1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Production

4. Reception
    Critical response  Awards 

5. References

6. External links

The film revolves around the life and times of a group of landless workers living along the foothills of the Western Ghats in India. It depicts how the introduction of commercialization creates conflict in the simple lives of the villagers.{{citation needed lead|date=January 2019}}

Plot

Daily wage laborer Rengasamy makes a living carrying cardamom sacks from the mountains to the foothills of the Western Ghats in the interior of Tamil Nadu. Chacko, a communist from Kerala, unionizes these workers to prevent the estate owner from exploiting them. As a result, there are frequent clashes between the landlord and the union members.

Rengasamy wants to buy a piece of land from a local, but fails due to objections from the seller's family. He marries his cousin Eshwari, who is a worker on the estate, and joins her union. His second attempt to buy land ends in unexpected tragedy and he loses most of his savings. He later acquires land with a loan and begins farming to pay back the debt.

Meanwhile, in the communist party office, Chacko has a heated debate with a senior comrade about industrialization and the workers' conditions. Another comrade sends Chacko to deliver a message, and while he is away the estate owner closes the estate to make the workers and union members suffer. When Chako returns, the estate owner mocks him, saying that he had plotted with the senior comrade for this purpose.

Angered, Chacko finds the workers who are preparing to leave. He gathers a few of them, including Rengasamy, to take up weapons and confront the estate owner. The mob finds the estate owner with the senior comrade, kill both of them, and are jailed for several years. When Rengasamy returns home, the fertilizer vendor forecloses on his land for outstanding debts. Rengasamy later becomes a security guard for a windmill constructed on the land he once owned.

The film closes with a series of short scenes which show the helpful nature of the people of the Ghats. In one scene, a Muslim man provides land to the protagonist without asking for money. In another, the heroine is willing to take on debt for the marriage of a girl to whom she is not related. Lastly, the protagonist gives money to the land seller one day before registration, and the seller returns the money to the hero immediately after the deal is cancelled.

Cast

• Antony as Rengasamy
• Gayathri Krishna as Eshwari
• Abu Valayankulam
• Anthony Vathiyar
• 'Late' M.S. Lai (a) Sudalai
• Uoothu Rasa
• Thevaram Sornam
• Kodangipatti Mokkathayi
• Pallavarayan Patti Pandi
• Vanaraj
• Master Smith
• Theni Eswar

Production

Lenin Bharathi is the credited screenwriter of the film Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer,{{relevance inline|date=January 2019}} and he was nominated in the category Best Storywriter at the 8th Vijay awards. {{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} He also contributed significantly towards the film Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai.{{relevance inline|date=January 2019}}{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Bharathi's father and Ilayaraaja are long-term friends and this story is believed{{by whom|date=January 2019}} to be a landscape-based film. The film was outlined to Vijay Sethupathi about a year before production, gaining his interest in the project.^[3] The shooting for the film began in January or February 2016^[4] and concluded on 26 March 2016. The movie was classified with the 'U' certificate.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

The production budget of the film was {{INR}}2.3 crore (23 million rupees).^[5]

Reception

Critical response

Ananda Vikatan gave the film a rating of 60 out of 100.^[6]

Awards

• The film was screened during the 21st International Film Festival of Kerala.^[7]
• The film won Best Cinematography at the Bioscope Global Film Festival, Punjab.^[8]
• The film has been nominated for 'Best Screenplay' Category in 17th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF2017).^[9][10]
• The film was screened at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival and Chicago South Asian Film Festival.^[11]
• The film was invited to the 6th edition of Toulouse Indian Film Festival in France to complete for both the Jury and Audience Prizes.^[12]
• The film won 'thot'

References

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