A still from ‘Nooru Sami’
We’ve seen way too much amma sentiment in Tamil films for us to fall for it immediately. And yet, Nooru Sami, within ten minutes into its screentime, manages to do that. We don’t even know the characters well yet; all we realise is that two young children are being sent by their mother off to a hostel to pursue education, much against their wishes. The two throw tantrums, refuse to get on to the bus, and look teary-eyed at their mother, who just cannot look into their eyes to bid goodbye.She turns back, unable to process the look on their forlorn faces. She closes her eyes and clutches her chest, almost as if the entire world were resting on it. It’s a scene Selvi (Swasika) sells immediately. You almost wish the rest of the film had emotional heft like this. Alas, it doesn’t.Nooru Sami (Tamil)Director: SasiCast: Vijay Antony, Swasika, Ajay Dhishan, Lijomol JoseStoryline: A widower, with two sons, wishes to remarry. Can she?Nooru Sami, director Sasi’s latest film with Vijay Antony, wants to make a case for remarriage. The story centres around the life of Selvi, who is toiling away in the fields somewhere in interior Tamil Nadu. Having lost her husband, she is left to raise two young boys (Bhaskar and Vivek) on her own. Her parents and brother are unable to pitch in, and so, Selvi has to eke a living, educate her boys and at the same time, live with the perspective with which rural society views a widow.Early in the film, she voices a desire: to remarry, and to live life on her own terms.
