Thanga Meenkal

2013 • 137 minutes

About this movie

Kalyani (Ram) is a school drop-out and looked down by his father for his joblessness due to which he's unable to pay his daughter's monthly school fees. He is obsessively affectionate towards his nine-year-old daughter Chellamma (Baby Sadhana), who is a dyslexic child, lives in her own world and is a slow learner. The realities of everyday life separates the father from his daughter, he flees to Kochin to get a job and with the money earned he can finally buy the gift for his daughter. Will their bond withstand the tests of time and bring them together again? The film even highlights the kind of treatment by her peers and school teachers. His financial crisis, her inquisitiveness, and the stories about the 'golden fishes' that live in the pond she so frequently visits, collectively forms a beautiful climax. (CBFC U DIL/1/110/2013-CHE)

Ratings and reviews

I watched the movie in a film festival. It's a great movie challenging current education system, which runs a bookish way without considering each child is different and each one has their own strengths. This a story how a father nurtures his daughter's skill of imagination.

Believe me it will have the deepest impact upon you.It is one of the most beautiful indian cinema that i have seen in recent times.

Strictly for psycho's like director Ram