Review of Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale

One of the most poignant films #Maadathy Maadathy - An Unfairy Tale directed and produced by Leena Manimekalai is poetry in motion. With raw soulfulness - the story, its landscape & the characters - bare their soul for us to get soaked and sucked into their world. The world- which is full of life and all its contradictions - You laugh, swim, love, cry, cringe with that world every moment. It takes you on a journey. The marriage of an unexplored landscape with all its human and non human characters has been woven so subtly that you just become part of it without realising it. It leaves you with an experience of pleasure and pain. The poetry of images has been beautifully woven with all its characteristics - the beautiful music and sound design plays their formidable role in this Ghatakesque cinematic experience. Maadathy breaks you in pieces and not in a propagandist way but as beautiful creation of art with elegance. It's next to impossible to put #Maadathy in category of any genre. This human universal tale which has been treated with combination of classic cinematic tools and comic book style - but it's been merged such modern deftness that it feels very normal and the craft of the maker goes unnoticed.. Maadathy is a rare gem - which needs to be seen by everyone and experience it. Cheers to #LeenaManimekalai for this. Shall watch out more from her. Shanti Bhushan Roy DoP: Filmmaker @shantibhushandp