Kannathil Muthamittal
Kannathil Muthamittal [2002] Starring Direction by Language: Tamil My friends have often told me that there is a stereotype with south Indian, especially Tamil, films. She told me that they are often incredibly overdramatic, and are unrealistic to the point where they lose a lot of its value. I thought that this movie would be quite relaxed, an uplifting thing that I could watch. The description described that of a girl's struggle with finding out that she was adopted, and the first few scenes were very serene. However, never would I have expected that the movie would bring such a domestic issue into one of high-stakes warfare. The movie was just so unrealistic to the point where I was left guessing the entire time. In what world would an Tamil-speaking family go to Sri Lanka in the midst of a giant civil war? How did they escape various bombings? How did they survive a forced army evacuation in a small, rural village? How did the daughter in the film mana...