Aha!!! I have been wanting to watch Chithha for the longest time ever, one because Siddharth hasn’t really featured in some fascinating movies lately and two because seeing him with a little girl was gonna be interesting, and this film DID NOT DISAPPOINT! To say that Chithha is worth every minute of your time is an understatement. The film brought out many social issues that needed to be addressed and it was gripping from the very first second to the end. Bravo!! It is so worth watching and gets a Feast rating
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Let me just begin by saying that this movie has nothing bland, I have no negatives, so you’ll just be hearing me talk about its positive aspects
—Casting director, thank you for picking the right talents! It was great to see Malayali actresses: Nimisha Sajayan (playing Sakthi, Eesu’s love interest) and Anjali Nair (playing Eesu’s sis-in-law).
The little girl playing the niece Sahasra Shree, what a beauty! She made acting look effortless, her feeble body was appropriate during the scenes where she was in distress, and she bonded well with Siddharth. I always say, whenever actors look like a real family on set, you know that they are doing a good job. Siddarth was such a caring and devoted uncle. He was also vulnerable, displayed anger at the right times, and even when the camera wasn’t focused on him, the guy was still in character, hmm…
The movie wanted to give hope to families that there are still some good uncles out there who have genuine affection for their nieces/nephews, not all are “hungry for flesh”
—Have to give it up for the soundtrack and the score, I usually don’t pay attention to songs, but there’s no way to ignore them in Chithha, the music was soothing and radiated love in the air. The score built up the momentum and increased the suspense level, it was complementing the thrilling storytelling
—S.U. Arun Kumar is an excellent storyteller because he caught our attention from the very first scene by presenting us to Sundari’s and Eesu’s loving relationship. He told us how they grew up together and we witnessed the dynamics going on between them. Then, he introduced us to Sakthi (played by Nimisha). We understood where the story was headed and the message he wanted the audience to take out. Every scene was so crucial that we couldn’t and didn’t want to take a bathroom break, there was no way to tell what was going to happen next
The ending was definitely original because we were like, “hmmm this is not what we had anticipated” and we were frowning a bit but at the end of the day, ehhh Arun made his point
—It was great that the movie raised awareness on children’s safety, especially girls, parents shouldn’t let them play with their cellphones, and children should be mindful of their surroundings and say something if they see something.
Sakhti emphasized caring for victims rather than focusing on vengeance. Not sure, I totally agree with that, because people should be prevented from committing crimes, but let me not spoil anything here.
Something that was quite special was Sakhti’s zero tolerance for dirty areas, she was adamant about people cleaning after their mess, I wondered how it fit into the story. I think in my humble opinion, this could have been used as a symbol to have criminals also pay for their crimes, which can be compared to cleaning your mess
This was our first time watching a movie from Arun Kumar and we can’t wait to watch more of his movies! Catch Chithha on Disney Hotstar or Simply South TV. Bye bye