![]() His has all the trappings of power and pride and is forever surrounded by cronies, including his two trusted deputies - Karrupu and Dorai (Kishore). The story centres around Pettaikaran, a powerful patriarch and a cock breeder, who has never lost a fight in the ring. Vetrimaaran splits the movie right down the middle like two acts of a play the first act is all about cock fights and the human egos involved and the second half is about the circumstances that pit the two lead actors - Pettaikaran (Jayapalan) and Karrupu (Dhanush) - against each other, clueless about why they are fighting, just like two fighter cocks in the ring (‘Aadukalam’ in Tamil). The narrative moves like a good novel where the first few chapters are all about etching and detailing the players, and the plot and the action unfold much later.įor those who allow the characters to grow on them through the long-winding first half, ‘Aadukalam’ offers a unique experience. ![]() The detailing of every characters in the story is intricate. The rustic environs of Madurai’s underbelly provide the ideal setting for maverick director Vetrimaaran's second movie - a tale of friendship, love and betrayal, all centred around the village bloodsport of cock fights. It is very rare to see in Tamil cinema characters with so many shades of grey set in a story as riveting as ‘Aadukalam’.
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