And unbeknownst to him, Dharma's young son is killed and his wife forced to become a maid servant to support herself.Īfter his release from jail, a disillusioned Dharma and his wife settle down in a forest. Before he can head back to his village the next morning, one of his brothers commits a murder that night and prevails upon Dharma to take the rap for the crime.ĭharma's cup of woes overfloweth now - He is sentenced to jail for seven years. At a party, the they insult Dharma because of embarrassment over his rustic behavior. Meanwhile, using the money provided by Dharma the brothers turn into successful criminals in the big city.ĭharma's eyes are opened and he realizes the true colors of his brothers when he visits them in the city.
The guileless Dharma even pledges the family farm to provide seed money to his brothers to set up a business. His father cautions Dharma that his wayward younger sons are nothing but snakes but all the warnings fall on deaf ears. Much to the chagrin of his father, Dharma never says no to the repeated financial demands of his two younger brothers only to see them ultimately turn into evil no-gooders and cause him much grief.ĭharma's boundless affections are not reciprocated by his brothers who consider him an idiotic cash cow that can be easily milked. This mediocre film recounts the story of an illiterate but good natured peasant Dharma Durai (Rajnikant).
There are quite a few moments (like the entire segment involving Anbuselvi) that convey what this director is capable of, but the synthetic sub-plots pull the film down and prevent it from becoming the emotional roller coaster that it should have been.(Scroll down to read the review) Tamil Moviesĭharma Durai Reviewer's Summary - MediocreĪctors: Rajnikanth, Gowthami, Madhu, Saranraj, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vaishnaviĭharma Durai is your typical crude, garish Tamil film with little to be said in its favor. The repeated stressing of the need for altruism gets tiring at times, but in these cynical times, it does leave you with a warm feeling. The director fills the remaining time with a less involving sub-plot centred around Dharma and Subha, and brings in the matter of the money again through developments that do not feel organic.īut the film does have genuinely affecting moments, and actors like Aishwarya Rajesh (once again typecast as a poor woman), Radikaa (confident), MS Bhaskar (subtle) and Rajesh (fantastic) enhance the ordinary writing in many of the scenes. And the redemption angle is resolved midway into the second half, and we do not have anything else to care for after that. This adds some tension to the initial scenes, but soon, it is side-lined for the campus scenes, which come across as artificial. The director takes too long to get into the story, and uses a framing device about a bag of cash that Dharmadurai mistakenly takes along with him when he leaves home, which gets his family into trouble. We are introduced to Anbuselvi (Aishwarya Rajesh), a worker, whom Dharma falls in love with, and we learn how, despite his do-gooder nature, the romance ends in tragedy because of the greed and regressive attitude of his brothers.ĭharmadurai has a great central conflict - how even a person with good intentions can become a liability for someone else because of those around him - but Seenuramasamy’s resolution of this conflict feels unsatisfactory. And finally, we get the reason for Dharma’s need to seek solace in alcohol. Then, there is their saintly professor Dr Kamaraj (Rajesh), who keeps urging them to treat the profession as a service and work in the villages. We see his gang of friends, which includes Stella (Srushti Dange) and Subhashini (Tamannaah, who does a commendable job dubbing for herself), and the two pine for him, the former openly, and the latter in silence. His mother, Pandiyammal (Radikaa), is the only one who stands up for him, and we get the sense that there is some reason behind Dharmadurai’s alcoholism.īut the director holds on to that for quite a while, instead choosing to narrate the college days of Dharma. The first time we see Dharmadurai (Vijay Sethupathi, solid), he is at a local bar, and the director shows us how his oafish behaviour is a constant source of embarrassment to his brothers (each one named after the Pandavas of the Mahabharata), who even plot to harm him grievously to stop him from maligning them further.
Like the hero of that film, the protagonist of this one, too, is an alcoholic. Review: The opening minutes of Dharmadurai bring to mind Seenuramasamy’s previous released film Neerparavai (the film that he shot after that, Idam Porul Yeval, is still lying in the cans and even gets referenced here). What caused this descent, and can he redeem himself? Synopsis: A doctor turns into an alcoholic, and becomes an embarrassment for his brothers.
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