The dog again is metaphorical. It's the same as Kamal..if you notice the lady on the hill says this dog is like public property it stays anywhere . Eats anything. And Kamal says just like me.. and before the accident the dog like sivam was aggressive and post accident it becomes more sober. And ofc the injury to the dog is just the same as his . I will paste a lot of more information that you may have missed . This film is just filled with allegories and metaphors

1. The movie anbe sivam for starters is a combination of the names of the protagonists. Anbu from anbarasan and sivam from nalla sivam. If you notice the characters are also shown or introduced in the same order 2. Anbu Arasu doesn’t like the word anbu in his name and likes to be called as A. Ars and this is also shown throughout the movie where is he is shown to be a self centred man 3. Nalla sivam on the other hand before the accident prefers to be called nalla as sivam denotes lord Shiva and him being an atheist doesn’t like that. Post the accident , he is treated by isster Vanessa and the other nuns and then begins to understand that human beings take the form of God. This leads to his metamorphosis into sivam 4. The sivam before and after the accident are almost two different people , not just physically but also in terms of their characters., Nalla is shown as more aggressive and sivam is shown to always be joking around and considerate. 5. Sivam is mostly seen wearing red or black which signify his core beliefs i.e. atheism and communism. In the climax when he writes a letter to ars the antagonist tells him that he will now become a hero among the workers, for which he replies he is merely a tool like the hammer and the sickle (something similar) which is the symbol of communism 6. The dog is another metaphor and is shown to be similar to sivam. In one scene he is told that the dog doesn’t belong to anyone and is public property and he calmly remarks that he is no different. The dog is shown to have a limp on its right leg and a scar on the left side of its face which again is the same with sivam 7. The bus accident causes the transformation of nalla to sivam and the train accident causes the transformation of madhavan to become god in the eyes of Sivam. This in fact is shown metaphorically when madhavan walks out of the tent and spreads his arms and says take my blood . Kamal here comes and says no one is going to crucify you thereby indicating that madhavan then becomes god 8. The kid who dies in the accident is called pown Raj and his death creates the impact madhavan. Kamals friend who dies in the bus accident is also called pown and when kamal hears the name of the kid in the ambulance he says “ pown again?” thereby telling us that this kid is meant to die ..a brilliant bit of foreshadowing 9. The ball which madhavan purchases for pown and kamal is in the shapte of a globe thereby reiterating madhavans belief that a credit card can help u conquer the world 10. The duality in the movie is shown in several places notably when kamal knows his girlfriend and calls her bala again ignoring the Saraswathi ( name of a god ) and madhavan calls her saras and not bala. Kamal says he is 0 positive and madhavan is ab negative again showing their traits. Even the saint gobain ad that madhavan has made reflects his personality, the two guys assume that the lady is about to pour the water on them and take evasive action only to be proven wrong, which happens with madhavan on multiple occasions 11. Kamals character is based on Safdar hashmi a man who was killed for standing up for the workers cause 12. Kamal spoke about the tsunami when most of India hadn’t heard about it and the very next year the tsunami hit tamilnadu 13. At the airport, when madhavan tries to hide from kamal post mistaking him to be a terrorist, he breathes a sigh of relief and says thank God only to see kamal saying hello to him once again to show us that kamal will be his god in their journey and save him on multiple occasions 14. When madhavan cries after the kids death, he is seen lamenting and kamal is looking straight ahead , at one point madhavan says what kind of God is this and that moment kamal faces madhavan again signifying that kamal plays the role of God for madhavan and at that .kment madhavan also turns to face kamal and says I am not like you. Just another piece of brilliant writing that encapsulates the whole movie in one scene

The main point of this movie is to show that God is love, love is God, and love can be the solution to every problem.

