Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)

Original title

புத்தம் புதுக் காலை

Directed by

Rajiv Menon, Karthik Subbaraj, Sudha Kongara Prasad, Suhasini Maniratnam

Genre

drama, family

Country

India

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anthology film contains five stories set during India's COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. The segments show different characters dealing with isolation, reconnecting with loved ones, and finding small moments of joy.

hopefulgentleintrospectivewarmheartfeltslow-pacedslice-of-lifeuplifting

What happens

Putham Pudhu Kaalai (transl. A brand new dawn) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology film, consisting of five short film segments, directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj. The film features an ensemble cast of Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram, Shruti Haasan, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Andrea Jeremiah, Bobby Simha, M. S. Bhaskar, Ritu Varma, Urvashi, Suhasini Maniratnam, Anu Haasan, Kathadi Ramamurthy, Komalam Charuhasan, Gurucharan C, Leela Samson, Sharath Ravi and Vettai Muthukumar among others. The film was entirely shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and was set against the backdrop of the country's 21-day lockdown in March 2020. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 16 October 2020. A sequel titled Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa was released in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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