I think I missed out this beautiful movie which was released years back,to be exact in 2002. It took eleven years for me to watch this movie after its release. Though there was an expectation on Aparna Sen's work , never I expected it to take me to another world of love and hatred. One can find the power of religion and culture , how it influence a educated person and an illiterate. Religion plays an important role in one's life, no matter how much literacy you have. On one side people are running all around to kill fellow mates in the name of god whereas on the other end you can see the sacred love of two individuals irrespective of their religion. Though in the beginning Mrs Iyer found it difficult to adjust with Raja , as the time passed her situations made her so close to him . Each and every scene in the movie is familiar to Indians. The conservative nature of orthodox Tamil brahmins and their practices are given a satire approach. One comment that I liked in this aspect is even after getting a post graduation in Physics how conservative Mrs Iyer is. It sounds really funny but that was a fact in the beginning of the movie but towards the end Mr Iyer's love and care was above all the concepts she learnt. Mrs Iyer did not get time to bother what she was , she was living in the dream world created by him. The narration he gives about their first meeting, trips to the forest areas and temples in the south, tree house where they lived, made her lead a life which she actually need but never got. Those few days with Raja was the real time she lived though it did not last for long.
We are all human beings who keep the thirst for love in heart. Never we feel satisfied in love , the more you get , the more you need. That's what Mrs Iyer expected from Mr Iyer (Raja)
