‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’ movie review: A taut thriller that rarely has a misstep
The film 'Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar' is reviewed as a taut thriller that effectively manipulates audience perspective regarding crime and morality. The review praises the direction, screenplay, and technical execution while noting minor plot conveniences.
Why it matters
It highlights the evolution of regional cinema in exploring complex moral narratives, drawing comparisons to successful thrillers like 'Drishyam'.
It may be one of cinema’s greatest tricks that it can twist one’s line of thinking on a person or an incident just with the perspective it chooses to present or the framing, editing choices or the background score being used along with it. Reading a basic news report on the incident of crime at the centre of Shahad’s Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar might make one assume a particular stand on the culprits, knowing the long history of this kind of crime in the country and the stories that can be made up to save them.
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