He tells Padayatchi that he was invited by Aras, and later persuades him to sign the papers which will help Padayatchi's workers get a raise. Padayatchi spots Nalla and asks him why he is at the wedding. He invites Nalla to his wedding, where, to his utter astonishment, Nalla sees that Aras's bride is Bala. Upon their arrival at Chennai, Aras delivers Nalla's cheque to the union workers. Despite suffering from an inferiority complex due to his scarred and deformed body, Nalla performs community service and social work with renewed fervour while continuing to fight for union causes. It was also at this time that Nalla became a firm believer in kindness and love. Padayatchi had earlier lied to Bala that Nalla died in the accident. After recovering from his wounds, he visited Bala only to be informed by Padayatchi that his daughter was already married and has settled abroad.
Nalla boarded a bus bound for Kerala, and on his way to meet Bala, the bus met with an accident on a hillside, leaving him scarred, disfigured, and partially paralysed for life. To avoid a potential conflict with Padayatchi, the two decided to elope to Kerala. However, in an unexpected turn of events, Nalla and Padayatchi's daughter Balasaraswathi (Bala), fell in love with each other. Nalla satirically imitated Padayatchi in many of his shows. He was at odds with Kandasamy Padayatchi, a manipulative factory owner who refused to give his workers a raise. While waiting for the train at the Ichchapuram railway station, Nalla begins to tell Aras his story.Ī few years earlier, a healthy Nalla took part in various street theatre performances protesting against multinational corporation-driven industrialisation, which resulted in the marginalisation of the labour force. Using his presence of mind, Nalla repeatedly bails Aras out of trouble while Aras tries escaping from him at every juncture, only to end up with him again. Aras's bag gets stolen on the way leaving him with only his credit card, which no one accepts. Both need to return to Chennai: Aras to be present at his wedding, and Nalla has to deliver a ₹3,200,000 cheque, recently awarded to him after he won a court case, to a group of union workers.Īfter a traumatic night, and no hope for a flight, the two men take a bus to board the Coromandel Express train. With the rain flooding the city, the two men are forced to share a room for the night. When the flight is cancelled due to heavy rain, Aras initially suspects Nalla is a terrorist and informs the authorities, only to discover that he was mistaken. Aras, and the other is a scarred and deformed socialist, Nallasivam (Nalla). One is a commercial director, Anbarasu, who prefers the abbreviated name A. Two men waiting for a flight to Chennai at the Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar engage in conversation. Madhavan was awarded Best Actor at the 2003 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. At the 51st Filmfare Awards South, it received a Special Jury Award and nominations in the Best Film and Best Actor (Haasan) categories. Anbe Sivam was screened as part of the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India in 2003. Despite its initial failure, it has gained recognition over the years through re-runs on television channels and is now regarded as a classic of Tamil cinema and a cult film. The film was released on 15 January 2003 to positive reviews from critics but underperformed at the box office. Wilson served as the cinematographer and M.
Produced on a budget of ₹120 million, Anbe Sivam takes on themes such as communism, atheism, and altruism and depicts Haasan's humanist views. The film tells the story of Nallasivam and Anbarasu, two men of contrasting personalities who undertake an unexpected journey from Bhubaneswar to Chennai. Anbe Sivam stars Haasan, Madhavan and Kiran Rathod, with Nassar, Santhana Bharathi, Seema and Uma Riyaz Khan playing supporting characters. The film was written by Kamal Haasan, and Madhan provided the dialogues.
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