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challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
In this story, Marayi, Kumaresan and Saroja are victims to casteism, patriarchy, violence, emotional abuse, and every other societal disease plaguing the Indian community. Perumal narrates a story which erupts gradually into the only solution for such diseases, a pyre. Disheartening doesn't even begin to describe a story which I'm accustomed to hearing that happens on a day-to-day basis. I really believe there are numerous such unlived stories needed to be remembered and told. Women often end up being godesses, protecting the sole thing they were killed for standing against, honor killing needs to cease existing in every way and form. Somehow, I keep living, hoping one day this society would learn to live and let others live...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol