PASANGA
Debutant filmmaker Pandiraj comes out with this fantastic one – Pasanga.
This film is specially for children but at the same time it is a movie for adults as well and quite enjoyable. There are no double meaning dialogues, no exaggeration of emotions, but it is not wanting in romance, family sentiment or humour at the same time.
The story:
Jeeva Nityanandham (Sriram) is the son of Chockalingam (Jayprakash), a school teacher in a Village near All of a sudden Anbukkarasu (IAS) crosses Jeeva’s path. Anbukarasu is forced to enter the government school from a private one since his father Vellaichami (Sivakumar) cannot afford the high fees.
This is a bone of contention between him and his wife and the frequent fights which follow naturally upset the three children, and Meenakshi Sundaram (Vimal), Vellaichami’s brother.
Humiliated by Jeeva on his first day in school, Anbu, however is fired by Abdul Kalam’s message ‘to be the dream you want to be’. So Anbu calls himself as Anbukarasu IAS. Soon, the entire class is inspired by him, but the war between him and Jeeva starts affecting the lives of their parents as well.Meanwhile, Meenakshi and Chockalingam’s daughter Soppikannu (Vega) fall in love, through cell phone contacts and lilting tunes of Illayaraja. Initially, both the families opposed the relationship but later they are convinced.
The director cleverly ties up all the loose ends with ease in the climax. The opening scenes are very novel to Tamil cinema and it has many rib-tickling one-liners. The entire cast is new, and all of them have performed like seasoned actors, including the kids. Especially, Jayprakash performs excellently well as Chokkalingam, a typical good-hearted village teacher.Enjoy!