Films recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[NOV]

Iraivi - Life is a big b**** party!

Peeve 1: Santhosh Narayan is hopeless in composing songs. He better just stick to BGM. (Condolences for Kabali.) ��
Peeve 2: Why censor crucial scenes when it's already rated 18? ��

Iraivi means statues of goddesses. Here the ones that have been left to rot are smuggled and sold to overseas markets where they are treasured.
A parallel is drawn with women who are neglected by men who then draw the interest of other men.

Karthik says he's heavily inspired by K. Balachander and the story indeed is KB-isque. Different women of all generations suffer the same neglect and how they cope with it is shown.

There are also tales of betrayal, friendship, murder and more.

Except for a couple of actors, the rest of them are the new-age cinema actors. Nice to see how Bobby Simha has matured as an actor.

Vijay Sethupathi is his excellent usual self and brings the laughs in the movie.

Verdict: Excellent movie minus the songs. Definitely repeat-worthy.