SILENT AND MAKING NOISE

SILENT AND MAKING NOISE

Kollywood filmmakers are experimenting with silent climaxes of late and seem to be succeeding too!

Shankaran Malini

Most Tamil movie climaxes are fastpaced, racy, and action-packed. But, of late, some K-Town filmmakers are moving away from this regular run-of-the-mill trend.
Mysskin's Yuddham Sei and even Nandhalala have been instances with climaxes without words and just background score. Climaxes, where action or words don't much of a role to play, and where the background music takes over, can be seen in films like Kadhal and Kadhalikku Mariyadhai too. Hence, it's not the genre of the film that's the key factor, but how and what is portrayed through visuals and music instead of racy words.
Director Deepan, who is making his directorial debut with Mazhaikalam, is one such director who's opting for something different. Speaking about his film, he says, "The last 20 minutes of the film, will have no dialogues. It will only have an RR (re-recording) running right through till the end. In other words, it will be a musical climax, and will be very intense. I felt that there was no need for words during the climax."
The film Mouna Guru, the directorial debut of Shanta Kumar which won rave reviews for Arulnithi's performance, also had 'silent' portions towards the tail-end of the film. Says Arulnithi, "In the end, you see the character become a teacher to some challenged children and going for a ride on his bike with his heroine. The tail-end bit, might have worked upto only a few seconds, but it was the portrayal of the power of silence, which reflects from the very title of the movie itself."
Deepan gives his reasoning for using a 'silent climax'. He says, "My film is a love story, based on a true incident. And it starts and ends at the same point. Based on a relationship on love, the story showcases how a doubt which arises can take a toll on things."

A still from
Mouna Guru