 A
very remote and dangerous village called Aadhi Kaadu is
threatened and disturbed every now and then by the wildest of
Forest Elephant called Komban. Every year the villagers seem to
suffer, either by destruction of houses or by crops and they
seem to become even more helpless when the forest officers
refuse to help them bring down Komban. To survive and kill the
merciless wild elephant, the villagers decide to bring a Kumki,
an elephant that is exclusively trained to silence the wild
elephants and keep them less harmful and this is where Bomman -Vikram
Prabhu and his innocent, harmless and soft Mannikam a temple
elephant that has never been exposed to wildness comes into the
picture.
Owing to situations and to favour his business friend, Bomman
brings Mannikam to Aadhi Kaadu saying it as Kumki to substitute
the original Kumki and plans to leave the village in two days
once the original Kumki arrives. In the mean time, Bomman falls
in love with Alli -Lakshmi Menon, daughter of the village head.
To succeed in his love, Bomman decides to stay in the village
longer than he has planned and continues to pretend that
Mannikam is a Kumki and that he is a Kumki trainer. Now, does
Mannikam who is believed to be a Kumki by the entire village
defeats Komban and saves the village and will Bomman and Alli
unites in their love is what forming the rest of the climax.
For a newcomer, Vikram Prabhu
has given an excellent and flawless performance right from
conveying emotions to humor, while Lakshmi Menon perfectly
depicts the role of Alli, a silent and homely village girl, who
can get funny in every way. Supporting characters played by
Thami Ramaiah of ‘Kazhugu’ fame and Ashwin Raja of ‘Boss Engira
Baaskaran’ fame indeed scored tremendous applause for their
humour quotient as well as their part throughout the film.
The entire film was set in a very natural backdrop, bringing the
essence of nature that makes the film much pleasant to watch.
Indeed, Prabhu Solomon and D. Imman once again recreated the
magic after their superhit ‘Myna’. Some of the best tracks
‘Kumki’ offers are ‘Onnum Puriyala’, ‘Sollitale’ and ‘Ayayyoo’
which not only elicits romance but the visuals are leaving spell
bound. Hats off to Sukumar for framing every shot carefully, to
make the film talk rather than project. And surely LVK Doss
deserves a special mentioning for his precise editing.
Yes, in every way ‘Kumki’ is one among the rarest and finest
piece, nevertheless, the climax could have been much more
precise to make it much complete. ‘Kumki’ – an original Prabhu
Solomon film. |
