Sigappu Rojakkal

Briliant performance by Kamal and Sridevi.

Superhit evergreen songs.

This movie will always be in top ten thriller movies made in tamil.

As much as I wanted to watch this movie as a kid, I never did but managed to watch it ultimately. This movie is about a misogynist and his hatred for women. His childhood incidents have made him to hate women and has been feeding on hatred. The title "Sigappu Rojakal" means Red roses signifies the women he goes after kills them and every women deserves a red rose. Bharathi Raja did direct this movie trying to bring negative character in Kamal and succeeded quiet a bit. Sridevi plays a beautiful lady sales clerk at a garment store to fall for Kamal's charm to be married to find out about him. It is race of He knows, she knows, but He knows She does not know what he knows. Time will tell in a excellent thriller of movie, I call it a thriller with the time the movie was made in, a different topic from usual type of movies the same year. Never has any actor tried negative role early in his career to find it turn as a success and bank of having done variety of role, Kamal rocks, so does Sri Devi. Will conclude by saying worth watching at least once...

Sigappu Rojakkal (1978) : Brief Review -

A Genre-Defining Classic that changed the face of Indian Cinema by using new western materials like Psycho Killer, Sexual Tension and mainly the changing Phase of our Society. Bharathirajaa's Sigappu Rojakkal should be termed as a pathbreaking film for many reasons. The film was made in 1978, that's after Emergency when Country was seeing the new phase of its culture and economy. It just didn't bring that Sexually Disturbed Psycho Killer formula in Indian Cinema but it used the changing culture of the society. It's not just about that male psycho killer who kills the girls after having sex but if you notice, the film also shows the sexual desire of Young Girls. People say that the Movies influence the lifestyle of youth but one must realise that the Movies are themselves influenced by the lifestyle of Society. Sigappu Rojakkal is heavily inspired by the change our country has seen in 70s decades. It was the decade when even Hollywood made many modernised films inspired by cultural change of the US. Oscar Winning Classic 'Midnight Cowboy' is one of the finest example of that. Bharatirajaa's Sigappu Rojakkal may have similarities with that famous criminal 'Raman Raghav', but the screenplay is completely original. Bharatirajaa deserves all the credit here because he was the captain of the ship in true sense. His writing, screenwriting and direction is all what you see in the film and just can't stop praising his brilliant vision. The Next best thing about the film is performances of Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. That attitude, that accent, stylish personality of Dileep was presented so well by Kamal sir. Sridev as Sarada just couldn't have been better. The technical aspects of this film are TRENDSETTERS! I mean it, just notice the framework, background score and visuals mix-up on screen. Simply Mind-blowing!

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.

Kamal Haasan, the central character, is a man terribly soured by his unvaryingly devastating encounters with the opposite sex. He develops a pathological hatred for women and uses his charm to seduce young women and kill them immediately after having sex with each. These proceedings are recorded watched repeatedly by his adoptive father and mentor, another crazed woman-hater with a similarly disillusioning experience with the female sex, who vicariously enjoys his protege's exploits. The old man stays holed up in a far corner of the house watching his son carry out what he is too infirm to do.

Kamal's hateful view of women slowly begins to change when he meets Sridevi, a young and very beautiful shop assistant whom he easily attains by virtue of his good looks and wealth and marries, owing to her insistence. What was once another conquest to him slowly begins to rouse his tender feelings, but his fostered urges are as assertive as ever, and he enters a confused phase.

Sridevi, meanwhile stumbles upon Kamal's father, whom Kamal had told her was retarded and was not to be disturbed, and gets the shock of her life. She somehow manages to shut him in and tries to run out but Kamal returns before she gets a chance to leave the house. Sridevi puts on an agonising mask of normalcy and bides her time to escape. Kamal gets called away on business that night and she packs up her luggage and leaves the house, but is dramatically intercepted by Kamal who gets word of her flight through his watchman. A tense chase ensues, which ends in a graveyard in the dead of night, with Kamal stumbling and falling on a cross which pierces him.

He is subsequently jailed but gets mentally retarded and loses his bloodthirsty ways. He keeps repeating Sridevi's name, as it is his only coherent thought, and all other memories have been erased from his mind.

Kamal Haasan has always done some roles which other superstars dare to do even today. The character from this film is another example of that, it's not easy to accept such roles. By the performence he has created such an atmosphere that viewers will be their edge of seat throughout.

Some scenes are too scary to watch. This film is way ahead of its time. It's editing, screenplay and of course BGM by Ilaiyaraaja are superb. Camera work is amazing. This technical department succeeded to make the thrill moments. Then Sridevi and her expressions, nothing can beat that. Kamal Haasan lovers should definitely watch this.

Available on Prime Video & aha.

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