Kuthiraivaal

The last time i was mind blown for staging in an Indian arthouse was for Pushpendra Singh's The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (2020) and Ronny Sen's Cat Sticks (2019). I can add few more titles which standout for it's fresh filmmaking like the works of Prantik Basu, Aditya Vikram Sengupta's Jonaki (2018), Ekta Mittal's Birha (2018), Achal Mishra's Gamak Ghar (2019), Ridham Janve's The Gold-Laden Sheep and the Sacred Mountain (2018), Arun Matheswaran's Rocky, Koozhangal by PS Vinothraj and finally one of my favourite Varthamana (2018), directed by Umesh Amshi with late actor Sanchari Vijay. Kuthiraivaal is added to the list now and i must say this film is a labyrinthine that combines the weird with the banality of the everyday and ultimately raises more questions than answers. The tail of existence is told in a Kafkaesque style mind trip that leads to a series absurd moments, but occasionally loses itself in its own pretensions and feels like a random collage of abstract and surrealistic visual elements. I know this sounds like a recipe for pretentious disaster but there are genuine efforts in the filmmaking that turns this awkward undertaking into a total cerebral experience. In few scenes i could recollect films of Latin American arthouse filmmakers, even Georgian director Tengiz Abuladze, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Eduardo Nunes's Unicórnio (2017) and some Béla Tarr. There's so much to say but i'll leave it here, maybe revisit this again. I don't recommend this to every moviegoers, it will be a tedious watch to sit through and seem like a boomer uncle going through existential crisis. Like my Rocky (2021) review, i want to end it by requesting only the passionate/serious cinephiles to support this experimental effort and spread the word.

The only thing that made me go awe was how they designed the shots and panning. The visual experience keeps you on a trip. However, the narrative was screenplayed without considering the audience. It's as if only after you see the casting info and character names in end credits, you understand the story. The movie has lot of theories but never respects the audience nor care to explain it. Jiivi movie is good example of how to keep the audience engaged though it has theories and characters through generations. Watch Jiivi rather than this movie!!

Onnume puriyile! Shabbbaaaa. Thookam.dhaa vandhadhu. Donno what the director is trying to convey . Tried Something different with "dream comes true" but Sema bore . 3/10.

I gave 7 star to only cinematography and music. Because I am not able to understand what exactly writers trying to convey in this movie.

If you attempt something new, then you should explain the things as a voice over in the movie to make understand layman. Even I used to watch Martin sorceress, Hitchcock, Wes andersan, Nolan etc. But their movies are easy to understand. Because they delivered the clear plot.

My worry, i spent 1000 rs with my family for kuthiraivaal. Am not able to enjoy the story as I was not able to understand anything. Not only me. We were around 30 ppl in theatre, no one has understand the movie.

If you make movies for only intellectual then you should prepare audience before they step in to theatre.

If you don't want to explain the movie, then you should promote movie as its made for only intellectual. So, we don't watch this kind of movie.

If you are intellectual, then you better make the movie for yourself and show it to ppl whom think can understand the movie. Don't release the movie in theatre.

It would be Better if the screenplay is little fast and understandable.

Excellent cinematography

Good sound designing

But iam waiting for another film like this .