Most movies use the dad as a villain. Here, the father (played brilliantly by Vivek Prasanna) isn't evil. He is scared . He has seen poverty. He doesn't hate Hip Hop; he hates the risk. The climax, where the father finally sees his son perform on stage, is one of the most tear-jerking moments in modern Tamil cinema. No dialogues, just eye contact.
But peel back the layers, and you get a raw, semi-autobiographical masterpiece by Hiphop Tamizha Adhi. The story follows Adhi (played by Adhi himself), a youngster from a lower-middle-class family in Chennai. His father wants him to get a "stable" engineering job. Adhi, however, lives and breathes Hip Hop. He wants to be a music producer. meesaya murukku
If you scroll through Tamil cinema from the mid-2010s, you’ll find plenty of love stories and action flicks. But every once in a while, a movie comes along that isn’t just watched—it’s felt . For an entire generation of middle-class boys who grew up with a keyboard in one hand and a failed exam paper in the other, Meesaya Murukku is that movie. Most movies use the dad as a villain
It is a love letter to every kid who was told to "keep music as a hobby." It is a middle finger to the concept of "job security" over passion. And ultimately, it is a warm hug for anyone who feels like they are fighting the world just to be themselves. He has seen poverty
At first glance, the title is quirky. “Meesaya Murukku” translates to “Mustache and a crunchy snack”—two seemingly unrelated things that symbolize the hero’s two biggest loves: his pride (mustache/personality) and his passion (music/murukku).
Title: Meesaya Murukku (Mustache & Crunch) Director & Star: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi Released: 2017