![]() ![]() There’s a needless track involving Azhagam Perumal, Sam Jones and Janani Iyer. While the depiction of these characters are enjoyable as easter eggs are, it gets tiring after a while. There is even a scene in which Bosskey enacts Cho Ramaswamy. We see everyone from Vaali and Mother Teresa, to Gandhi, Periyar and Ambedkar. Incorporating such real-life characters turns out to be quite enjoyable in this film. While this, on its own, would have been a decent storyline, director Muthukumaran doesn’t think so, and instead spends much time on commenting on every headline-worthy issue that plagues our society today.ĭharma Prabhu’s hell looks like a God Of War game played on an outdated console, while its heaven is shown as a picturesque locale, in which two of our late chief ministers even have a conversation. The reluctant son taking over the throne irks Chitraguptan (a likeable Ramesh Thilak) who vies for the position. In her words, “Saavathu yaaraga irrunthalum, kolvathu naam aga irukka vendum”. He fails his fifth grade a number of times, and is happy doing normal things a young adult would do in Yemalogam: Learn Tamil from Thiruvalluvar, mathematics from Ramanujam, but the pressure rises on him as the reigning Yama (Radha Ravi) is getting old and his wife (an underutilised Rekha) is a staunch believer of keeping the position within the family. Unlike traditional ‘yaman’ films centred on the lord of death, Dharma Prabhu is actually a coming-of-age story of Yama’s son (played by Yogi Babu) who has no interest in taking over the throne. This actor, who had told us a year ago that he isn’t looking to play lead roles, carries his character on his shoulder like Lord Yama does his mace. We have all but forgotten all those age-old Tamil films based on deities and mythological characters, and so, I was rather excited to learn that Dharma Prabhu that stars Yogi Babu, is about Lord Yama. ![]()
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