They could bewilder even an Indian who is not a Tamil. The incidents, customs and mannerisms used are highly region-specific. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, with feuding families and bitter enmity, “Paruthiveeran” relies a little too heavily on specificity to push a universal subject.
And he is prepared to sacrifice lives for this. Thevar will not allow his daughter to wed Paruthiveeran, which would shame the family and clan. We know that a Shakespearean tragedy awaits us. Kazhuva Thevar (Ponvannan) places family and caste honor before his daughter Muthazhagu’s wishes.
Sevvazhai (Saravanan) is Paruthiveeran’s uncle, who raised him after the death of his parents. Muthazhagu (Priyamani) adores him and has been in love with him since she was 8, when he rescued her from drowning in a well. The movie, which has done reasonable business in India since its theatrical release, opens with a long sequence at a village fair, where the characters are introduced with drums and drama: Paruthiveeran (Karthi) is a small-time crook, but one who is held in awe by the society because of his pluck and courage. Spinning a story of a love gone horribly wrong in a community whose people settle scores in bloody killings, the director lets prevailing customs and festivals form a backdrop to a powerful narrative. Inspired by a true incident in a still largely caste-driven countryside, Sultan uses a real village near the renowned temple town of Madurai in southern India and 60 non-professionals as a large part of the cast. Assuming him to be her kidnapper and killer, they beat him to death.CHENNAI, India - Ameer Sultan’s Tamil-language “Paruthiveeran” (the literal translation in English would be “the brave man of Paruthi village”) traces a simple romance between a village virgin and a good hearted, but misguided hunk with a raw rusticity that becomes the high point of the film. While walking away in a neurotic state, he is found by Muththazhagu's father (Ponvannan) and her other relatives. Paruthiveeran, on her request, chops her corpse into pieces. She beseeches Paruthiveeran to cut her into pieces as she does not want anybody to find her in her present state. Later, Paruthiveeran returns and finds her dying. They brutally gang rape her and leave her to die. However, while hiding away in an abandoned building while Paruthiveeran is away making necessary arrangements, she comes across four of Paruthiveeran's acquaintances who mistake her for one of his prostitutes. Since Muththazhagu is not able to convince her parents otherwise, she runs away from home in order to elope with Paruthiveeran. Undeterred by his threats, her parents press ahead with the preparations for her marriage with a boy of their choice. When he finally accepts Muththazhagu's love for him and decides to marry her, the feud between the two families comes in the way.ĭetermined to marry Muththazhagu, he warns her against marrying anyone else by threatening to cut her into pieces. At times Paruthiveeran is violent towards her but she still loves him. In order to delay her marriage with anybody else, she fails in her tests at school on purpose to be in the same grade class as Paruthiveeran. She promised to marry him and be by his side forever and starts to love him against her parents' will as they do not approve of Parututhiveeran's inter-caste background. When they were children, Paruthiveeran saved Muththazhagu from drowning in a well. Muththazhagu has been in love with Paruthiveeran since childhood, but he remains unmoved and keeps her at bay. Paruthiveeran's cross cousin Muththazhagu (Priyamani) is the daughter of his snobbish uncle who is a respected member of the village's council and a caste sectarian. He often bullies Paruthiyur villagers for money and fun.
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His one ambition in life is to gain enough notoriety to be on TV news and to be thrown into Madras Jail. Having grown up among his mother's people, he is often arrested for petty crimes. After his parents' death, Paruthiveeran was mostly raised by his doting paternal uncle Chevvaazhai (Saravanan) who pampers and accompanies him in every misbehavior to keep him happy. Paruthiveeran (Karthi) is a country brash whose inter-caste parents were ostracized by the villagers since his higher caste father married his lower caste mother. The story is set in a rural area around Madurai, in the village called Paruthiyur, which still practices caste segregation as a result of the controversial Criminal Tribes Act imposed by the British colonists, where members of impoverished communities are stereotyped as generational criminals.
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