Thaen

Thaen follows a heart breaking story of an unknown Indian called Velu, who against all odds faces insurmountable challenges in the form of red tape when his wife is diagnosed with a rare disease.

Velu's only mistake in life is being born poor in a country like this. The movie highlights several social issues that haunts the poor till this very day. Full credit and a standing ovation to director Ganesh Vinayakan for making this wonderful movie. No amount of appreciation is considered less for the director's accurate depiction of pain and suffering suffered by the protagonist's family throughout the movie.

Cinematography is excellent, the visual beauty of the western ghats is captured wonderfully well in the early portion of the movie. Screenplay is written wonderfully well, the heart breaking scenes on struggles of the poor are written beautifully, I am very sure that the storyline will strike the right cords and will touch the viewer's hearts no matter which part of the globe they are from. Music and songs were excellent, barring a few places where the background score was too loud. Production design, costumes and makeup were par considering the budget. Editing has some issues, but a 105 minute runtime will not bother the viewer much. As the movie has several non regular actors in lead & supporting roles, many performances were either bland or pretty raw but the storyline and well written content will definitely make the viewer to overlook things.

Overall, Thaen means honey in Tamil, but there is absolutely nothing sweet about this movie, the movie highlighting several social issues will leave only bitterness within the viewer. Thaen without a doubt, will put forward several questions for the viewer throughout the movie, the writing will remind us to thank for the life that we have and stop complaining altogether. Everyone knows that, the system is long due for an outright overhaul, but in cases like the one presented in the movie, the whole system is depicted as a complete failure, who is it to blame? The voters? Or the government?. Highly recommended for viewers of all ages. 7.8 stars out of 10 for the movie on social issues that stings the viewer like a Thaenee (Honeybee).

Great movie. The portrait of the fresh and simple nature in contrast with the red tape, which takes priority of processes over human life, is very powerful. The last scenes are particularly sad and will leave you a lump in your throat. Hope poverty can be eradicated in this world and equality in a society can be achieved.

Thaen is a hard rending, poignant drama inspired from real events from Odisha, as an economically backward man is oppressed to his limits. This Ganesh Vinayak drama is visually enriching and emotionally soul-stirring, by virtue of its fidelity. With fresh faces and realistic performances as leads, this movie is powerful, affecting, and leaves you teary-eyed in the end.

The movie was well written and executed but failed to register the exact timeline the movie was going through as it mentioned some of the political changes happened in India at specific timeline. The Visuals were great enough to grab our eyes yet the timeline the movie was going through was kinda messed up made me think and spend time on figuring out the timeline instead of concentrating on the story. The linear story need to be appreciate still a non linear approach would have given the movie a grasp of not looking into the timeline i am looking for. The cast were well performed and location was amazing.

A hard-hitting and realistic emotional movie with good dialogues.