Bharathi - the first movie on the life of the great poet Bharathiyar, packs quite a punch. The film starts with this phenomenal poet's funeral, which was attended by only fourteen people.

Why did this happen? To answer this question, we are taken back to the time when Bharathi was a small boy. The director Gnanasekaran, has portrayed beautifully how, even as a small boy, Subramani (Bharathi's real name) was a child prodigy, with different perceptions and ideas.[ More ]