It doesn’t take more than a very specific movement of the camera, a delicate expression by an actor, or a crafty use of music to gather that Mani Ratnam is at play.
Aayutha Ezhuthu and Yuva are still regarded as Mani Ratnam’s most daring attempts. They bring together three distinctive worlds, characters, and romances with a complex narrative.
Both Aayutha Ezhuthu and Yuva won Mani Ratnam his usual critical praise with the screenplay, AR Rahman’s music, and the central performances being highlighted.
But the films did not receive the theatrical applause that the filmmaker is used to or would have liked, with only the Tamil version said to have done above-average business at the time.
As in the case of most Mani Ratnam films, there is something new to be discovered about the films with each survey and then gladly changing one’s initial opinion.
Some prefer the Tamil iteration more than the Hindi one and vice-versa, while a section of the film enthusiasts have handpicked moments that they have found to be memorable.
The three stories in Aayutha Ezhuthu correspond individually to three different strata of society, juxtaposed to highlight the conditioned choices that young India made at the time.