In 2014 Karthick Subburaj gave birth to his masterpiece to Tamil cinema which is called Jigarthanda. Literally meant as Coldheart and it is solid proof that our directors try new genre in nowadays. The pacing of the film purely structured as per the Hollywood's critically acclaimed genre "Neo-western" which is a modernization of western dramas.The film critically and commercially gets successful reviews. Jigarthanda scripted as per the Quentin Tarantino's screenplay structure and the director credited in this movie as an inspiration of his works.In this post, I try to convince Jigarthanda as a neo-western cinema in Tarantino's ironical structure.
Final scenes of Jigarthanda is promising in that genre. It creates a mood as per the western formalism. A stripped guy waiting to die in the forsaken desert land. In a lot of western flicks, we see opponents who are ready to shoot with their guns. The good, the bad and the ugly is the perfect example of the western cinematography in firing scenes. The same sequence built by Subburaj in Jigarthanda. The tension created by the question,"Who is going to take their weapons first?" as same as Cowboy fights.Karthick has a gun and Simha has a firestick. The cinematography is really helpful for constructing the nature of western frames. Madurai landscapes portrayed differently in this movie for this genre.
Dramatic irony fully crafted for good purpose in this plot. Usually, ironies are created when the audience knows what happens next but characters don't or wise verse. The toilet scene in this movie is the nice example of ironical treatment in scenes. We know the dead guy is not Sethu but killer didn't. Which makes us laugh but at the same time it builds a tension among audiences. And in the ending symbolically represents the irony in the plot that is ruthless gangster turns to good comedian or villain turns to hero. Tarantino usually leaves a signature or memorable moments in every scene's ending. It makes the plot as periodic or chapters. So the entire film can be dissected into 4 or 5 sections easily as same as Tarantino's movies.
Let us compare the intro scenes of Jigarthanda and Inglorious Basterds, the same elements applied in applied in these scenes. Which is placed for a purpose, Generally Tarantino's plot hugely contains humoring Coldhearted guys. We see Christopher Waltz and Bobby Simha in our comparisons. And some mind puzzling dialogue games between two opponents.Subburaj hugely inspired by the use of black comedies.Especially that toilet murder scene can be considered as one of the iconic long shorts in Tamil cinema. Editing was done its job perfectly in these moments. Without any background BGMs, the scene looks as epic.
Final scenes of Jigarthanda is promising in that genre. It creates a mood as per the western formalism. A stripped guy waiting to die in the forsaken desert land. In a lot of western flicks, we see opponents who are ready to shoot with their guns. The good, the bad and the ugly is the perfect example of the western cinematography in firing scenes. The same sequence built by Subburaj in Jigarthanda. The tension created by the question,"Who is going to take their weapons first?" as same as Cowboy fights.Karthick has a gun and Simha has a firestick. The cinematography is really helpful for constructing the nature of western frames. Madurai landscapes portrayed differently in this movie for this genre.
Dramatic irony fully crafted for good purpose in this plot. Usually, ironies are created when the audience knows what happens next but characters don't or wise verse. The toilet scene in this movie is the nice example of ironical treatment in scenes. We know the dead guy is not Sethu but killer didn't. Which makes us laugh but at the same time it builds a tension among audiences. And in the ending symbolically represents the irony in the plot that is ruthless gangster turns to good comedian or villain turns to hero. Tarantino usually leaves a signature or memorable moments in every scene's ending. It makes the plot as periodic or chapters. So the entire film can be dissected into 4 or 5 sections easily as same as Tarantino's movies.
Let us compare the intro scenes of Jigarthanda and Inglorious Basterds, the same elements applied in applied in these scenes. Which is placed for a purpose, Generally Tarantino's plot hugely contains humoring Coldhearted guys. We see Christopher Waltz and Bobby Simha in our comparisons. And some mind puzzling dialogue games between two opponents.Subburaj hugely inspired by the use of black comedies.Especially that toilet murder scene can be considered as one of the iconic long shorts in Tamil cinema. Editing was done its job perfectly in these moments. Without any background BGMs, the scene looks as epic.
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