Aelay review: A breezy feel-good drama
Halitha Shameem s Aelay is a feel-good drama
Friday 26 February 2021
Director Samuthirakani, Manikandan, Madhumathi
Halitha Shameem s Aelay is a feel-good drama that largely depicts the relationship woes between a happy-go-lucky dad Muthukutty (Samuthirakani) and his earnest son Parthi(Manikandan).
Muthukutty lives his life to the fullest that his kith and kin equally hate and love him. However, Parthi refuses to talk to him after a point as his dad s activities constantly embarrass him among his friends and village folks. Cut to the present, Parthi comes to know that his dad has passed away and he immediately rushes back to his village from Chennai.
A still from ‘Aelay’
Director Halitha Shameem’s latest offering lacks pace but the performances and characterisation make up for it
We’ve all been talking about Georgekutty of
Drishyam 2 in the last week or so. But this week, Tamil cinema has given us a Muthukutty to talk abut.
Aelay opens with a family that has just seen the death of Muthukutty (Samuthirakani). Parthi (Manikandan) arrives there sans fanfare, emotion. He looks at the dead body of his father rather impassively, and walks around the household with no signs of being shaken up.
In some time, he s hungry and heads out to eat a plate of