I had watched thirteen lives a few weeks back and was blown over by the movie. From the mention of Guna caves in relation to Manjummel Boys, I had the feeling that this is going to be a mild adaptation of the thirteen lives. And that turned true - the movie is made with one spoon of concentrate from thirteen lives, some brovado, some tamil elements.
Sreenath Basi's "costume work" has been exceptional. There are some riveting stills and shots of him.
As I was about to leave the movie with a resigned feeling of having seen a shadow of another movie I had already seen, the end titles showed the actual incident that the movie had apparently got inspired from. So my theory that the makers had done the work of juxtaposing thirteen lives into the local setting was incorrect.
They had not even done that. They found a local incident that they could map the making of thirteen lives with, and then they project the real local incident, and totally push the thirteen lives movie under the carpet. Now we have an exceptional cinematic adaptaion of a real local incident.
One of the smart practical standout strategies in thirteen lives was the effort to block the water from seeping into the tunnel through whirl pools. That is a deep insight that had come from a veteran volunteer naturologist as Thailand was faced with unstoppable rain. That is not the kind of thought a bunch of fun loving easy goers would come up with.
Another striking decision in thirteen lives was to bring the boys back sedated. That decision juxtaposes poorly in Manjummel boys as well.
And we have the director talking in interviews about his earnest inquiry into the real incident. Part of the script is in the movie. The rest is in the media.
Sreenath Basi's "costume work" has been exceptional. There are some riveting stills and shots of him.
As I was about to leave the movie with a resigned feeling of having seen a shadow of another movie I had already seen, the end titles showed the actual incident that the movie had apparently got inspired from. So my theory that the makers had done the work of juxtaposing thirteen lives into the local setting was incorrect.
They had not even done that. They found a local incident that they could map the making of thirteen lives with, and then they project the real local incident, and totally push the thirteen lives movie under the carpet. Now we have an exceptional cinematic adaptaion of a real local incident.
One of the smart practical standout strategies in thirteen lives was the effort to block the water from seeping into the tunnel through whirl pools. That is a deep insight that had come from a veteran volunteer naturologist as Thailand was faced with unstoppable rain. That is not the kind of thought a bunch of fun loving easy goers would come up with.
Another striking decision in thirteen lives was to bring the boys back sedated. That decision juxtaposes poorly in Manjummel boys as well.
And we have the director talking in interviews about his earnest inquiry into the real incident. Part of the script is in the movie. The rest is in the media.