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Is there anyone not singing or dancing to the quirky tunes of Kim Kim Kim? The song was rendered by Manju Warrier for Santosh Sivan’s Jack N’ Jill and has been going viral - receiving 2.5 million hits and counting - since the lyrical video was released recently. The actor had started a “challenge” on social media inviting children to dance to the song, saying, “When the times are tough, take a break, shake off the stress and share the fun”. She had also posted a video of herself showing some dance movements to the song.
Well, the fun has spread out of Kerala shores. Manju Warrier, who had said she had great fun while recording and shooting the song, shared a video of a group of boys and girls from Kenya dancing to the song, and the moves definitely have a Kenyan twist. The post has received over 2 lakh views on social media, with even actor-filmmaker Basil Joseph, who is also in the film, replying with amazement. The song, with a mix of funny and poig
Updated: December 19, 2020 9:41:54 am
Paava Kadhaigal is streaming on Netflix.
Paava Kadhaigal cast: Kalidas Jayaram, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Bhavani Sre, Gautham Menon, Simran, Anjali, Kalki Koechlin, Prakash Raj, Sai Pallavi, Jaffer Sadiq
Paava Kadhaigal directors: Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Vignesh Shivan, Vetrimaaran
Paava Kadhaigal rating: Two and a half stars
A woman’s body has long been the site of ‘honour’ her own, her family’s, and very often, the community’s. This theme is explored in different ways through the four-part Netflix anthology Paava Kadhaigal, but each one comes down to the eternal questions of identity and self-hood, in which honour and shame, sin and betrayal, are entwined.
Paava Kadhaigal Review: Star Rating: 3.5/5 Stars (Three and a half Stars)
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âDiscrimination’ is a word that has become a part of our vocabulary for years now and practised in our society for as long as we know. Paava Kadhaigal that hits Netflix today brings together 4 of the most woke and noteworthy Tamil filmmakers Sudha Kongara, Vignesh Shivan, Gautham Menon and Vetrimaaran to create an anthology that portrays shades of discrimination and what it costs to the people who dream. While Sudhaâs Thangam left me shattered, read on to know what I felt about the others.
Thangam
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Heads up, this is THE best short in Paava Kadhaigal that is raw and doesnât require polished edges. Sudha Kongara, for the ones who have seen her work, has a perspective that takes you through the evil and leaves you at a possible redemption. With Thangam, Kongara does not take that route, rather she leaves you in the dystopia that we are living in for ages now. Centre
Your Weekend Planner Dec 18: Yoga with Malaika, merry Christmas from Netflix
Your Weekend Planner Dec 18: Yoga with Malaika, merry Christmas from Netflix
Netflix is spreading the Christmas cheer and don t blame us if we reach for the cake. We promise to turn to Malaika Arora to inspire us to work out the morning after.
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Work out and binge on.
Dear Reader,
Can t say it s Friyay given that 2020 has snatched all those yays from us, but it s a Friday. The end of the week, before we head into the madness of another. Since this is the weekend before Christmas, we have the familiar red-white-and-green films on Netflix: holiday movies, no prizes for guessing that. This year, there s A California Christmas, which will probably be as much of a fantasy in Calcutta as in California. But no harm in curling up with some good ol feel-good movies. Tis the season.
Prakash Raj and Sai Pallavi in Paava Kadhaigal (2020) | RSVP/Flying Unicorn Entertainment/Netflix
In the latest Netflix anthology film centred around a theme, a trans woman sacrifices her love for her sister, twin sisters tackle their hypocritical father, parents deal with the rape of their teenaged daughter, and a pregnant woman sees her father in a new light.
The often violent defence of honour, especially in the name of caste, and the burden borne by women during this exercise unites the four mini-narratives in
Paava Kadhaigal (Stories of Sin)
. The Tamil-language anthology film follows
Bombay Talkies, about the Hindi film industry,