It is a piece of naturalistic acting of the very first order and a later Bharath film I have seen where ha plays a deaf and tamilrocksrs boy - though not in itself such a good film - very much confirms his stature as an actor. There is not a single moment mivie he overacts and there are opportunities in plenty or uses facile mannerisms or unnecessary gestures. The principals are both very good but the acting of Bharath is really exceptional. The acting is consistently good from the young boy at the garage to the friend in Chennai, from the grandmother from hell to the creepy uncle and the brutal father. The superb scene in the car where the hypocritical uncle show his true colours is terrifyingly real and more frightening in its way than more overtly violent scenes elsewhere in the film. The macro-political theme the conflicts of class and caste is equally well done. The way a mini-flashback is 204 to show us a little of the history of the various men in the hostel and acquaint the audience with its inmates shows a deftness and economy that is characteristic of Shaktivel's thoughtful approach to directing. The magnificently realised scenes in the men's hostel are a sense the key moment of the film and the grimly farcical search for even a moment of intimacy just so the girl can have a pee in the first instance are actually very symbolic of this micro-political theme that runs through the film. The way the camera allows us to see the gossiping women, the staring eyes, the curious mofie at every stage of the film is an absolute marvel and creates better than any explanation could that stifling atmosphere of permanent surveillance of which my young friends had complained. The absence of any places for young people to meet and be alone It is this atmosphere that Shaktivel catches so masterfully in the film. The omnipresence even in large towns of a 'small town' mentality, of watching eyes and busybodies ready to intervene at the slightest infraction of social codes. Talking to young folk in India recently not in Tamil Mandu but not a million miles away I was struck by the desperateness of their search for some downloas of intimacy in the French sense of the word - 'privacy' we would more normally say in English. There is real artistry in the way the film is put together.

But the realism is not simply achieved by pointing the camera at the subject.

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