Kottukkaali
India | 2024| 160 mins | Tamil
Paandi returns from abroad to marry his niece, Meena, who loves a boy from an oppressed caste. Believing a spell affects her, Paandi takes her to consult a seer, facing various challenges along the way. Paandi becomes violent towards Meena and his family but later apologizes. Meanwhile, Siva and Mani speculate about Meena’s relationship. At the seer’s house, Paandi witnesses rituals to “cure” a girl of infertility. Unable to endure it, he leaves, and the screen fades with the message, “The end of this journey is in your hands.”
Director
P. S. Vinothraj is an Indian screenwriter and filmmaker who was born on June 18, 1988. Pebbles (Koozhangal), his debut film and a highly praised Tamil film, was written and directed by him. Pebbles won the festival’s Tiger Award after being screened at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place in the Netherlands on February 4, 2021. It is the second Indian film to take home this esteemed honor. Despite not being nominated, it was chosen as India’s entry for the 94th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film.
Cast & Crew
Director – P. S. Vinothraj
Producer – Sivakarthikeyan, Kalai Arasu
Cinematographer – B. Sakthivel
Editor – Ganesh Siva
Cast – Soori, Anna Ben