Kathukutty

10/10/2015

Kathukkutty marks the debut of journalist-turned-director Era Saravanan and the debutant has chosen a story that has topical relevance for his first film. Like 49-O, which released a couple of weeks ago, the film is a blatant call to empower the farmer and save our farming lands. We even get a scene where a film star is used to sell real estate. The film begins with Arivazhagan aka Arivu (Narain, who amost manages to makes us buy him as a villager despite the accent) stopping the tahsildar from approving a methane extraction project. He is the son of local politician Santhanam (Jayaraj), who, despite his years in politics, has never been a candidate in an election (probably because he lacks the wiliness that is required to win elections). Arivu, despite his empathy towards farmers and t