Ee ma yau by Lijo Pellissery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
6. Ee Adutha Kalathu (2012)<\/h2>\n This one\u2019s a must watch. Parallel storylines, many characters and one mind blowing climax! A garbage collector, an ex-Bollywood actress, her business man husband who does not treat her well, a policeman investigating murders, a journalist who might know a secret, a conman and several others make an enticing cast. I loved how innovative and suspenseful the narration was \u2013 not one boring scene in this one.<\/p>\n
Where to watch?<\/em> Amazon Prime<\/p>\n <\/p>\nEe Adutha Kalathu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
8. English (2013)<\/h2>\n I have a thing for movie where parallel stories come together (Traffic<\/em>, City of God, Ee Adutha Kalathu).<\/em> English<\/em>, directed by Shyamaprasad is one such film that follows a couple of Indians living in the UK. We meet an illegal immigrant waiter (Jayasurya) who was Kathakali artiste and came to earn money to marry his sweetheart back in Kerala, an IT executive (Nivin Pauly)who fools around, a store owner (Mukesh) being the responsible older son who has to care for their ageing mother (while his brother and his wife shirk responsibilities) while struggling to understand his own teenage daughter, a Tamil Brahmin homemaker (Nadia Moidu) who craves to go back to India while her doctor husband and children prefer not to, a new wife (Ramya Nambisan) in London, and more. There are secrets, betrayals, family problems, discord and merriment. The movie offers a voyeuristic glance into the lives of these NRIs and evokes sympathy, shocks and acceptance that life has to go on.<\/p>\nWhere to watch?<\/em> Amazon Prime<\/p>\n <\/p>\nEnglish by Shayamaprasad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
9.Varathan (2018)<\/h2>\n Varatha<\/em>n (transl. Outsider<\/em>) is a survival thriller directed by Amal Neerad, commercial in tone but with an important underlying message. If you have always romanticized staying in small towns \u2014In the movie a young couple, Aby and Priya move to their parent\u2019s old house in a naatumpuram \u2014 you\u2019ll put that dream to rest after a watch. I watched this film with a thumping heart and after coming home (I stay in a small town), I was terrified of being in the house or taking a bath. The film explores how men dismiss women\u2019s fears, nonsocial community members who should be kept at arm\u2019s length and the unacceptance of outsiders. The last 30 minutes are pure adrenaline rush. Ecstatic! I wish Fahadh\u2019s character did not get a heroic transformation \u2014 that too soon after what befalls his wife \u2014 but Malayalam cinema does seem to conform to the patriarchal thirst of the man-saviour here. I wish we were given more time to be attached to Priya\u2019s mental state. That aside, Varathan<\/em> is brilliant with its broody atmosphere, and fear inducing setting.<\/p>\nWhere to watch? <\/em>Hotstar<\/p>\n <\/p>\nVarathan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n