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Monday, July 6, 2020

Ponmagal Vandhal review

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Ponmagal Vandhal is an Indian, Tamil movie that released end of May 2020 on Amazon Prime. 

It released amidst much controversy as there was not much acceptance for online releases from Indian producers and distributors as they want traditional theater releases to still be preferred; how is that possible in such times of COVID, only they know! 

I admired the lead actress Jyotika's candid approach to the whole thing and how she hit the nail on the head in saying her movie would not get priority release once COVID crisis was done and movies started releasing in theaters again. Makes perfect sense really; why would you wait for a year or two to release a movie when you can do it now with other platforms. 

The story had my full admiration but the handling of it by the director left a lot lacking. What could have been a fantastic script, with enough twists and a wonderful attempt at awareness regarding child abuse was unfortunately lost in translation quite a bit. Was there a need to explain everything clearly? Aren't the audience smart enough to understand things left unsaid? However the cast was brilliant, though completely under-utilised. I have not seen so many actors/directors from the 80s and 90s come together in such a way for a long time. 

Congratulations to the producers Suriya and Jyotika and their 2D Entertainment for choosing wonderful themes of importance, especially to women and children. It is about time such themes are tackled. Next time maybe a better director!