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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

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

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Kirubhakar Purushothaman | The Federal

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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