Pitta Kathalu

Pitta Kathalu
File:Pitta Kathalu film poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Nag Ashwin B.V. Nandini Reddy Tharun Bhascker Sankalp Reddy
Produced by	Ronnie Screwvala Ashi Dua
Written by	Tharun Bhascker Radhika Anand Nag Ashwin Nanda Kishore Emani
Starring	Shruti Haasan Eesha Rebba Amala Paul Lakshmi Manchu Jagapathi Babu Ashima Narwal
Music by	Vivek Sagar
Edited by	Upendra Varma
Production company	RSVP Movies Flying Unicorn Entertainment
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	19 February 2021 (2021-02-19)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pitta Kathalu (transl. Short stories) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language anthology drama film consisting of four short film segments, directed by Nag Ashwin, B. V. Nandini Reddy, Tharun Bhascker, and Sankalp Reddy. The film features an ensemble cast of Amala Paul, Ashwin Kakumanu, Eesha Rebba, Jagapati Babu, Lakshmi Manchu, Ashima Narwal, Saanve Megghana, Sanjith Hegde and Shruti Haasan, amongst others. The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment. The film premiered on Netflix on 19 February 2021. It is Netflix's first Telugu original film.

Segments

Segment	Director	Writer	Music
Ramula	Tharun Bhascker	Tharun Bhascker	Vivek Sagar
Meera	B. V. Nandini Reddy	Radhika Anand	Mickey J. Meyer
xLife	Nag Ashwin	Nag Ashwin	Sanjith Hegde, Soorya Praveen
Pinky	Sankalp Reddy	Nanda Kishore Emani	Prashanth R.Vihari

Plot

Ramula

Ramula is the narrative of a modest community Telangana young lady named Ramula (Saanve Megghana) and her fit-in vain boyfriend (Abhay Bethiganti). How a nearby lawmaker called Swaroop Akka (Lakshmi Manchu) utilizes the couple for her political reason for existing is the essential subject.

Meera

This story is about a youthful spouse named Meera (Amala Paul), who goes through a difficult stretch as a result of her dubious and insane husband Vishwa Mohan (Jagapathi Babu), who is 18 years older than her.

xLife

xLife is the story of Vik (Sanjith Hegde), a youngster who assumes control over the world with his advanced innovation called X-Life, which has billions of clients.

Pinky

Pinky is about a trying writer Vivek (Satyadev Kancharana), who is hitched but has an unsanctioned romance with his ex Pinky (Eesha Rebba).

Cast

Ramula	Meera	xLife	Pinky
Abhay Bethiganti as Ram Chander Saanve Megghana as Ramula Lakshmi Manchu as Swaroopakka Anjaiah Milkuri as Kishan, Ramula's brother Venkat Kanaka as Bal Reddy, a party worker Sai Mahesh as Kiran, a party worker Shivani Mahi as Swathi	Jagapathi Babu as Vishwa Mohan Amala Paul as Meera Ashwin Kakumanu as Shiva Pragathi as CI Vamsee Chaganti as Abbas Kireeti Damaraju as Vivek Kunak Kaushik as Sandeep Sunaina as Shobha	Shruti Haasan as Divya Sanjith Hegde as Vik Sangeeth Shobhan as Neel Uko as General Koko Anish Kuruvilla as Broski Thanmayi as Heera Dayanand Reddy as Kranthi	Eesha Rebba as Priyanka "Pinky" Satyadev Kancharana as Vivek Srinivas Avasarala as Harsha Ashima Narwal as Indu

Reception

Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost wrote that "On the whole, Pitta Kathalu is a mixed bag and not all short stories find their rhythm and clarity of thought to say what they want to. But it’s also a step in the right direction in many ways. Pitta Kathalu exists in a Telugu cinematic universe and in this world, women are largely in control of their own lives and more than anything, they hate to be mansplained. Thank God, they aren’t treated like deities with pure thoughts and leading pious lives. Their shades of grey is what adds colour to Pitta Kathalu." and gave 3 out of 5 stars. Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India wrote about the film that "While one has to search hard to find imperfection in Tharun’s rural tale, Nandini, Nag Ashwin and Sankalp’s urban stories in Pitta Kathalu are not without flaws. Predictability haunts all the stories to a certain extent, but what matters is how the directors manage to pull it off. It is definitely refreshing to see Telugu cinema tell tales of real, damaged relationships (and women) on screen without judgement. Give this one a try this weekend!" Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "Two films work. Two don’t. And the standout is Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam’s ‘Ramula’, which takes big risks with form."

External links

• Pitta Kathalu (2021) on IMDb
• Pitta Kathalu on Netflix