialogues which are mature and kept to what's necessary. The cinematograph...