The writing feels too deliberate, the characters mouthing lines like political cartoons instead of speaking like real people. In one scene, when the characters stop to eat, the board reads 'Wanted: An engineer who can work as a parotta master'. Sure, it's amusing but it's so in-your-face that it doesn't sting. I wished that Kunnimuthu and Veerayi would have one proper conversation as husband and wife. Something to establish their relationship, other than the sweet but generic flashback. Barring the folksy numbers and a few quirky characters who momentarily leave you smiling, you don't learn much else about the people of Poocheri and what they do. ![]() For instance, I wondered how Kunnimuthu and Veerayi manage to pay for the upkeep of the two bulls when they're so loath to engage them in any work that involves hardship and the animals seldom plough the field due to lack of rain.
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