One of my biggest concerns about Pariyerum Perumal was the submissiveness of the protagonist, Pariyan. He silently suffers unimaginable violence, standing up for himself in controlled ways. For Pariyan, as long as he could study, the violence is just inevitable irritation. What would have happened if Pariyan wasn't even allowed to board a bus on the first day of his college? What if Pariyan was denied the very thing he thought of as his ticket to a dignified life? That's the story Selvaraj explores with Karnan. Naturally, this story is much darker, more violent, and gut-wrenching. Karnan's biggest success is in the writing. In spite of bringing together dozens of characters, Selvaraj makes each one of them real. Yaman, played by an enchanting Lal, is the kindly godfather. A pillar of support for Karnan, while also protecting him from the dangers of the latter's own anger. A widower still crushingly in love - filling heart and soul into Deva's rendition of manjanathi puranam.
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