Kaaviya Thalaivan

The account is set at the start of the twentieth century. India is not yet independent. At the centre is a theatre company. Sivadas Swamigal runs it. He is an experienced and respected master. He takes on two young actors. One is Kaliappa, the other Gomathi Nayagam. They compete on stage. The competition spreads to everything else. Gomathi wants to be the master’s favourite. It is Kali’s playing that moves the old man instead. Jealousy grows in Gomathi, their paths divide, and one of them rises while the other falls. Siddharth and Prithviraj Sukumaran take the leads in the hundred and fifty minute film, an Indian production Vasanthabalan finished in 2014.