This movie has to be one of the finest to come out of India. The story, screenplay, casting, direction, bgm, dialogues and acting were all top class. Many may stamp the movie as a caste-based one, but it is really not. The movie beautifully captures a family feud and builds on it. Every character in the movie big or small have played their part. A couple of scenes where vadivelu even out shines Kamal and Sivaji. And Nasser as a ferocious & ruthless villain does the job brilliantly. Sivaji Ganesan's body language and expressions as a clan's leader is unmatched. Gautami and Revathy performs the role to perfection. Illayaraja's bgm makes the movie more gripping. There are emotional scenes but not overloaded like today's movies. Qualities of sacrifice, responsibility, leadership and loyalty are excellently portraited. Only a genius could have conceptualized and executed such a project, and we all know who the genius is. Will Indian movie watchers ever get to see an another Thevar Magan?
Review of Thevar Magan
