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In Abhilash Shetty‘s universe, chickens are elusive creatures that really don’t want to be caught and broiled, despite being relentlessly hunted. In his 2021 debut feature “Koli Taal” (The Chicken Curry), a young man studying in the big city goes back to a rural part of the region to visit his grandparents living on their farm. The elderly couple is planning to cook a special chicken curry for their grandson, but their designated best rooster has gone missing. Self-taught director, writer, producer, editor and – in “Koli Taal” case – actor Abhilash Shetty is back on a chicken pursuit with another episode of the same family, this time following the elderly couple’s pesky granddaughter on the day of Gandhi Jayanti.

Sunday Special is screening at Asian Popup Cinema

The best day of the week at school is, no doubt, the day the week breaks and the weekend lies ahead. Even more so,...

In Abhilash Shetty‘s universe, chickens are elusive creatures that really don’t want to be caught and broiled, despite being relentlessly hunted. In his 2021 debut feature “Koli Taal” (The Chicken Curry), a young man studying in the big city goes back to a rural part of the region to visit his grandparents living on their farm. The elderly couple is planning to cook a special chicken curry for their grandson, but their designated best rooster has gone missing. Self-taught director, writer, producer, editor and – in “Koli Taal” case – actor Abhilash Shetty is back on a chicken pursuit with another episode of the same family, this time following the elderly couple’s pesky granddaughter on the day of Gandhi Jayanti.

Sunday Special is screening at Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival

The best day of the week at school is, no doubt, the day the week breaks and the weekend lies ahead.

Through our Submit Your Film Initiative, we have been following Abhilash Shetty’s cinematic path since 2019, through his rather interesting shorts. Thus, it was time to watch a feature of his, with the somewhat Shakespearean “The Chicken Curry” being his debut in long form.

“The Chicken Curry” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative

Mahabala and Vanaja are an elderly couple who make a living by cultivating their land with the help of three workers, Maanja, Haala and Sathish. Vanahas seems to be overworked and Mahabala somewhat addicted to beedi smoking but the two of them seem happy and content, sentiments that become even more intense, when they learn that their grandson, Sumanth, who has been studying in New Delhi, will come to visit after three years. The couple decide to prepare chicken curry for him, and they pick the most healthy rooster for the dish, tasking their workers with catching him.