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Mariyathai Movie Review - A Weak Family Drama

By Siddhartha
The successful pair of Vikraman-Vijayakanth are back again to re-create the "Vaanathai Pola" magic in Amma creations "Mariyathai" (Respect). On the outset we get a slight doubt if its going to be on the same lines of their previous super hit basis the publicity posters and the plot in which the hero plays the charecter of both father and son.
Annamalai (Father Vijayakanth) a very rich man has a very good family in his wife Alamelu (Ambika), Piccha (Vijayakanth) and his daughter. Piccha does not like his name and he himself changes his name to Raja and he finds great support in his father who gives him the freedom to purusue his dreams and for no reason he is being scolded by his father and instead he is always co-operative to his efforts.
Years later we find Annamalai and his family living in a small house in the outskirts and we wonder what has happened to the man who was respected by the entire village. Chandra (Meera Jasmine) comes from city to village to be with Annamalai and his family.Chandra a very jovial girl gets along with everyone except Raja. Her attempts to be in sync with Raja proves futile and she wants to know why is this person so rigid and she takes it as a challenge to change him.

When she comes to know of the reason why Raja is so rigid she really feels for him for the mishap that has happened to him and that one incident changed the world upside down for Annamalai's family.It so happened that Raja a very helpful guy in nature get to meet Radha (Meena) and after a few meetings they fall in love with each other and with the elders blessings decide to get married.

Raja then finds that Radha is in trouble days before their marriage by virtue of a loan that her father had got from a local money-lender and Raja comes to her rescue by signing a document that he will be responsible for the money.On the day of marriage Radha and her family do not turn up and at the same time they get to know that their land of 150 acres is being fenced by another person. Annamalai and Raja then get the shock of their lives when they come to know that Radha has cheated them and had got the land transferred from Raja's name to another person.

Chandra then tries ways and means to bring Annamalai's family to the position which they were before and by doing so she gets caught and she reveals her true identity and her only motive was to help Annamalai's family. Whether she gets to do so and what happens to Meena and the bad guys is what this "Mariyathai" is all about.
Vijayakanth in dual-role has performed well though we can hardly differentiate between the father and son by their make-up except for a few strands of grey hair for the older Vijayakanth.
Meera Jasmine fits in the charecter assigned to her perfectly. Meena as the girl staying in Pollachi looks too stylish with her straightened hair and her overdose of make-up.Ambika is in her suttle best and Ramesh Kanna as the helpful person in the family provides the comedy element. Sampath, Shanmugarajan and others who are part of the bad guys are not that effective. Actors like Nasser and Nizhalgal ravi are wasted in miniscule roles.

Director Vikraman has come out with a movie that does not captivate the audience much on the whole.
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