Putham Pudhu Kaalai

Gautam Menon's ms baskar version the best , what an acting from Bhaskar , the way he created the emotions and yet not allowed it to slip away , he brilliantly controlled it

Best acting I have seen by any actor across the world in last 5 years or so

"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.

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.

Barring the first and last shorts from Sudha Kongara and Karthik Subbaraj, others are quite normal and not that engaging. The signature styles of every director is visible though we know only the titles. While most of the shorts deal with emotions and separation during the lockdown, the last short - "Miracle" dealing with petty theft is absolutely hilarious and well written. Good one from Amazon Prime!!

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)