Summer has already started in Chennai and people are feeling the heat. With schools expected to declare summer holidays shortly, people have turned their attention to hill stations as summer retreats. Let us take a look into some of the Kollywood movies which have hills as their background.
Thaen:
Merkku Thodarchi Malai:
The story of MTM is about simple people living at the foothills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu – Kerala border who work in the cardamom estates, their struggles, and the politics that surrounds them. It is Theni Eswar’s mind-blowing cinematography that is the high point of the movie. His breathtaking visuals take the story forward, capturing perfectly the vision of the director. Be it the bird’s eye view of the valleys or the changing climatic seasons, or the movements up and down the hilly terrain, it is a visual splendor.
Thumba :
Hari and Umapathy are painters who have come to Top Slip for a painting job. Varsha comes to the place hoping to take photographs of a tiger. Meanwhile, Thumbaa, a tiger, has crossed over to this side of the mountain range from Kerala with its cub, and a gang of poachers, led by the forest officer, are plotting to capture it. The movie is shot inside the forests of Idukki, Vagamon and Kumili. The cinematography lets you visualize the forest through light and dark.
Mynaa:
Kaadan:
Rana Daggubati is the proud recipient of the title The Forest Man of India, his ancestors have given their lands to the Government to preserve the forest. Like his parents and grandparents, Rana dedicates his life to birds, animals, and trees in the forest. Everything goes well until Anant Mahadevan, the environmental minister plans to build a posh township in the forest. Was Rana able to save the elephant corridor forms the rest of the story. AR Ashok Kumar’s splendid cinematography is one of the major highlights of the film. He has captured the jungle beautifully and naturally.