Iravin Nizhal

2022 - 7 - 15

Iravin Nizhal Review: A Single-Shot Film Of Phenomenal Power And ... (NDTV)

Cast: Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Robo Shankar, Priyanka Ruth, Brigida Saga, Sneha Kumar, Anand Krishnan and Chandru.

Iravin Nizhal is embellished with a lively, eclectic A.R. Rahman score made up of a haunting background score and a complement of songs that are both soulful and soaring. But in the end, in terms of its style and spunk, Iravin Nizhal ploughs its own distinct furrow. The man, who has come up the hard way having seen poverty, hunger and brutality up close from infancy to adulthood, is wracked by guilt - his acts of omission and commission are numerous - as much as he seethes with anger at the world that has sold him short. Iravin Nizhal is a giant cinematic mural in motion created with a single stroke of the brush that inevitably took innumerable attempts - the unit got it right after 22 scuttled takes - to execute in its totality. Playing in multiplexes in select cities, the Tamil film is preceded by a "making of..." But such is Parthiban's creative pluck that he goes out on a limb, unmindful of the risks involved.

Iravin Nizhal movie review: Parthiban's film is quirky, but feels familiar (The Indian Express)

Iravin Nizhal movie review: Iravin Nizhal is not just a single-shot movie. It also feels like Parthiban has tried to narrate it in a single breath just like ...

The main challenge of making this film was to achieve the status of a single-shot movie. There was even one instance where a mistake happened at the last minute and forced the makers to scrap the whole 90 minutes of the movie and re-shoot it again. He becomes a father of a baby girl and that event forces him to get in touch with his comatose conscience, which in turn makes his life a living hell. And he also does something else with Iravin Nizhal. Before he begins the actual film, he shows a video of the efforts that went into the making of what he calls the world’s first “non-linear single shot movie”. He knew that people may not appreciate this film if they weren’t aware of what he was trying to accomplish. A theme that Parthiban keeps visiting over and over again in his movies. And Parthiban covers a lot of ground with the plot as he assimilates the elements of social commentary and morality tale into an amorphous narration.

Iravin Nizhal Movie Review: An admirable filmmaking experiment... (Cinema Express)

What makes Iravin Nizhal stand apart is how unlike Rope or the recent one-shot Malayalam film Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam, the non-linear style of ...

The film's timeline covers night and day, and the characters also get subjected to rain and sunshine in this film whose substantial portion seems to happen outdoors. Parthiban has been vocal about his displeasure with films like Birdman and 1917 that are stitched together to look like single-shot films and has cited Alfred Hitchcock's Rope as a good example of what he has looked to emulate. We see six versions of Nandu—from a newborn grappling with the death of his mother to the middle-aged Nandu, who grapples with mother earth in the last frame of the film. The story is about a middle-aged film financier, Nandu, getting caught up in crime and having to make a run for it to a dilapidated ashram. All this explains why he becomes who he is, including the little details like his amusement whenever his daughter, who has a speech impediment, calls him 'thappa' instead of 'appa'. Keeping in line with protagonists of his other films like Pudhiya Paadhai, Ulle Veliye, Sarigamapadani, Pachchak Kuthira and Oththa Seruppu Size 7, Nandu too is a man of grey shades stuck in a world that's pretty much pitch-black. The film in the second half is about how a boy turns into a man after being robbed of his innocence and forthrightness by those occupying high positions in society.

Iravin Nizhal, R Parthiban's latest movie, is winning hearts everywhere (Economic Times)

In the movie, Parthiban plays Nandu, a man on the lam who hides at a dilapidated ashram to avoid police. His life's incidents are recounted as he reminisces ...

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Iravin Nizhal movie review: An experimental thriller that works only ... (Firstpost)

Parthiban treats the movie as a Rubik's cube where his character looks back at all the mistakes he's made.

He treats the movie as a Rubik’s cube where his character looks back at all the mistakes he’s made. And if it doesn’t work, the ideator will be called a fool. Parthiban thinks the unthinkable and pushes a boulder up a hill. I keenly observed the hardship he endured and the kind of life he aspired for. At the bottom of it all, it’s mostly the story of a rags-to-riches man who doesn’t follow any principles. The making video is a guidebook on passion and perseverance. And he’s the face of it. And that’s why it doesn’t give me the same amount of pleasure to dive into the details of the second half where the real story and screenplay are present. He’s the body of it. He quickly learns that he needs to become a bad person to survive in a bad place. His character, Nandu, is a mix of violence and sarcasm. Iravin Nizhal is a little bit of both.

'Iravin Nizhal' movie review: An admirable filmmaking experiment... (The New Indian Express)

After a film with 'no story' in Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam and one featuring a single character in Oththa Seruppu Size 7, fans have been wondering ...

The film's timeline covers night and day, and the characters also get subjected to rain and sunshine in this film whose substantial portion seems to happen outdoors. The focus seems off a few times; some people enter the frame at the wrong time, and I vaguely remember spotting the random shot of a clothing rack. The film in the second half is about how a boy turns into a man after being robbed of his innocence and forthrightness by those occupying high positions in society. The first half is about the diligence of a filmmaker who goes through multiple iterations of shooting and dealing with minor errors, while the second half is where the actual film begins playing—one that’s about a character suffering so much that he wishes he was never born. All this explains why he becomes who he is, including the little details like his amusement whenever his daughter, who has a speech impediment, calls him 'thappa' instead of 'appa'. As he traverses through its shambled structure, he walks down memory lane recalling people who made and broke his life that he deems to be a curse.