Paava Kadhaigal Review: Hard-To-Watch But Compelling Quartet Of Classily-Crafted Tales
Paava Kadhaigal Review: Hard-To-Watch But Compelling Quartet Of Classily-Crafted Tales
Paava Kadhaigal Review: The actors are in prime form and the abridged narrative format gives them, and the directors, the scope to create sharply chiselled, dire, disconcerting portraits of putrid patriarchy. Paava Kadhaigal Review: A still from the anthology. (courtesy YouTube)
Cast: Prakash Raj, Kalki Koechlin, Kalidas Jayaram, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sai Pallavi, Anjali, Simran, Adithya Bhaskar
Director: Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vignesh Shivan, Vetrimaaran
Rating: 4 stars (out of 5)
The idea of the family as a safe space is hurled out the window in
Minor spoilers ahead
What is sin? Who is the sinner? these are two fundamental questions that Paava Kadhaigal, Netflix’s Tamil edition of
Lust Stories, endeavours to answer. The title, which translates to stories of sin would have us believe that this is about deviants and the society they are in. In actuality though, the anthology is more about the violence of the norm, and who gains from perpetuating it.
In Sudha Kongara’s film
Thangam, a thug asks, “Why does he keep strutting around like a girl?” about Sattar, a transwoman. Without batting an eyelid, Saravanan responds, “Does he ask why we horse around like men?”
Paava Kadhaigal Critics Review: Netflix’s Tamil Anthology Receives Mixed Response
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Netflix s Tamil anthology of four short films,
Paava Kadhaigal has finally released today (December 18). Directed by four dynamic directors- Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vignesh Shivan and Vetrimaaran, the film stars Kalidas Jayaram, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Simran, Kalki Koechlin, Anjali, Sai Pallavi, Prakash Raj and others in pivotal roles. After the release,
Paava Kadhaigal received a mixed response from the critics.
News18 reviewed,
Paava Kadhaigal is depressingly morose with very little light at the end of the torturous tunnel. There is nothing elevating about the shorts, coming as they do at a period of intense loss and suffering, panic and pandemic. One may argue that the anthology is all about sorrow and sin, yet it could have been narrated in a lighter vein. Some of the saddest stories have had a silver lining, a sense of relief at the end of it all.
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Paava Kadhaigal Review: Stories of Sin Traverse a Boringly Beaten Path
Movies and the media have often gone to town with these kinds of stories, and Paava Kadhaigal offers nothing different not even a few add-ons!
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Directors: Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vignesh Shivan, Vetrimaaran
Cast: Kalidas Jayaram, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Bhavani Sre, (Kongara s Thangam), Simran, Gautham Vasudev Menon (Menon s Vaanmagal), Kalki Koechlin, Anjali (Shivan s Love Panna Uttranum), Sai Pallavi, Prakash Raj (Vetrimaaran s Ooru Iravu)
Netflix s Paava Kadhaigal (Sinful Stories), an anthology of four episodes comes a couple of months after Amazon Prime had played Putham Pudhu Kaalai, with its five short stories. While the two series dealt with different aspects of life – Paava Kadhaigal is about sin and the sordid, Putham Pudhu Kaalai was about life and living. Sudha Kongara and Gautham Vasudev Menon feature in both anthologies.
Paava Kadhaigal: Dulquer Salmaan says Sudha Kongara’s ‘Thangam’ was heartbreaking and moving; See post
Taking to his Twitter space, Dulquer Salmaan shared his review for the film and lauded Sudha Kongara s portion for the anthology titled Thangam. Written By Paava Kadhaigal: Dulquer Salmaan says Sudha Kongara’s ‘Thangam’ was heartbreaking and moving; See post
The most awaited Tamil Anthology titled Paava Kadhaigal was released on the video streaming platform Netfilx on Friday. With top actors from the South including Sai Pallavi, Simran, Prakash Raj, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Anjali among the others playing the lead roles, the film is receiving a tremendously positive response from the audience. South entertainment industry’s sensational actor Dulquer Salmaan took to his social space and lauded the film, showering Sudha Kongara’s portion titled Thangam with praises.