hHave you ever seen magic? Pure and simple, wrapped up in brain-shaking imagery? If not, perhaps Roju’s latest eight-part web series, kaiyum kalavumYou will have your first taste of a universe where logic has no place, but story is omnipresent.
The SonyLiv series is a rare and valiant attempt to master magical realism – pioneered by the likes of Salman Rushdie and Yann Martel – in a complex genre where elements of the absurd and fantasy are seamlessly inserted into real-life situations. kaiyum kalavum Tells the story of an unnamed ‘boy’ (played by Roju himself), who is cursed with a literal itch to suppress desire, and Anbu (Sanchana Natarajan), a clumsy member of a pickpocket gang, who always finds luck. stays below. Both believe only in invisible entities (Bobby Simha and Chinmayi Sripada) who also act as narrators of the show.
bizarre storyline
From a self-loathing, belligerent housewife who wants to kill herself, to a cynical, gun-wielding lawyer who can’t express his feelings for the woman he loves—quirky characters and grim incidents A series of series brings together two star-crossed lovers. What happens in between adds color and depth to the story.
like mammootty puzhu, kaiyum kalavum Begins with good old foreshadowing, except that Rosu relies on animation to tell its story. It is interesting to see the merging of stunning motion graphics with real life visuals well shot by cinematographer Sandeep K.Vijay.
Roju also does a great job of ensuring smooth transitions between scenes. As absurd as it is, nothing and no one feels out of place, and the chain of events slowly aligns to meet the protagonist. While one steals objects of desire to break an evil curse, the other steals to survive in a cruel city. Despite the complexity of the genre, it doesn’t take long for viewers to put two and two together—the two protagonists are isolated, lonely, and struggling to find a way out of their suppressed feelings., Both end up in the wrong place at the right time. Both break each other’s curse. The series has a flawless plot.
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a great cast
kaiyum kalavum It also deserves credit for its careful casting. Each episode sports a big name from the South Indian film industry. Ramya Nambisan, for one, excels as a grumpy and suicidal housewife, while Vivek Prasanna is convincing as the pimp who uses the law as a front for his prostitution business. Tamil actor Jeeva also deserves special mention for his role as PMC, part of the pickpocket gang’s caretaker but often-stiff mother head Anbu.
From absurdity to magical realism, kaiyum kalavum Uses many literary and theatrical devices to tell a story like no other.
“One thing I wanted to explore was to write a story that couldn’t be explained in one line or brought into one sentence,” Rosu Told film companion Shruti Ganapati Ram in an interview. We couldn’t agree more.
(Edited by Ratan Priya)