Exploring Thevarmagan: The jewel of Tamil Cinema
THOUGHTS ON THEVARMAGAN MAJOR THEMES 1. The idea of caste supremacy , blindly following the members of that caste and hero-worshipping them, more specifically the members of one specific family. (Here it is the Thevar caste and Periyathevar’s family) 2. Violence being the only form of recourse for the people in the more backward sections of the society and a sort of ancestral or genetic belief that they were meant to be warriors. 3. The degree to which people will take family feuds seriously and cause violence based primarily on those feuds. 4. Traditions: Right from out of caste marriages, superstitions regarding temples, dams, rivers and other such sensitive issues. The respect and importance that is given to a person’s word, and the paternalistic idea that one family is responsible for the whole community. The character transformation of Sakthi (Kamal Haasan) Sakthi is introduced as a considerably carefree young man who has just returne