I have an oyster with a pearl but got not the time

I have a fetish for Bharathi's songs, I think...
"Nallathor Veenai seithu athai nalam keda puzhudhiyil erivadhundo..."

Another song from 'Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu'. You can classify it as a communist movie if you want to. It is a movie about an angry young man. A man who chooses to rise against the societal codes of conduct and manner of doing things and suffers because he goes against the grain. A man influenced by Bharathi; by the communists; a socialist and reformist at heart: an idealistic young man.

Kamal Haasan plays the angry young man remarkably well. And in my humble opinion (as a person who has watched very few Amitabh movies), he is the real angry young man of Indian cinema after the Gunasekaran in Parasakthi. His communist ideologies fit the role carved out for him by his mentor KB (K. Balachander) like the perfect pair of jeans. The colors chosen and the other characters surrounding Kamal aid in enhancing the depth of the character. Kamal fits the role to a T and the support cast pushes him to give his best and more.

I am not going to talk aboout the performances of SriDevi, MLA S.V. Sekhar et al but the other standout performer in the movie for me was Pratap Pothan. The psychotic, obsessed play director was brilliantly portrayed by our man. You can feel the anger when he sees SriDevi hold Kamal's hands or looks in his direction!!!

The music was outstanding. Bharathi, MSV (corrected after a reader pointed out the error), SPB combined like banana, honey, jaggery in a panchamrutham. The color symbolized anger and there was an undercurrent of it throughout the movie. The movie was on the edge at all times..... a KB master-piece. I salute that man. How many pieces of great cinema- none of this technology, special effects stuff- brilliant story-telling in one lifetime!!!

PS: The title translates to:
"Sippi irukkudhu muththum irukkudhu,
Thirandhu paarka naeram illadi raasathi..."
another evergreener fro the movie