It's not a random dog. It's the actual dog that caused the bus accident in the first place & literally everyone wanted to kill it. But Sivam is the only one that takes it in and gives it love despite it causing the accident that made him into the way he was. He should be the one to be angry at the dog but he instead chose love, that's how his relationship with dog is so deep and special. Love something that society would hate & think you should hate.

If this movie filmed in Hollywood, it would surely get 4 Oscars

Nalla was a strong, intelligent, talented and attractive man. Sivam is a handicapped and disfigured man. The accident changed that character completely. Bala had fallen in love with Nalla, not Sivam. If Sivam had gone to see Bala and proved that he is alive. That is indirectly asking her to make a very hard and self questioning choice between her old lover (who has lost all the qualities that she had fallen in love with) and the man she was about to marry. Sivam spared her from making this choice. Spared her from that heartbreak and pain.

Achara’s insights are wonderful and actually closer to the intent of the makers of the movie. Jaby’s insights are more like a director viewing this movie as a presentation they would create and actually looking for the cinematic pros and cons of the movie. Not the emotional & drama experience. Achara had it right all along….

This movie is now being celebrated and praised now but it was considered a flop back then. There's definitely more to this movie than you think there is. But definitely understand where you guys are coming from.

It is rare to have human beings like Shiva but this world is run by such human beings.. Expecting over loading on upcoming movie "Vikram"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is one of the movies where u cant discuss, analyse right after watching.. Go get rest, make a discussion within u.. Come back n watch atleast the last 30mins again.. u ll notice something new, that will make ur day, come back again n watch, u ll notice something new, and u will get addicted to what u r watching..

Watch next panchathanthiram. It pure comedy film and i want jaby to get away from realistic india problem film. This why i recommending this film. No matter jaby like it or hate this film. He is the the top reactor. He gave importance to this film. This film is to real for indian audience. I want still jaby give support to give film like these. I feel sad about the views. We audience still fail to get these kind of movies more and make the miserable at box office. As audience are we still in masala film. yes we are. This film is real india film. Our audience are not ready for this. Jaby and achara did their best to like it.

This is a Tamil industry hit and social reform movie 🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤

This the reason. sundar C is doing crappy films these days. We failed as audience. Not jaby and achara fault. They did their best to adjust to realism of india. We can''t hate their review. We have to apricate jaby and achara for their time. Anyway thank you. You guys are still awesome. I am using what i learned from this movie toward Achara and jaby. Just love it not matter it is negative.

Dude the same Coromondal express from Odisha to Tamil Nadu derailed yesterday as shown in this movie and collided with two more trains

There are some movies , you will love the movie , totally entertained , laughed and have great time watching it ... and other where the movie stays with you for very long time . ANBE SIVAM is the latter .. My kinda movie and my favourite movie til the date ❤️

When I was watching this movie 1st time it's very boring and worst. Few years later I watched it again but its gives me different aspects and feel very good and best movie.. lots of kamala Hasan movies like this only... he thinks few years ahead of normal film makers..

"Love is God" "Looks can't be Deceived" "Everyone is God" so much epic Lines you guys skip out......

Me and my wife loved this movie. We watched it so many times and were never bored with it. It was a commercially a flop but later received d due accolades it deserved. It flavour is felt more when you understand and watch it in tamil language. Clash of ideologies. Each and every instance in the movie is sculpted and carved.

I would like to talk about the build-up to that villain character and not making him the reason behind sivam facing that accident. First we have to understand that this film at its core is about LOVE IS THE REAL GOD. if that villain had been the reason behind that accident in any way, the "forgiveness factor" will not make any sense and it would have been a HERO VS VILLAIN thing. It's only becuz it's a DOG, the line LOVE IS GOD hits you hard when sivam forgives the dog and takes it with him. Also that villain is there is this story for a PURPOSE. It's not a simple hero-villain stuff. It's about the ideology of the story and the ideology it celebrates. A ruthless businessman unleashing his full power against raising salaries of workers by even a small margin is hallmark of many capitalistic societies. And this film addresses it from a HUMANIST point-of-view

