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Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
janavishu9 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The conversation between Tamil literature and the Tamil film industry is important. It has reduced for the past few years. Thanks to Director Vasanth S Sai for his love of literature. Thanks to him for reviving this genre. There will be huge pain, strain or hardship while capturing the pages to the screen. From page to screen, justifying a story to an extent matters. It's not necessary to follow word by word.

'Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum' is a three-story anthology. These three are separate stories written by three men writers. They are Jeyamogan, Adhavan and Ashoka Mithran. Saraswathi, Devaki and Sivarajini are women from different strata of society. We constantly watch their routine, which makes us mundane. The everyday events of their life make us understand how they suffer or used to adopt a few things.

The movie moves at a slow pace. That might make us feel bored. But once we understand the concept, we will have a grip. There is a slow action happening in our life. Vasanth S Sai tries to capture the day to day life of three women, so it will be slow, but action will happen on its own.

The film holds a mirror for men's behaviour toward their partner or woman, who is part of their life. Few dialogues like 'Ponnugaluku elame kallu valikatha', 'Avanku Sapadu konjam rusiya sapada pudikuma, so enaku call pannu, na epudi solura' are to understand. The deep-rooted misogyny in society is seen in 'The Great Indian Kitchen'. Story 1 and 3, looks similar. Saraswathi and Sivarajini have a kid in their life. More than that kid, their Husbands act like a kid. In each and every moment, their husband seeks help in everything. This makes us raise questions.

These three stories have a great connection between space, lighting, camera angle and silence between dialogues. To be specific, in Devaki's episode, we tend to see a huge house. The house is big, very big, but people's hearts or privacy is not that big. The long-shot in this part of the story stays in contrast with the story plot.

Point of view and time are two other important features of this anthology. In whose perspective the episodes run gives an impression. Devaki's story happens from her nephew's point of view. Nephew is too young, which might create a huge impression in his life. 'Search' becomes an important part of the movie. Either the protagonist or supporting character do the search Even Though this movie encloses three stories. 'Why is it Sivarajini instead of Saraswati or Devaki?', this might be a huge question.

Sivarajini is our day today. She stays in the marriage, even though her life is mundane. She holds herself even though she is broke after knowing that her college lost her cup. She holds herself, stays as a mother, daughter-in-law and Wife. Saraswathi and Devaki fight against their patriarchal society. Saraswathi, speaks back and Devaki burns the paper, moves out of the home. Sivarajini doesn't do those, she hears and hears and hears.
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6/10
Much needed anthology for the time but Becomes repititive and nothing much happens
idolaarush2 December 2021
Loved the first short story SARASWATHI, it conveys what women gone through that time... Much needed anthology but as a film lover, the story doesnt move well especially the last episode... Tgey should have trimmed it a little bit.
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7/10
Three versions of "great Indian kitchen"
m-ramanan10 February 2022
RATED 7/10 Language: Tamil Media Partner: Sony Liv

Good acting and good three stories... All the stories are solid and great acting. Vasanth proved himself again. But we had seen the same in "Great Indian Kitchen" already, that is the only minus point. The three stories are three versions of "Great Indian Kitchen". Lot of scenes are made in visual than with dialogs.... the door opening scene, bureau shifting scene, climax run all these are so classic.

Worth the watch....
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10/10
A movie that goes deeper into the meaning of life
ngandacinema11 September 2022
From the very first scenes, the movie captured our attention with its handheld cinematography that engaged us with the narrative: we were going where the camera was leading us and were present in the rooms with the lead actresses. We experienced their anger, shame, satisfaction, and determination. There were minor scenes we had to skip as we became so enraged, and surely that was the director's goal to show how atrocious some customs are and the dire need to stop them

The film special was special as it discoursed the treatment of women over a period of years, illustrating the progress over time. Dialogues were intentionally designed to attract attention and raise awareness. The use of symbolism was so striking, especially the last scene of every story, though speechless, spoke a thousand words

The acting, the acting, the acting was without question simply perfect!!! It was great seeing Kalieswari Srinivasan (playing Saraswathi) on screen, wish she had more movies...
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10/10
Amazing lives!
henrysell17 January 2023
Real life stories and everyday exploits of ordinary women in India is what this is about! The struggles they go through and selfless sacrifices (which are usually unacknowledged and unnoticed) they make on a daily basis has been captured well in the movie. A tight but succinct slap on male chauvinism which usually kills the individualism and aspirations of women is showcased.

Superb acting by all the ladies specially Lakshmi Priya! Can't believe how the Tamil film industry ignores such great talent and keeps going to other states to import heroines! Time to use more of these wonderfully talentedTamil women instead of going for white skin and body exposure!
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