Two reasons Vetri Maaran got on board for the Netflix anthology film Paava Kadhaigal : “I wouldn’t need to have a young unmarried or marrie...
Two reasons Vetri Maaran got on board for the Netflix anthology film Paava Kadhaigal: “I wouldn’t need to have a young unmarried or married male hero, and give him a love story,” the National Film Award-winning director told Scroll.in.
The Tamil-language Paava Kadhaigal, to be streamed from December 18, features a short film each from Vetri Maaran, Gautham Menon, Sudha Kongara and Vignesh Shivan. Netflix’s official description notes that the filmmakers explore the “intricacies of complex relationships through four gut wrenching stories” that revolve around “honour, love, sin, and pride”.
Four out of five intense, male-driven films from the Visaranai (2016) director star Dhanush. For the Netflix anthology, Vetri Maaran got to weave a story around a female protagonist. Sai Pallavi plays a newly married pregnant woman who is visited by her estranged father (Prakash Raj). The title Oor Iravu (One Night) is a hat-tip to the play of the same name by Dravidian leader and Tamil Nadu’s first chief minister CN Annadurai, Vetri Maaran said.
“I came up with this story to escape making a love story or a lust story for Netflix,” Vetri Maaran explained, referring to the producers’ initial idea of making a Lust Stories-like project in Tamil. “Because Netflix brings a larger audience, I thought I should address things which I...
