Sigai
Sigai (transl. Hair) is a 2017 Tamil language drama film directed by Jagadeesan Subu. The movie has Kathir in the lead role while Meera Nair, Raj Bharath, Riythvika, and Mayilsamy play supporting roles. The movie is set in Anna Nagar and depicts events that happen in one day.[2] In this movie Kathir plays a role of a transgender person, and an NRI who occasionally comes to India to visit his school friend. His possessiveness and close association with his friend is the cause of a major accident which takes the life of two innocent people. The story is highly gripping and narrates the love, lust and life of the third gender which has not much came in the lime light. Kathir feels highly dejected when his close friend looks for companionship with other female, ignoring his emotions. It is a ZEE5 Original film and can be streamed online on ZEE5 platform.[3]
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| Directed by | Jagadeesan subu |
| Produced by | NPKS.Logu |
| Written by | Jagadeesan subbu M.K.Mani Aravindhan |
| Starring | Kathir Meera Nair Raj Bharath Riythvika Mayilsamy |
| Music by | Ron Ethan Yohann |
| Cinematography | Navin Kumar |
| Edited by | Anucharan |
Production company | Divine Studios |
| Distributed by | ZEE5 |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
The movie opens with a pimp named Prasath (Raj Barath) handling all the prostitutes together with his partner Chetta (Rajesh Sarma). Prasath shows special care for a prostitute named Buvana (Riythvika) and treats her well than the others.
One night, a customer named Santhosh (Mal Maruga) calls Prasath and asks him a girl. Prasath asks Chetta, who suggests Nirmala alias Nimmi (Meera Nair) to be sent, who lives as a prostitute without the knowledge of her family, which consists of her mother and siblings, who are scared of her. She is taken to Santhosh by the help of Subramani (Mayilsamy), a cab driver. She is dropped at Santhosh's place by Subramani.
The next day, Prasath and Chetta discover that Nimmi has not gone to other customers and that Santhosh was her last customer. They get puzzled, as Santosh states that she left and her phone is not attended. They then go to different places with the help of Subramani and investigate them. They soon reach Santhosh's house, where they find him dead with no clue of Nimmi. Later, Chetta leaves Prasath and Subramani, and they both go to KFC for further investigation and are left clueless for what had happened. They once again reach to Santhosh's house, where they find Nimmi killed, as well. Prasath is left alone seeing Chetta getting caught and later sees a man crying on his roof. He follows the man, who reveals what had happened actually.
The man reveals himself to be Mathivanan (Kathir), who is an NRI and comes to India each year to meet his close friend Santhosh. One night, Santhosh invites Nimmi to get laid. Nimmi seduces Mathi and says that it is alright for her to manage people while eating food from KFC. Nimmi waits in the room for them, while Santhosh is drunk and allows Mathi to go first. Mathi tells Nimmi to leave, and she remains stubborn and mocks him. Soon then, he accidentally kills her and cries out in guilt, later revealing that he is a transgender person who wanted Santhosh to share his feelings. He hides her body in the fridge and tells to the now-recovered Santosh that she had left earlier. Later, Santosh discovers her body and gets to know Mathi's true colors. He too mocks Mathi, ignoring his feelings towards him and is accidentally killed by him. He hides due to the arrival of Prasath at that moment and cries out in the pain that he faced through as a transgender person. He completes narrating what happened that night, shares his pain, and leaves the place back at the present.
A few months later, we can see Chetta being a much strict pimp by providing strict guidelines to prostitutes, Prasath stopping being a pimp after listening to Subramani's words and marrying Buvana, and Mathi living life as a transgender person by growing a lot of hair.
The film ends by showing a few transgender people and dedicating them.
Cast
- Kathir as Mathivanan
- Meera Nair as Nirmala (Nimmi)
- Raj Bharath as Prasath
- Riythvika as Buvana
- Mayilsamy as Subramani
- Rajesh Sharma as Chetta
- Mal Maruga as Santhosh
- Brila Boss as Prem
- Vishalini as Prem's spouse
- Muthukumar as Manager
- Kani Venkatesh as suspect
Production
Kathir revealed he had to endure hardships while applying prosthetic make up to look like a woman.[4]
Release
The film premiered at the 2017 All Lights India International Film Festival.[1] It was released on ZEE5 on 9 January 2019, bypassing a theatrical release.[5]
References
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Tamil-films-shine-at-intnl-film-festivals/articleshow/54509678.cms
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Kathir-plays-a-woman/articleshow/49504988.cms
- Palani, Dhiwaharan. "This Film Which We Are Expecting For A Long Time To Be Released In Web Platform !! Check Out !! | Chennai Memes". Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/aug/15/a-different-transformation-1643218.html
- https://www.in.com/entertainment/regional/pariyerum-perumal-heros-next-to-have-a-direct-online-release-260861.htm