Directed by: Manu Warrier
Written by: Anish Pallyal
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Roshan Mathew
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
One location. Good writing. Character consistency. Conflicts. Minimalist and mutli-layered storytelling. Brilliant filmmaking and acting. These all have become the norms of Malayalam cinema now, that I'm not even surprised now. It's world class filmmaking with such low budgets, it goes to prove that it's a matter of taste and aesthetics more than anything else. Kuruthi is a simple home invasion thriller, it's actually very similar to the idea of Purge - it's not exactly themselves they are trying to protect, but someone else in their house that they want to. It's the characters, their motivations and the moral dilemmas that make it a completely different film. Here, the film often puts the characters on a spot and asks them to make choices, and these choices define who they are and where they stand.
Apart from the morality of religion, and to what extent you'd stick to the faith, the film also beautifully talks about war, revenge and the nature of hatred in humans. It's perhaps more on the masculine nature of humans, about how strong a feeling hatred could be. Sometimes, it's even stronger than love. It passes through generations, and sometimes rage gets stronger with time - revenge is a dish best served cold. In the modern world, we don't get to experience and act on our rages that often - so when we can feel rage through art - it's good. The scenes where the old man takes charge were very well shot and put together.
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