Netflix original Pitta Kathalu is the first Telugu anthology on the platform and is being helmed by Tharun Bhascker, Nandini Reddy, Nag Ashwin, and Sankalp Reddy. All four short films revolve around the theme of power dynamics in romantic relationships with women as the central characters. In an exclusive conversation…
As an anthology, Pitta Kathalu tells four distinct stories that come with rare sensibilities, at least by the standards of the contrived tropes that Telugu cinema is known for. As against the presumption that it was supposed to be a Telugu-fied Lust Stories, the anthology is anything but. Netflix, for all we know, seems to have commissioned Pitta Kathalu with the intent of taking OTT entertainment (as the Telugu viewers have known it) to the next level while letting the stories, narrated by homegrown mainstream filmmakers, respect the nativity factor.
Nag Ashwin-directed xLife was expected to be the most fabulous of all but it turns out to be just an average one. It tells the story of a futuristic tech genius (played by singer Sanjith Hegde), who has taken four billion people for a ride. Shruti Haasan plays a catalyst in this story. At one level, this segment is a spiritual extension of the Mahanati director s debut movie, Yevade Subrahmanyam, in which Vijay Deverakonda s character
OTT Review: Pitta Kathalu Published by GulteDesk February 20, 2021
Pitta Kathalu, the first Netflix original in Telugu has got very talented directors and actors on board. The four anthologies, each with a different genre have one theme in common, Woman. In these short stories, we will get to see the women who get what they want in the ways better known to them, for good or for bad.
The directors tried to show us the characters we come across every day to the life which could be seen in decades ahead, the realistic happenings behind the doors to the dark truths in many people’s lives, through these stories. Let us give a glance at what the stories are about and how the famous feature film directors narrated what they wanted to in little more than 35 minutes for each story.
Pitta Kathalu Review: Netflix s Telugu Anthology Is Wildly Uneven But Largely Watchable
Pitta Kathalu Review: Netflix s Telugu Anthology Is Wildly Uneven But Largely Watchable
Pitta Kathalu Review: In the anthology, four directors abandon their comfort zones and dive into the minds of four women dealing with shifting power dynamics in relationships that border on the dark and the dangerous.
Pitta Kathalu Review: A still from the anthology. (Image courtesy: YouTube )
Cast: Lakshmi Manchu, Shruti Haasan, Amala Paul, Saanve Meghna, Abhay Bethiganti, Jagapathi Babu, Ashwin Kakumanu, Sanjith Hegde, Satyadev Kancharana, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala
Director: Nag Ashwin, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, BV Nandini Reddy, Sankalp Reddy
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