The episodes are interconnected through people and objects and even stray animals and birds. These connections don’t appear contrived, because the basic thread is… human connection.
Spoilers ahead…
You can read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/sillu-karupatti-movie-review-halitha-shameem-samuthirakani-sara-arjun-sunaina-leela-samson-baradwaj-rangan/
Like the literary world makes space for novels and short stories, cinema could use more anthologies. For one, not every character needs a feature-length movie. Sometimes, we just need a sense of their essence, through a slice of their lives – like we got in Vasanth’s Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum. And two, the liberation from a conventional character “trajectory” – spread over two-something hours – allows us to linger on a specific emotion: anger, or loneliness, or love, or whatever. Take Amuthini (Sunaina) in “Hey Ammu”, one of the episodes in Halitha Shameem’s second feature, Sillu Karupatti. She is in one of those marriages (Samuthirakani plays her husband, Dhanapal) where housewifery has rendered the woman near-invisible. She wants Dhanapal to notice what the driver of her children’s school bus does, that she’s cut her hair. But he’s just not that guy!
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Rajesh Arumugam
December 30, 2019
@BR – Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum (SISP) it’s been more than a year since it was reviewed by you. We hope the movie gets a theatre release. Or at least some OTT release. Any idea on SISP releasE?
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Enna Koduka Sir Pera
December 30, 2019
I thoroughly enjoyed the director’s previous film – Poovarasam Peepee. Can’t wait to watch this. Love the titles she keeps for her movies.
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brangan
December 30, 2019
My review of POOVARASAM PEEPEE is here:
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doctorhari
January 5, 2020
This is a gorgeous movie! It quenched my long thirst for well-told tales of normal men and women and the conflicts/crisises they face – which seems to have become a rarity in Tamil cinema.
As you have said, ‘Kaakka Kadi’ was the best of the four tales. From the theme she had chosen to the way it was presented, I was simply floored by this director’s sensibilities and her directorial/writing skills.
‘Turtles’ was for me the weakest of the four. (It reminded me of, and seems to have been inspired by the sublime Netflix original, ‘Our Souls at Night.’) I wondered if a more accomplised actor in the male role could have helped.
And Sunaina and Samuthrakani have just lived their parts in ‘Hey Ammu’ – even though the writing could have been better. I didn’t mind the deux-ex-Alexa part, but when Samuthrakani had already realised his error and was trying to mend his ways, bringing this in addition didn’t work too well.
‘Pink bag’ was a beautiful and calm meditation on the painful reality of class difference. That joke the little boy cracks on ‘Mayana veethi’ …. that alone was worth a visit to the theatre for me. 😄
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Varsha Ganesh
January 28, 2020
Just caught this movie on Netflix. It made my day! So endearing and heart warming with wonderful acting, editing, writing to boot. I can’t wait for more from this director!
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Ashoo Sriram
February 4, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the subtle sense of humor….Favorite is Pink Bag – totally relished the shot of Pepto Bismol in the rich girl’s home as opposed to the kids eating from the trash who can digest even a stone….After reading BR’s review and the comments posted, each one found their “shiny” treasures in the movie…
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Amit Joki
February 11, 2020
Never have I blushed throughout an entire movie. Man these films are also depressing considering the amount of love they express and you’re alone watching the films.
Anyway, Halitha has a fine sensibility of what goes into our everyday lives. Like how Vetrimaaran details his every movie, Halitha’s every story in Sillu Karupatti strikes the chord of what we feel everyday but don’t really see being represented on screen.
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