Yaathisai

What if you see a historical fiction on kings and wars, but the protagonist is not the Baahubali King but rather an unknown man who lost his clan and livelihood.

The movie is interesting that it did not take a stand on war (or) the protagonist but it just follows sequence of events around "losing and gaining back authority" and the lives and tribes lost for the same. The politics is brilliantly shown and also underlies the fate of small clans that supports these big kings and their authority also.

The production value is below par for such a good story and hope the makers rectify it if there is any sequel!!

RATED 7/10 Language: Tamil Source: Amazon prime

First we need to appreciate the director for choosing this subject and stick to the authenticity as close as possible. That too with all new faces. It is so impressive. And it worked and gave lot of awe moments here and there in the movie....

Now come to negatives - Please lower your expectations. This is not a great entertainer and war sequences are so repetitive. The story is wafer thin and they tried the magic with the ancient touch. The camera work is great and locations are fine. But that also get repetitive more.

Lower your expectation, you might like it.

Good attempt

First of all appreciation to the whole team for this attempt . Yaathisai is a historical fiction that takes place in 7th century and had great potential . Dharani Rajendran in his debut did a great job in his writing , we can easily notice that they did a great research work , for example Einar clan's slang of Tamil was totally different and you can only understand the their dialogues with the help of subtitles . War sequences were well shot and well edited despite minimal graphics and minimal crowd . Major drawback of the movie was budget constraints , it draws a line between the audience and movie because most of the scenes fails to convey or register what's going on , just felt like bunch of scenes tied up together . Performance wise Cast did decent job . Cinematography and visuals were really good and eye pleasing on big screen . Music could've been better .

Overall , with good budget , better cast and better making this film could've been something spectacular in Indian cinema but yet good attempt with minimal resources . Watchable one .

You say the film is about Pandyas and yet you show Spartan moves, citing the Greek mercenaries who were body guards in Tamil kingdoms of yore.

Yet, the same scenes from "300" film are stolen for some action scenes. Also, the walking in front of fields is similar.. Even otherwise, famously the Greeks did not fight for the Pandyas except as palace guards as their shields and bronze full-body armour would have been incredibly hot in Indian climate. (Even the "300" film had incorrectly shown Spartan warriors to be naked, without armors. Why 'ee adicchan copy'?)

Other comments talk about scenes lifted from Viking and Apocalypto too.. Also, the "hakka dance" of New Zealand is appropriated. Is this called research work? The actors do not stick with the timeline, and many errors can be forgiven as this is a debut film

If you make a part 2, at least show Tamil culture. Where is the famous "Bodhisena" who sailed to Japan and invented a writing system there similar to Tamil? He lived in the time of Ranadheeran. (Watch "Odd Campus" channel's video on YouTube for info on him)

Lastly, Tamils never practiced the "impalement" punishment on civilians like shown.. (kaluvetru) Depicting raw scenes just for the sake of authenticity, is inauthentic in such cases. Overall, a great attempt and with higher budget, possibly can pull a miracle.

Overall film making is very good & particularly Camera and music is excellent.

Little difficult to understand Yeinargal language otherwise all is good...

Congratulations to Rajendran 👍 for giving a good movie, you have enough capability and talent to do Mr. Kamalahasan's " Marudhanayagam" movie

Try with big producers, 30% film is over, try to convince Mr. Kamal , we are waiting for that movie to see for many years.

I want to wish you over phone, if possible kindly provide your number, so that I will say my wishes heartedly.

Dear Producer..Great , this is a really Wonderful movie, what u have given to Tamil people, this film will give lot of confidence for Young actors

Unnecessarily People's are wasting thier money to going theatres for Top heroes movies, where thier producers are making money without any stories and logics, Hats off.