Paava Kadhaigal (2020)

Original title

பாவக் கதைகள்

Directed by

Sudha Kongara Prasad

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

36 min

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four short films set in Tamil Nadu tell stories about how pride, honor, and guilt twist the bonds between family members and lovers. Each segment focuses on a different couple or family facing a crisis driven by these forces.

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What happens

Paava Kadhaigal (transl. Sinful Tales) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology drama film consisting of four short films directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vetrimaaran and Vignesh Shivan. Through four unique stories, the film explores how pride, honour, and sin influence complex relationships of love. The anthology features an ensemble cast including Kalidas Jayaram, Sai Pallavi, Prakash Raj, Simran, Anjali and Gautham Vasudev Menon. It released in Netflix on 18 December 2020, to mostly positive reviews from both critics and audience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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