naarinja mithai (2021)An anthology of four romantic stories across four age groups connected by that magical thread called love!
“We like only a few things in each other, yet we believe we love a person whole-heartedly. That make-believe factor is love,” says a character in Sillu Karuppatti, Halitha Shameem’s wonderful anthology that gives us four stories – two each before and after the interval – across four age groups all connected by that magical thread called love. This particular line appears in the second episode – and the film’s best one, titled Kaaka Kadi, which is all about how this character, Madhu (Nivedhitha Sathish), who admits she doesn’t have a romantic bone ends up falling for Mukilan (Manikandan), a part-time meme creator, who has just discovered that he has testicular cancer. They meet as passengers ride-sharing a cab, and gradually open up to each other, discussing everything from love to pornography, and Madhu ends up giving the heartbroken Mukilan hope (literally) and heart (metaphorically)!.
