Devayani - a boon to the daily soap Kolangal!!

Kolangal, (Kryolongal to many) has finally seen the "End card" after a long 6 year life. This Mega serial had been the heart and soul to many round the globe. It’s a convenient norm to always tie up serials to the females in the families and the most convincing reason stated for the same is "Serials are targeted for the ladies in the family". Interestingly Kolangal broke all these mistaken false speculations. The intended audience for these serials is not the matrons alone but the family as a whole.

I personally know so many males and so-called heads of the families who would lose their sleep over this daily soap if they had to miss it for any reason.

The huge audience for this jest is no justification to its miserable story line and languid direction. Mr.Tholkaapian has proven his expertise in the art of dragging. Kolangal profoundly stood by for the word "mega" in the serial world with absolutely no substance still managing exorbitant witnesses. I have never known any serial that can play the limp game as much as Kolangal did, trying hard in every possible way.

Some of the mind-blowing strategies that the director followed which helped him a great deal in the drag deed are:

1. Every artist in the serial right from the lead lady to the most insignificant dramatis personae will have to necessarily have a recap of some incident(s) from his/her past helping viewers to refresh their memory of the long forgotten episodes.
In effect, this tactic met a dual purpose - reduce production cost and increase the life span of the serial.

2. Anyone who ventures in an adventurous deed which in most case would just be beating the traffic to reach home from work will be given a background score singing the praises of the artist. The actual agenda for these songs will be to drag the episode for the day and if possible extend to a few more days in the week.

Kolangal is a very simple story narrated in one of the most complicated manner. The director has tried every means to interweave tale within tales and give it a magical merry-go-round feel where one cannot escape, round and round you go always to end in the same start point. Those who have followed this horseplay from day 1 would agree with me.

This serial was a sweet torture to most of us. I have never been very fond of this daily soap, have always grumbled about the happenings in the serial but still couldn’t afford to miss an episode.

It’s not easy to forget the annoying expression queen Devayaani from "Ninaithen Vandhaai" days. It was the same lady, not straightened out an inch in acting who started championing this serial as Abi.

With 6 years of life as Abi, dumped with all available cans of worms on her, all we have seen of her is a pale, dull, spiritless lackluster lady who is fighting day in and day out for her survival but with a marked advancement in her acting capabilities. Having followed this serial diligently I can see an enormous difference in the lady's competencies. She has ameliorated leaps and bounds and deserves all credits for retaining the spectators for the era.

She has a great potential beyond doubt which was failed to be explored on the silver screen. She can play around with her expressions in a very pleasing manner too. She was the backbone of this soap and a real boon to the serial. One cannot miss to observe her efficacy especially in scenes where she interacts with our clown (read as director).

There is so much contrast to their facial appearances, when Abi is playing around with relevant smiles and smirks with so much ease the buffoon is struggling to differentiate between the 2 and is dexterously wearing a fixed expression inappropriate to the core. The last few episodes were a thorough justification to her flourishing as an able actress, a proof that can she can maneuver any role extremely well.


Keep up the good work Madamoiselle!!