Streaming on Netflix.
Sudha Kongara's Segment: It worked emotionally, the way Sathaar sacrifices his love and helps the both of them to get together - falls in the Aarya-2 space. That worked, but for me - the way they were portraying Sathaar - it was evident for me that Sathaar will die. Although the heartbreaking aspect was the mother asking Sathaar to go die. Apart from the little predictability, and the way the flashback is narrated - it worked for me.
Vignesh Sivan's Segment: It's an interesting tone that he arrived at, I'm sure it would have felt so risky. But apart from that, the twists and turns fell apart. They didn't work me. I was expecting something on the lines of the dead sister, actually being alive and she'd be the one filming the people in the ending. Kalki was not utilized to her potential.
GVM's Segment: It's interesting how he tells stories of young people getting into trouble, I was reminded of a short film that he produced - Maa. This was in similar lines, except here it's rape and there's a lot of trauma. The sad part of the world of honor killings is that the focus isn't on the girl facing the trauma, it's the family facing the trauma of their honor being at stake - the way the mother finds her daughter to be disgusting, which otherwise would be some random injuries.
Vetrimaran's Segment: I think this is one of the best piece of cinema I've seen this year. It's the way Sai Pallavi performs the entire stretch of going through various ranges of emotions - from discomfort initially, to disbelief, trying to convince him by talking some sense, begging him, cursing him, and finally crying it out realizing that nothing could be done. It's phenomenal.
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