Maara is the story of Paru, a restoration architect and relentless romantic, who finds herself attracted to the art of the eponymous hero, because they reflect a story from her childhood that she believed only she knew. Picking up scraps and sketches from his house, she goes in search of Manimaaran, discovering the largesse of his heart and expanse of his art in the process. She falls in love with the myth of Maara and then happily ever after (or to-be-decided).
While Charlie dives directly into Tessa’s life, Maara begins with an intriguing mythical story that serves as an allusion to Vellaiyan and Meenakshi’s forlorn love story. This sets an aesthetic tone for the entire movie.
Unlike Tessa, whose only aim is to find the man who rented the house before her, Paaru chases a story. She wants to find the person who painted the story that she thought only she knew. This gives the character a purpose and more screen space.
Then there is the undercurrent of love. While Pularikalo was placed earlier in Charlie & focused on a new beginning, Theeranadhi is all about the woman’s journey whose destination is yet unknown. The placement of the song is perfect for Paaru’s character arc.
The surreal event of finding and losing someone is said through a beautiful song. In the OG, Charlie always knows that Tessa is searching for him. It is a cat-and-mouse game schemed by him. Meanwhile, Maara is unaware that a woman is searching for him until the pre-climax.
The most poignant scene from Maara’s perspective. Since Charlie doesn’t explore the story arc of the elderly people, the conversation between Charlie and Kani focuses only on Tessa. But in Maara, this scene heartwarmingly shows the hero’s purpose of leading a vagabond life.
Maara is an adaptation of Charlie, not a remake. The movie’s got its own path with 2 story arcs. The smaller story arc of Vellaiyan & Meenakshi finds closure and gives completion to the bigger story arc of Maara & Paaru.
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