Oh gosh It would be very great if you could understand the Song , Yar Yar sivam but unfortunately . That's the main strength of the movie, the one single would move you into essense of this movie . Really appreciate you for taking time and watching this Tamil Masterpiece .

don't confuse jaby , this is how life works . the reason the villan doesn't punished in this movie is how real the world works , there is no karma or god its purely your own mind/heart that gives verdict to your actions , in this movie the villan is a firm believer of god shiva and he thinks the tragic happens to kamal is the answer to his prayers and that's why he left him in hospital saying the lord will take care of him. there is artistic point of view of human physic saying " you can murder someone and escape from laws , police and everyone but you can't escape from your mind/heart it will haunt you till the last day atleast it remanding you that what you did is not the correct thing and this thoughts/verdict about your actions will act as karma / god , if you heart didn't say anything about the bad things you do then there is no wrong in it.( 99.9% people mind will say things correctly so one can escape )

Kamal wore high powered glasses and to negate this high power he wore a lens (opposite powered) in the eyes. Every time after the shoot he used to have eye problems for a while!!

I think the reason he silently leaves in the end is to not ruin Madhavan's wedding since if he meets the girl it'll just create doubt in her mind. He also honours his agreement with her father regarding the workers salary thing. The whole flashback and setting up of the romance between sivam and Bala is just to make his sacrifice in the end much larger and intense for the viewers

Please watch "Dasavatharam" Kamal hassan did 10 character's in that film. Among those one character is "US PRESIDENT Bush ".

You guys sitting and debating the philosophy of life and approach of diff nuances, is the success of this movie.

I was waiting for the 3 rd part... Yes it is indeed Biblical and what a brilliant way kamal sir performed..... Epic moments

When I hear this song sound my eyes automatically drop the water 💦

There are a lot of under pining in this movie. To understand them you will need to watch the movie few more times. Just for instance, a scene that you discussed - Anbuaras throwing away the ball - meant that he thought he knows the world as it was in his palm and because of the kids demise, he is forced to throws it away. His belief in a system and everything else shattered. Listen to the conversation with this backdrop and the dialogues will make more sense. God and daemons are never above and below us, they are within us. Through our actions we become one of them. Also, to see the god (in you), one must have to face a tragedy.... just awesome!!

More to the Core at the Climax He came to Kill Sivam instead of killing he drop his weapon and ask Forgiveness that's How people need to Learn Forgiving, and asking Sorry makes a Human even better.....

The reason for not letting the girl or madavan know is because he used her and benefited to raise labour salary . It's selfish of him or sacrificing his one true love for the greater good. He feels the guilt and he felt madavan may make her happy . The character is always about making other happy and it continues till end of the movie.

React to dasavatharam where Kamal plays 10 different roles.

Great review. Guys. You guys are the best reviewer. Thank you for watching this film. This film takes time to like it. This is your first watch.

Jaby you need to understand the intentions of a story when you watch a movie. I saw this in your RRR review too that you missed the whole point. The intentions of a movie are more important than a character getting justice or being important. Shivam left a very high impact on Aras forever. The girl finding out starts a new drama and divert the movie into an unnecessary thing which is not the intention of this movie. May be in an imaginative spin off if can be addressed. But It would have ruined the whole core of the movie. In a way, he knew the guy she’s gonna be with is a good guy and he’s happy. She wouldn’t have been happy with shivam at this point. She moved on. She will cherish the memories.

No he doesn't belive in "God"....He belives God=Love...not at all in a biblical way though. The point is, there is no god bt there is godliness that reside in everyone... As the song translates Who is god ? You and I are god Life is the penance Love is the god....

a good honest review.. thanks..

great review. You two are the best as always. love is god. We show love to you. that all. It all honesty in this review. We have to love it. Thank you for watching this film.

