Madimaran is directing ‘Selfie’, a film co-produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu’s V Creations and Digifilm Company. GV Prakash and Gautham Vasudev Menon play the lead roles.
The film chronicles the plight of young people who rob their parents of educational institutions in the name of donations and act as intermediaries for them.
The film is directed by Madimaran, who worked as an assistant director to director Vetrimaran. The impact of director Vetrimaran was a lot in this film. The first half of the film was reminiscent of Victor’s villain film, which I said in a linear manner, present, flashback, voice over.
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GV Prakash and Gautham Menon have made the film interesting with their acting. Gautam Menon in particular is intimidating by sight.
They have explained how educational institutions rob parents of education. Although everyone knew this, it was special to be able to explain how parents of students can be deceived by intermediaries. In that sense, this domain is new to Tamil cinema. This is what makes the first half so interesting.
The film also talks about the consequences of parents imposing their dreams on their children. As I said earlier the cinematographer S.Ilayaraja has changed the vibrancy through the linear method. GV Prakash’s background music and Vishnu Rangasamy’s cinematography add to the excitement of the film.
Parents are willing to spend as much money as they can for their children’s education. Director Madimaran has chosen them as the storyline of how educational institutions deceive them. Telling them in thriller style.
GV Prakash’s father Vagai Chandrasekhar and GV Prakash’s scenes were good. Producer DG Gunanithi, Thangathurai, Subramaniam Siva and other supporting characters have also made the film interesting. The love scenes between Varsha Pollamma and GV Prakash had no impact.
There may have been more focus on the screenplay, though the occasional interesting twists added to the vibrancy. It is not stressful why GV Prakash decides to act as a mediator again even after the friend dies. And it is not acceptable that such a large educational institution would rely solely on Gautam Menon for student admission. The finale in particular could have been even more stressful.
Selfie, however, is an important record in the way it emphasizes the fee robbery of educational institutions.