PARIYERUM PERUMAL (2018)

in hive-133716 •  8 months ago 

"Does that make you Equal?"

Masterpiece.

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This became my 2nd favorite film of 2018 after First Reformed.

Caste. Not an uncommon concept for India. I have only watched a very limited number of movies from Indian Cinema but I remember many of them were based on the same concept. Anyway the thing is, It's all about hitting you.
So Pariyerum Perumaal starts with a really powerful opening scene followed by song ("Karuppi") that was beautifully synchronized with visuals. Emotional and striking. Really impressed me.

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After that, the so common-everywhere same typical indian romance segment. Actually I would love if Indians just skip these romance scenes or make them shorter. Honestly tired of seeing this everywhere. I mean, why not make it any differently? Goes away from reality while trying to attract the audience. I said to myself, "Everyone's favorite film doesn't seem so great to me"

But then, suddenly the story becomes very interesting that glues you to the seat and you're gonna be that way until the film ends. Very good performances, great use of Music and Images together (Best thing in the film imo) and the cinematography, we know that asian countries like India is not gonna give many perfect locations for cinematography but here it should be appreciated that the director not only managed to do it without much of resources but also did it quite well. Simply, can't do better than this.

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So along with its flowing story, impressive camerawork and all round good performances, the brilliant zooming in shot gives a masterful ending to the film.

9.5/10 from me. I wrote above why the -0.5 which probably is just my problem, but maybe it could've been a 10/10 if that mix up wasn't there. Certainly one of the best films of the year that I have seen so far along with First Reformed and Cold War.

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