Fantastic review and discussion Achara and Jaby! I agreed with Jaby's take on how a wealthy person might spew some "lessons" for people watching but doesn't necessarily uphold those him or herself which I'm sure comes from a place of caring for normal people being affected by hypocrisy . But at the same time Achara mentioned that you take the good things and move on to reviewing about actor's performance. What Achara mentioned kinda touches the type of yoga called karma yoga, which is also a way to enlightenment. Devotion and love are just two different aspects of reaching God according to scholars in old vedic cultures. Doing the right things is also a way to reach enlightenment according to many great people who had been recognized as the enlightened like Lord Krishna, Swami Vivekananda etc. Lovely discussion again☺️

Virumandi is another wonderful movie by Kamal

Anbe sivam is a timeless classic, one amongst Kamal Hassan top characters. I cry everytime I see many scenes. It was not well understood at its time, but for me when i saw it during its release, it was wow. Emotional for large part of the movie. Without doubt Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan and Chevalier Kamal Hassan are the two shining stars of INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY. I know quite a few languages and from the days of doordarshan regional movies, i have watched many actors, actresses of many regions, many languages but proud about these two maestros.

Hope you guys react to Nayagan as well. Yet another masterpiece of Kamal Hassan and it's my personal favorite movie of all time too

Quentin Tarantino who directed the action thriller 'Kill Bill' was highly inspired by the graphics Kamal Hassan used for his much acclaimed film 'Aalavandhan (Abhay in Hindi) .

You chose a great movie for review.. I advised you this very long back!!

I was waiting for this. The best part!

Loved your review guys..it was fun watching the movies with u.

Well here's the thing, you not getting this movie or liking it is expected. In fact, the Tamil audience only started to celebrate this movie after a decade of its release. This is a movie that you've to watch twice to under what it is trying to convey. It is a bit complex like that. And also, Kamal had to write in certain masala elements to the story in the middle so that the casual audience will be satisfied (which they were not, considering how the movie flopped). This was because Kamal's previous films were al underperforming in the box office with the audience calling them "intelligible"

I read this somewhere and was shocked at the details of this film. In the movie Kamal Hassan's name is Nallasivam and madhavan's name is Anbuarasu. However Kamal would not like the sivam in his name and make everyone call him nala and on the other hand madavan wouldn't like the word Anbu in his name and make everyone call him Arsu. But if you see through the movie - Madavan would call Kamal as Mr.Sivam and Kamal would call Madavan - Mr.Anbu

What a reaction and review? Achara, you are amazing. You get it everytime. Jaby, you have spoken and opened up so much during this review. Loved the chat.

Every time we see this movie learn new things

The more you see the movie the more insights you wil get....this is a gem..failed at box office but made it to the hearts of people

Masterpiece 😭😭❣️

If Kamal sir is in HOLLYWOOD defenetly he win OSCAR. He is LEGENDARY ACTOR & DIRETOR in INDIAN CINEMA❤️🔥

Amazing movie. You need watch more of Kamal Haasan. My personal favourite is Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu. A lot of the movie takes place in america anyway. You will absolutely love it. Serial killer mystery

Acharia is genius 🔥🔥

One of the best movie ever in south

Every year you see this movie year to year different understand Lesson we will understand At the time of life Love love this great movi

I can watch you both and laugh , incredibly yourself. Appreciate

I was expecting better review but yeah even tamil audience needed 10 years to understand the movie. I was a kid when i watch the movie and fall in love with this movie. Anbe sivam = love is god. Tthe entire movie revolve in communism, salary problem in india, karma, butterfly effect and as i said about atheism

according to me anbu (madhavan) is pure capitalist he always talks me myself etc. sivam (kamal hasan) is pure communist he is all about labour rights etc. this movie brings capitalist and communist on same table and keep their view. but at last capitalist gets the girl while communist gets what he wants for labour. it is win win situation.

