Some films live in their plot, others in their spectacle. Meiyazhagan chose to live in conversations. A year since its release, the film still echoes in the way two men speak, fall silent, and carry each other's burdens. In those exchanges, it found its heart, and in that heart, it found permanence.At the centre of the story was Arulmozhi, played with aching understatement by Arvind Swamy. He returns to his village after decades away, his silence almost a character of its own.