Charlie, a farm labourer, marries Susan for the second time after the death of his first wife. Susan has one child while the first wife has two children. Troubled by debt, Charlie goes abroad with his wife Susan to work as a sugar cane cutter. Susan’s baby then takes the ring and gives it to Shakti Karthik, his grandmother, but the boy loses the ring while playing.
The frightened boy tells his sister that if Siddhi finds out about the ring’s loss, he will beat him to death. The two decide to buy a new ring to replace the lost ring without even telling their grandmother, and earn money by doing various jobs for it. Since the other party cannot pay off the debt with the money he got from the place he went to work, Charlie tries to turn the money around and decides to pawn the ring as well. On the other side, the boys stumble, unable to raise enough money to buy the ring.
Did the ring finally solve Charlie’s debt problem? Or got the boys into trouble? It is interesting to say that ‘ant’.
The film revolves around Charlie, Susan, George Marion, little girl Monica Siva, boy Karthik Rithvik and grandmother Parvee Sundarampal.
The girl Monika and the boy Sakthi Rithvik are menacing in their performances. As a real-life sister and brother living in the village, their every move keeps our eyes glued to the screen as they crawl across the film.
Even more, the little girl, Monica, remembers her dead mother and keeps us in awe of the scene where she cries “Mommy…Mommy…” on the non-working phone. Similarly, the scenes of comforting her younger brother whenever he is afraid and taking him to the next level will definitely remind us of sisters who are mothers and raise their brothers and sisters.
Charlie, who plays a farm laborer, adds strength to the character with his experienced acting. Charlie has perfectly portrayed the plight of the farmers, and has also beautifully portrayed their hope and efforts to survive through his performance.
Susan George, who plays Charlie’s wife, gives a good performance after a long break.
Talking to out of touch people on a non-functioning cell phone, George Marion makes us laugh with his performance and think with his lines.
MS Bhaskar who plays the usurer, Bhatti Parvee Sundarambal and Jagan who plays Kangani have also done their job flawlessly.
Cinematographer KS Kalidas has shown the simple village very beautifully and has shot the scenes in a way that makes us travel in that village.
All the songs in Arun Raj’s music are listenable and travel along with the story. The background music travels naturally and smoothly like the children’s performance.
Directed by Suresh.G who has composed and directed a very simple screenplay for a simple plot, the entire film moves very interestingly and gives the feeling of reading a good short story at the end.
Although the plot seems to move slowly in the beginning of the film, the efforts of the boys to buy a new ring and the events that follow add to the interest of the plot and keep us glued to our seats.
Even though it is a film for children, director Suresh.ji, who has displayed all the things like the farmers’ problems, the normal life of the village people, the children’s holiday celebrations, has given a film for children to watch in the summer and a good work that will be appreciated by cinema fans.
Overall, this ‘Erumbu’ is a kid-centric story but is a film that adults can enjoy too
