Meiyazhagan stars Karthi and Arvind Swamy
The Tamil Film Industry is one of the biggest movie industries in India. Tamil films are generally engrossed in large-scale and high-budget action films. Over the years filmmakers from Tamil Cinema have delivered big and successful action films like Leo, Jailer, Vikram, GOAT, Master, Bigil, Mersal, Theri, and many more such films. But there is one new film that is possibly well-thought-out as one of the most lovely and pleasing Tamil films ever. The film is titled Meiyazhagan. It was released globally on 27 September 2024 and premiered on Netflix recently. If there is one film that every Indian has to watch, it is Meiyazhagan.
Meiyazhagan
Meiyazhagan is a drama film written and directed by C Prem Kumar. The film is produced by popular Tamil film actor Suriya and his wife also an actress Jyotika. Meiyazhagan stars Suriya’s younger brother Karthi and Arvind Swamy in the lead roles.
Meiyazhagan tells the story of Arul played by Arvind Swamy and his childhood friend and relative Meiyazhagan played by Karthi.
In 1996 owning to a financial dispute with his uncles, Arul along with his father leaves his hometown in Tamil Nadu. He hates the feeling of leaving his town and specially his house. He dearly misses it. Arul and his father permanently settle in Chennai after leaving their village.
Twenty years later, Arul and his father receive wedding invitation of a close family member. They are requested to mark their presence at the wedding which is happening in the same village from where Arul left in childhood. Scared of getting nostalgic seeing his ancestral village and house, Arul finally arrives to attend the wedding.
Arul attends the wedding and meets his relatives with whom he lost the contact. Later, Arul encounters Meiyazhagan, a relative and friend with home he spent his childhood. But Arul is not able to recognize Meiyazhagan and is unfamiliar to him. Throughout the wedding Arul tries to recognize him and try to know his name.
Later, Arul misses his bus back to Chennai and spends an entire night with Meiyazhagan at his house. He meets his pregnant wife, his cow and develops a lovely emotional connection with everyone. Arul feels guilty of not being able to recognize Meiyazhagan and not being able to recall his name. Arul and Meiyazhagan recall their pleasing childhood memories.
Meiyazhagan is a beautiful film about friendship, human values, old traditions, emotional connection and love. It is the perfect Diwali family film.
Meiyazhagan received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. The film did not perform financially well like other action films but earned respectable numbers. Karthi and Arvind Swamy received praise for their performance.
Meiyazhagan is available to watch on Netflix in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam language. Meiyazhagan is receiving adequate praise on social media platforms. Many even are demanding a sequel of the same.
