Thirumanam
Ennum Nikkah – My view & not a review!
The
sad part about T.E.N is the strong undercurrent running throughout the premise
of this film - the religious belief of the director in this case, the righteous
values of Islam and being a Muslim being thrust on the viewer quite forcefully.
Yes! Every one of us in India has strong religious sentiments and we follow
faiths of our own choice but when this is forced on another it more often than
not ends in disastrous consequences.
PREMISE:
- In this case a Brahmin Iyengar boy from an orthodox family falls for a girl under
the notion that she is a Muslim and a follower of Islam and so does the girl
though she too is a Brahmin. Initially to please her and get into her good
books he decides to learn the fundamental traits and values of Islam. He lies
that he is Muslim and befriends an orthodox Muslim ‘Unani’ doctor and accepts
him as his teacher. The doctor’s girl falls for the same boy thinking that he
is a Muslim. The Dr and his family come to know that he is not a Muslim and
this breaks her heart and angers the family to seek revenge. In the course of
his association with the Muslim Dr and his family the Brahmin boy is drawn
powerfully to the beliefs of Islam and the director’s visuals that follow seem
to indicate that the boy now wants to embrace Islam. I have really no problem
with this but the reasons given by the director for the boy being attracted to
Islam are rather shallow and frivolous. Secondly the Unani doctor’s family is
equally conservative if not more than the Brahmin boy’s family. In fact except
for the doctor and his ‘stupid’ daughter everyone else in the family resents
the boy.
&
the climax :- So in the end why should this boy refuse to marry the ‘first’ girl
he fell in love with once he finds out that she is not a Muslim but a Brahmin?
A boy and a girl normally fall in love with each other’s character and not with
their cast or religion. The director among other things has also done great injustice
to Islam by belittling the thread worn by the Brahmin boy and deliberately
concentrating on the ‘Bindhi’ or the absence of it on the girl’s forehead. The
director in my opinion has used this film to primarily showcase his religious beliefs
and in my opinion hoodwinks us by trying to make us believe that his film is all
about religious unity! Sorry! The producer and director both have erred badly
in conceiving such a premise which should be shown only in religious congregations
of a particular community. In my humble opinion the premise of this film definitely
does not augur well for religious harmony in this country which as it is mired
in confusion and disharmony. Even otherwise this film is a badly made film (technically)
in all respects. Though I am not a casteist, I would rather not review films such
as these which fail to inspire my intelligence in any manner whatsoever – A film
that fails completely in all respects technically, content wise and performance.
This film finally ends up inculcating wrong religious beliefs and notions
without thinking of the consequences.
Until
Next Time,
Director
Haricharan
25/07/2014.
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