Poster of the film Sir

Sir

Tamil


The people of Mangollai village like Colochi Saami and Saamikannu opposed education for the poor while people like Annadurai and Sivangaanam fought against oppression.

Cast:Vimal, Saravanan,
Director:Bose Venkat
Writer:Bose Venkat
Camera:Iniyan J Harris

Guild Reviews

Image of scene from the film Sir

Vemal’s Period Movie Belongs To The Era It Is Set In

FCG Member Reviewer Kirubhakar Purushothaman
Sat, October 19 2024

Directed by actor-director Bose Venkat, Sir is about a family’s relentless and devastating crusade for rural education. Like many such Tamil films, it has 'only' its heart at the right place.

Sir is one of those formulaic Tamil movies with a strong cause or message it wants to put across and doesn’t mind doing so at the cost of being a didactic and dated. The style, writing, brevity, and everything that makes up for a superior form take a backseat in Sir as Bose Venkat prefers coming across as an activist to a fine filmmaker. While Sir has a noble cause at its core, the execution makes it a yarnfest, and instead of getting the catharsis such social commentary aims to provide, the film invokes a sense of guilt for feeling so.

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