Netflix's first Telugu original film 'Pitta Kathalu' is an immense disappointment. It brings back stories we've seen, heard, or read and later forgotten. Focusing on the lives of women and their journey through love, betrayal, and patriarchy, Pitta Kathalu fails miserably to impress. 'Ramulu' by Tharun Bhascker is a breath of fresh air among the other stories, it brings to screen a humorous village love story of Ramulu and Ram Chander with an out-of-the-blue ending. Cinematography and Music complement this short story well, which makes it the best out of the lot and my personal favorite. Nandini Reddy's 'Viswa' is treated as an episode of an Indian Soap Opera, where the husband has a supreme inferiority complex towards his wife and doubts everything she does, predictable much right? Nag Ashwin's 'XLife' concept was very similar to the segment 'Glitch' written by Raj & DK for the anthology 'Unpaused' in prime video, both segments focus on Love in a Virtual Reality world in the future, but XLife is yet another disappointment. The last segment of Pitta Kathalu is 'Pinky' by Sankalp Reddy, and it feels like they made the short story for a 'filler' among the other stories so that the producers can round it to 4 episodes. Watch Pitta Kathalu only for 'Ramulu' and then get back to watching something that you left off.
