Putham Pudhu Kaalai

This anthology movie is a collection of five different stories based on lockdown memories. I enjoyed the first and the last story - others didn't work for me.

It was a feel-good attempt to bring a smile on your face.

Liked all the stories, last one was my most favourite.

"Putham Pudhu Kaalai" is a beautiful anthology exploring human relationships set during & after the infamous lockdown of 2020. Directed by veterans and young filmmakers the movie is a blend of youth & experience. Putham Pudhu Kaalai is gentle & delicate in treatment, yet delivers its heart touching messages on love, family, relationships, compassion, optimism, understanding and bonding to name a few. It helps that the movies is written in a way that it appeals all age groups.

Cinematography is excellent throughout all five stories and forms the backbone in storytelling. Editing is very neat and has no lags despite the movie being a anthology. Production design, costumes and makeup are good too. However though good the the music does gets goofier sometimes. Screenplay is deeply engrossing and very well written to keep the viewer fully immersed. All the actors & directors have done a wonderful work, which we usually don't get to see in Tamil movies.

Overall, "Puthum Pudhu Kaalai is very progressive and a rare gem of cinema to hit Tamil screens. The movie asks all the right questions time and again, fully touching the viewers soul. Absolutely recommended and a definite must watch for all movie lovers and not only Tamil cinema fans. A complete family movie, wish they made more like these in Tamil.

All of the stories were put together very well. Each of them with a common theme of Love, Ageism, Hope and second chances were so very well etched. Some of the stories did lacked in the substance and didn't exict but overall it was such a brezzy watch. In the other aspects such as acting, cinematography, it was so very well done.

My order goes like: 1. Rajiv Menon (Reunion) 2. Karthick subburaj (Miracle) 3. Sudha Kongara (ilamai idho idho) 4. Gvm (Avarum Nanum) 5. Sudha Manirathnam (Coffee, anyone)

Really liked the order in which the movies were arranged. Suhasini's "Coffee anyone" is just fantastic, loved it! The feel it gave, and the performance of the artists.. It was an amazing experience! And the ending by Karthik's "Miracle", just bliss..😄