Struggle for water

Kanaa Kandaen (I Dreamt)

Kanaa Kandaen follows a typical Tamil cinema screenplay but carries out a new message which Tamil cinema has never spoken about. The subject of the story is a dream to many people around the world starving for water.

The director has focused on a solution to this global issue called desalination of sea water. Desalination is an expensive process of creating pure water from sea water. Sri Kanth, a post-graduate in chemistry discovers a cheaper means of desalination.

The story is about the struggles the youngster goes through to achieve his aim. Prithiviraj, who plays the role of an affluent businessman gives a loan for the project and then cheats Sri Kanth to buy the whole project rights. He has done an extraordinary job as a villain.

The film has focused on the political issues and the struggles in executing such scientific inventions. The explanation to carry-out the process of desalination is unclear.

scientific-fictions

Therefore this film could be included into the list of scientific-fictions. Normal cinematic trends have been included to carry out the story. There is nothing peculiar about the screenplay but certainly the story and message are different.

The film has proved that villains do not need to look scary but they could be one among us and the difference is the aim in their mind which leads them to provocative acts. The aim of Prithiviraj is to earn plenty of money by hook or by crook. He admits that he loves the smell of currency and he could do anything for it.

Sri Kanth marries his childhood friend Gopika and settles in Chennai. He successfully accomplishes his investigation in turning sea water into pure water. He becomes a doctor in chemistry. He seeks the help of the government but they neglect. Sri Kanth, who gets hurt by their negligence plans to get a loan from his college friend with his wife’s support.

manuscripts

Prithiviraj, his college friend, forges the manuscripts related to the loan and demands more interest in a short period of time. The young couple refuses to pay the money. Prithiviraj demands the millions worth project in return. Sri Kanth executes a master plan to get Prithiviraj into trouble. he excels and achieves his aim.

The commercial needs of the production team push the film into unnecessary scenes which deviates the film’s focus from its actual plot. There are several other areas which could have been touched but director has given more importance to romance and some family drama which is irrelevant to such a film.

The political difficulties in carrying out the project have been touched but the director, K. V. Anand has not focused on the importance of water to society. Water is an important asset to society, to make the film a little bit more emotional and the message worth, the director could have touched on the social needs of water especially in a massive metropolitan city like Chennai.

matured artiste

To pin the youths to their seat, some romantic songs and scenes have been incorporated. Vidhyasagar has again given some scintillating melodies. The protagonist and antagonist use the advantages and disadvantages in the latest technology to prove their intelligence.

This film is different from Sri Kanth from his previous. He has lost weight and changed his get-up a bit. He has seriously carried out his role and he is slowly becoming a matured artiste. Gopika had proved herself as a promising actress in her first film Autograph and she has continued to prove it through her performance. The film has given her an important role and she has carried it out well.

Debut Prithiviraj Malayalam hero turned villain in Tamil is the highlight of the film. He acts out naturally without any flaws. His clarity in expressing is vivid and the performance is simple with authentic actions.

Although the film lacks family entertainment, it’s is a good film to watch once for the innovative substances which have been blended to a usual screenplay.

Karthiga Rukmanykanthan

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