That walk at the end always reminded me of Bill Bixby (The Incredible Hulk) - walking along the road after every episode with the Lonely Man theme..

Its a happy surprise that you guys selected this classic to react.

You guys edited out most of the best part of the Movie and Epic Dialogue that this world need to know..........😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

one of the greatest movie of my lifetime and it's a realistic story because he didn't be together with her atlast.

The Coversation between them after the kid die is the Epic One......But you guys skip that part........😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

Anbe sivam 🤟🤍....Kamal🔥

U guys will understand nd impact of the movie later days of ur lifetime.. coz the whole movie has the small small detailing. In their names too.. u need to study about the movie lot. Anyway thanks to react for btiz epic movie

Other than kamal like a big hero when he was in his prime no one would have done this character

this is the movie that made many cry !!!

Please watch Aayirathil Oruvan 2010 its on Amazon Prime.

Happy to see that you guys watched this movie🙂

I really appreciate your review because when this movie was released nobody appreciated it but now many people are saying how did we missed this

Kamal Sir's Dialogue's were Epic Ones....

God I was weeping at the end

I'm happy that for the first time you watched a indian non-commercial movie! These movies have the best screen play than all commercial movies! If you can watch "Uttama villan" Of kamal hassan in KZfaq! I'm sure that movie you stay in you mind for months! It has the best screen play 💯 give a shot

This movie is one of the treasure of tamil cenema.

This movie has more hidden details ✨️

You guys just react to most beautiful movie...luv you guys

Brilliant movie, regular audience.

❤

*Thsi movie needs a trigger warning* - such a American thing to say😂😂😂

Achara is right... Attachment with things makes life miserable. True Saints and sages in India gets rid of both material attachment and emotional attachment. They don't not even own a dog... They finally understand that life is a journey between birth and death ... We can't take anything with us although we think 'THIS IS MINE''

Thank you for this review, Jaby and Achara. However, I'd suggest that to get the complete feel of the movie you each watch the movie when you are by yourself. Also, the title of the film translates to 'God is love'.

Achara is "Nalla SIvam" & Jaby is "Anbarasu aka A.Aras" for me..........

awesome......glad you guys are on movies from my teen days. how about ANNIYAN it is on amz prime. Love you Achara and Jaby (IN THAT ORDER) 😁

3:23 that sence is real accident base by

I saw this movie in Telugu in Hyderabad and trust me I got tears in my eyes in couple of scenes in theater

For more laughs watch Kamals other movie panchathanthiram

Anbu ~ realise miracle can't stop death. Nalla ~ he'll never stop walking🚶.

I still can't believe tiz masterpiece is done by Sunder. C 😅😂

Jaby, probably for you the person look impossible to you. But in India we have many people like him, whom we have grown up with, so for us it's easy to relate. I can understand, why it's difficult to relate. It is also grounded in our culture of giving giving only 🇮🇳🙏

Love is god ❤️

It is all about God is love and love is not God. It is also about forgiveness is better than punishment,.

Please react aayirathil oruvan movie

Archara, the title is not Love god 😂. It's Love is god. Big difference.

Nice reaction

If madhavan says about the story of kamal, may be Kiran (bala) would recognize him

Great observation Archara and Jaby, for some reason I do feel like you missed the point of the movie, not sure if it is a cultural or language barrier, very well could be. Kamal is an outspoken Atheist. The lyrics of this song "Yaar yaar Sivam? Nee naan Sivam, Anbe Sivam" summarizes the entire movie perfectly. It means "Who is God? It is you and I, love is God". So it actually has nothing to do with God or holiness or God's love, he's simply saying whoever you are, whatever age or stature, "be kind", "show love" and the world will be a better place, you know?

Jaby please watch DHEERAN tamil movie...its about real life cop story who tries to stop a gang of dacoits

Climax very touching

Discussion about forgiving dog was intense.

Plz react to anbe shivam decoding then give your final review I am sure r gonno change ur mind