Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal - The conclusion

Saravanan Natarajan writes:

JK & Tamil Cinema: Part 4

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal- The conclusion

RKV, the alter ego of JK himself, watches Ganga getting into Prabhu’s car. Ganga and Prabhu are strangers to him, but he becomes one with them as he lets his imagination fill in the blanks. For as JK says, “A lot of things happen in life and there are newspapers to report them. I am not doing that. Based on something that happened, with all good intentions, I use my imagination to write a story. But I am not defending anybody or accusing anyone. I am telling a story.”

So after dwelling on the cataclysm, RKV finds a solution that cleanses and distils; Ganga thus continues her journey, unsullied.

But Ganga’s mother did not share RKV’s vision. And when years later he meets Ganga, he finds her still bearing the cross of the guilt. The conversations that RKV has with Ganga are interspersed with humour, sarcasm and wistfulness.

At the instigation of Vengu Mama, Ganga seeks out and traces Prabhu…RKV helps her in this pursuit. However, what happens thereafter is something that she did not reckon with... the sequences that follow depicting the blossoming of a rare, platonic relationship between Ganga and Prabhu are some of Tamil Cinema’s finest moments…the early morning walks, the long drives, the late night conversations... each day brings a joy hitherto unknown in her life... unfortunately such a relationship can never be given a formal tag, or pegged down to a label... she fights the system as much as she can... the end is inevitable...she is pushed to ask something that he can never give.. and she is then forced to give him up... what does the future hold for her... whither flows the Ganges?

https://youtu.be/8BT_BMgOKI8



The open end, with a lonely Ganga, hugging tightly a coat left behind by Prabhu, leaves the viewers with a lump in the throat.. And then there is this song: Ganga ruminates on her past, present and future...her life presents a question that has no ready answers... Vani invests the profound lines with the intensity they demand.. . she is brooding and bleak, forlorn and fragile...
And how daring of the makers to end the movie with a song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXkpklmE9LM



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