Sethum Aayiram Pon

Caught this film on Netflix today when casually browsing. What a surprise!

First of all, a big round of applause for the producers for funding this film centered around death/mourning/funeral. I can imagine it is not easy to fund such efforts in superstition ridden India. The story, direction, casting, music, cinematography, art direction, etc. were a tad amateurish in one or two scenes, but doesn't take away from the overall quality of the film by much. The main actors played their characters well. Natural settings, dialogue, costumes, make up (or lack of it), etc. give an authentic feel to the movie and brought forth the rural atmosphere to the foreground.

A couple of hours well spent! We need more movies like this!

First hats off to the director and thank you for making this movie. Its a honest and raw display of unique and rare cultural aspects practiced in a remote village. The characters are well established and I amazed and appreciate the way the director did not compromise in any way and showed exactly the way he want the story to be told. The artists selection is top notch and extracted amazing performance from every artists. The camera and music work is excellent and used it in a right mix. My only little struggle is the core concept of the story is about the respect the dead body makeup man getting in the village setup that I'm not aware of even though I'm from the same state. But I understand our culture is so different from every 100 miles.. but I applaud the trust the director had in his story and screenplay.

A beautiful picturization of the relationship between grandmother and her granddaughter, rift between two families and their profession which depends on death.

It is one of those movies which is predictable but still works for you.!

At times, actors make us feel the play is artificial but ignorable.

Everyone who involved in making the movie did their part brilliantly and made it a worthy watch.

Something is nice about this movie. For sure the heroine but the backdrop also was good. Too many deaths ... not needed.

Kudos to director and team for making this film, every actor's performance were so real and raw.