Talk about Mani Ratnam and a magnum-opus like Nayagan shimmers into view or a tent-pole big film like Ponniyin Selvan gains prominence, but the master director has many aces up his filmography. In the 1980s, 1988 to be specific, he delivered an outstanding movie called Agni Natchathiram.
Hat-tips to good old Madras
This urban flick had many hat-tips to good old Madras and it was one that juxtaposed sibling-rivalry as evident through the feuding step-brothers played by Prabhu and Karthik. The movie, to quote an ecstatic cliche these days, was a ‘vibe’. It was coolth multiplied by infinity and like all Mani Ratnam films, had strong women played by Amala and Nirosha, besides an ensemble cast that aptly fitted the script.
