Release date :August 11
Amazon Prime video
Review :
Kuruthi means Ritual slaughter (Bali). As Man believes Earth and Humans are created by God. To please god many devotees offer their prayers in different manners. Some pour milk over the idol. Some do fasting for a month and some slaughter animals in the name of God. This act is followed in many cultures and religions. Any practice which doesn’t cross the limits is fine, But problem arises when people plan a Man Slaughter in the name of religion which happens to be the main idea of this film.
The film starts off showing the lives of Ibrahim (Roshan) and his family living in the Hill forest ranges of Kerala who are trying to recover from traumatic monsoon landslide in which they have lost their loved ones. Suma (Srindaa) and her brother Preman (Manikandan) are his neighbors. For a 30 minutes or so, they are just sobbing and grieving. Subconsciously we tend to relate with their live and feel sympathetic towards them. Its after that the real conflict arises and situations turn upside down. A Police Officer Satyan (Murali Gopy) comes to their house along with Vishnu (Sagar), a criminal proved guilty for Murder. He explains that their team was attacked by a mob and due to the weather and transport conditions they have no where else to go, so he says he would be staying there for night. This is where the drama starts injecting inside our nerves and slowly ideological differences of the characters decide to clash. Adding Fire to the Fuel, Laiq (Prithviraj) along with Ibrahim’s friend comes to their house for a visit. Sooner they find out that the inspector and criminal are hiding in that house. It is then revealed that they were part of that mon who attacked them. In an unfortunate turn of events, the inspector loses his life in the hands of Laiq. He asks to save Vishnu and hand him over to court as his death wish. Is his wish fulfilled? Rest happens to be the driving factor ahead for this film.
We can not watch or judge this film from a straight eye. There are many layers that should be explored in this film. The ideologies developed by the characters over the period of time based on their experiences decide their actions. The origin and arc of the characters tranform perfectly. It not only seeks revenge but also influences others to join the hate. The term “HATE” is another important factor in this film. No matter what age we live humans will certainly hate each other differentiating in the name of religion, caste and creed. They will focus on differences and make borders between people. This Hate cannot be ended, it can only be transferred, which precisely is the ending of the film. While the makers chose the communal clashes as the cause of hate in this film, they decided not to bore the audience with unnecessary messages or solutions. This film truly focuses on the dire effects of such disturbances on the common people.
The actors truly submerged into the crisis their characters handle. At some point of time everyone plays a grey shade but the shade of the main Antagonist played by Prithviraj is truly black. One best thing about this film is the idea which is truly original in its writing and is a slow-burn. The whole film is shot in the tough places and the cinematography, Art and background score deserve an applause as they suit perfectly to the film and are handled very well. It is released in Prime and Can certainly give it a try as I felt this film is suitable more for OTT audience.
Positives : Actors performances, Cinematography, Screenplay
Negatives : Few boring scenes in first half.
Rating : 7/10
Review By : Sravan
