Meendum Oru Mariyathai(2020)
This is a story about a depressed young girl and an abandoned old man who is clueless about what to do next in life. Om, a septuagenarian, embraces traditional values. His visits the UK with his wife, to be with his son’s family. The trip turns tragic as she suddenly passes away. After some time, he leaves his son’s family as he doesn't want to be a burden for them. He accidentally meets Venba, a young girl, who is hell-bent on committing suicide due to personal issues. Om tries to dissuade her from taking her life and to bring happiness into her life in just 10 days and asks her to join him for an interesting journey.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video
- OTT Release Date
- 21 February 2020
- Theatrical Release
- 21 February 2020
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 7.0/10
Storyline
A young woman planning to end her life meets an elderly man left alone by his family. They take a ten-day trip together, and the journey changes both of their perspectives forever.
“Two strangers. One trip. A reason to live.”
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Trivia
- The film's title is a callback to director Bharathiraja's own 1980 classic 'Oru Kaidhiyin Diary', which was also known as 'Mariyathai'.
- This was the first time Bharathiraja directed a film starring his son, Manoj Bharathiraja, who played the pivotal role of the neglectful son.
- The movie was shot extensively in the scenic hill station of Kodaikanal, which serves as the 'exotic place' central to the plot.
- Despite being a 2020 release, the film had a very traditional, stage-play-like narrative structure, which some critics noted was a deliberate throwback to older Tamil cinema.
- Actress Aishwarya Rajesh, who plays the suicidal girl, prepared for her role by spending time with counselors to understand the mindset of someone in deep despair.
- The film's soundtrack, composed by Ilaiyaraaja, marked another collaboration in the long-standing director-composer partnership spanning decades.
- It was one of the last major Tamil films to have a wide theatrical release just before the first COVID-19 lockdown in India.