Kuttram Kadithal

It has been a long time since I watched a movie which is so close to my heart. I think this will be in my top movies list for quite some time.. just like Anbe Sivam is always in that list.

We would have heard Chinna Chiru Kiliye song so many times. But listening in this movie made me feel as if it was written for this movie.

Most part of the movie - I felt like it's real than a movie. Last time I felt like that was when watching Kadhal by Balaji Sakthivel.

The last scene was icing on the cake.

How can a movie be full of positive characters? That's the only unrealistic part I think.

Hats off to the entire crew. It's a shame I didn't know about this movie till now. OTT platforms like Amazon prime video should be credited for releasing gems like this.

This movie got released same time as Kakka Muttai. Both got National Award. That's the irony of reach of both movies.

I found Kuttram Kadithal on Primevideo (orig. Tamil w/Eng. Subs).

KK is an intense dark film, realistic and very well enacted especially by the protagonist Merlin Teacher ( brilliant performance by Radhika Prasiddha) and the auto rickshaw union leader (Pavel Navageethan) who is also the mama of the child victim Chezhiyan. The school principal and his wife are also excellent. The entire cast does justice to their characters.

The newly married Merlin has just resumed work at school. She fills in a class for her friend who has gone to the cinema alone with her husband (minus the m-i-l). In that class, a precocious girl accuses another rather cute but mischievous boy Chezhiyan (Ajay) of kissing another girl who is whimpering. When confronted, Cheri says he didnt do anything wrong, just gave her a birthday kiss because it is her birthday. Merlin gets very annoyed at his perceived impudence and administers what is known as 'one tight slap' to the boys cheek. The puny child falls down, unconscious. Everyone is shocked and efforts to revive him are in vain. The boy is moved to a nearby clinic and as his condition deteriorates, to a big hospital. The principal (Kulothungan Udaykumar) senses there could be big trouble as the boy is fatherless and his mother is a poor auto rickshaw driver, and tells Merlin to go away with her husband Manikandan for a few days to his friends resort in Kollimalai and he will take care of everything. Merlin herself is in a state of shock, getting worse by the minute. Merlin and Manikandan are on board the bus to Kollimalai. In the meantime, Chezhiyan's mama has called in the media and the police and the principal is struggling to manage the increasingly volatile situation. Manikandan assures the policewoman in charge that he will bring Merlin back to Chennai, and they get off the bus halfway and try to get transport back. There are no Chennai buses and the by now almost depraved Merlin hails a truck to give them a lift. Manikandan is apprehensive but the truck driver is decent, listens to Merlin's story and drops them at a suitable point. Merlin is totally traumatised by guilt at this point, the couple go to the hospital to meet Chezhiyan's mother just as he is going in for surgery. Merlin holds the mother's hand and makes her slap her(Merlin's) face repeatedly. Eventually the mother (Sachu) hugs Merlin and says all she wants is her son back. No further Spoilers from me :-)))

Smaller significant sub plots also play out in the narration.

Overall, this is a good film touching not just the issue of child rights viz. Corporal punishment but even of the varied relationships between the characters. It is realistic, well made and certainly worth watching. Some of the music is also very good. I did fast forward a few frames every now and then but that is my habit with OTT viewing.

once more from Kodambakkam, mastery in the art of story telling, makes u travel with the characters - giving a chance for all emotions to play. Director's mettle is proved in the selection of actors - brilliant but controlled performance. The introduction of each character to the audience shows the depth of understanding of the director

Apart from the main character, the portrayal of the principal and the hero's colleague speaks volume. The creator delivers subtle messages to the society in an interesting way by showing both the sides of the coin but not hurting both

Bharatiyar's lines in a new enjoyable avatar and also well pictured

Everyone can take back something after watching this

There are some movies that will make you speechless for a moment, let you think about your life. This is the one.

PLOT: A newly married school teacher gets into trouble for slapping his student. The student fell in-conscious and admitted in the hospital. The story revolves around these circumstances.

All characters are top on their performances.

Loved merlin(teacher) and principal acting. They just lived in their characters. Director takes enough time to describe the characters. Hats off.

Chinna chiru kiliyae song is close to the heart. Make you feel more emotional. Still cant get out of this master piece melody.

Thanks to the whole crew to made an fantastic film. Must watch film of the year.

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Kuttram Kadithal (U) TAMIL ------- my Rating: ★★★½ Very Good

STRENGTHS:- * Performances were realistic, lady in the lead deserves an award.... * Sound mixing.... * Story line was crisp and realistic..... * Camera perfect shots .....

WEAKNESSES:- * Drags a bit....

FINAL VERDICT:- * Overall.. it is a clean social message story which shows how all react to a situation which is unexpectedly happen. Songs were really good.... Great attempt...

A teacher gets into trouble and faces a crisis of faith.

Director: Bramma G. Stars: Master Ajay, Radhika Prasidhha, Sai Rajkumar | See full cast and crew »