Parijatham

K Bhagyaraj was one director who made a mark in tamil cinema through his strong story and breezy screenplay. Many of his movies had excellent screenplays as his films were memorable ones to watch. Though his films contained vulgarity, which was part and parcel of his many movies, his movies were focussed more towards the family audience. But offlate, he was not able to churn out movies which suited the current generation's taste. His last few movies were found boring as the tamil audience thought if he was the same director who gave movies like Mundhanai Mudichu and Sundarakandam. But with Paarijaatham he wins the hearts of many, as he gives a refreshingly beautiful movie.

Paarijaatham's story is a major factor for the success of the film. Seetha(Seetha) moves to the city, to her new house, and awaits her husband(Prakashraj) and son Sridhar(Prithviraj) who are due to join her in a few days. Sumathi(Saranya) becomes her new servant maid and seeing the good nature of the girl, Seetha decides to make Sumathi her daughter in law. But as fate would decide, Seetha dies, and the secret of Sumathi being the girl she has chosen for her son, gets entangled between them. Whether Sumathi and Sridhar get united forms the remaining story.

The film can be divided into two parts. The first part is conveyed in the form of a story told by Sumathi to Seetha. The director presents the story to the audience in a visual way as Seetha imagines the lead characters of the told story to be Sridhar and Sumathi , when hearing the story. The entire first half is told in a very humorous way as the actions of Prithviraj and the other characters turn out quite funny. The chosen characters prove to be a strong point , as all of them, starting from Roja to 'Thalaivasal' Vijay , depict the characters beautifully.

The second half forms the story as to how the lead characters get united. Bhagyaraj shows that he is still a master in screenplay. At no point does the movie prove to be boring as it becomes a suspense filled session. The audience are left clueless as to how the story would end and how Sumathi would tie the knot with Sridhar. He cleverly takes the movie and ends it convincingly. And with humor adding to the suspense filled climax, the movie ends on a good note. The last 30 minutes prove to be very funny and the dialogues between Madan Bob and Bhagyaraj raise instant laughter, one which was only witnessed in 'Crazy' Mohan written scripts.

The movie shines in the humor department. The scene when Prithviraj is left stranded on the roads by Saranya and her friends with Saranya telling him the use of a generator with Prithviraj repeating the same later at her house, Prithviraj trying to catch the flying kisses by Saranya and him about to dash on the nurse, are some scenes which are very funny.

Prithviraj and Saranya depict their roles beautifully. Prithviraj looks very handsome and acting comes very natural to him. He depicts his acting combined with humor quite wonderfully. He shines in the initial scenes at the hospital which generate lot of humour amongst the audience. Saranya is very convincing as the girl who is not able to convey the truth of she being the girl Seetha has chosen. Prakashraj as Prithviraj's father is in his usual elements while Seetha who appears for a brief time does what she is expected to do. Bhagyaraj appears in the second half as the do gooder.

Songs are a major highlight of the movie. All the songs are picturised well. Bhagyaraj oozes youthfulness in the picturisations. Unnai Kandene is the pick of the lot and the visuals are a treat to watch. The Yedho Nadakuthu song picturised in a foreign locale appears very rich while the Oru Nodi Iru Nodi song is catchy with its flashy costumes.

Parijatham - A fragrant flower well worth the visit.