C/O Kancharapalem is about four love stories of people with different age groups set in a single town. Kacharapalem is name of that town.
Is is the sweetest film ever made. Never at any point in the film, any of the lovebirds exchange smiles, they talk to each other normally, they never suggest from their expressions that they are in love. All they do is doing little things to show that they care for each other. One of the love stories is that of a prostitute and and man in 30's, but unlike other films, they never talk about her leaving the job or improving her life. It's the only film in which we never see proper fancy proposal(except one), yet we know it's a about love. Among all four stories, the story of Radha and Raju stands out, which is also the most 'silent' love story. Also, in the whole film, no one was going to die/kill for his/her lover, everyone knew their limitations.
There is a scene in which the school boy did something that can't be justified after his break-up. That is the only only dramatic segment, and I kind of don't like it. All the memorable scenes are in the first half, second half has only tragedies.
The realistic stories have some realistic problems, with religion playing a common part .There are talks of one's philosophy of god, women empowerment, sex and religion among other subjects, but it's not preachy.
I feel the ending was a bit unnecessary, though it was there to explain the theme. But the director could have left the audience to understand without explaining it himself.
I must mention that it was made on a shoestring budget . Even the biggest budget films in India have poor vfx. But this film is good in technical departments, cinematography, sound editing. Sountrack was good. You never feel like it's made by a first time director, you never feel like the actors are not professionals.
C/O Kancharapalem is one of best the experiments in the history of Indian cinema(In all languages).
Is is the sweetest film ever made. Never at any point in the film, any of the lovebirds exchange smiles, they talk to each other normally, they never suggest from their expressions that they are in love. All they do is doing little things to show that they care for each other. One of the love stories is that of a prostitute and and man in 30's, but unlike other films, they never talk about her leaving the job or improving her life. It's the only film in which we never see proper fancy proposal(except one), yet we know it's a about love. Among all four stories, the story of Radha and Raju stands out, which is also the most 'silent' love story. Also, in the whole film, no one was going to die/kill for his/her lover, everyone knew their limitations.
There is a scene in which the school boy did something that can't be justified after his break-up. That is the only only dramatic segment, and I kind of don't like it. All the memorable scenes are in the first half, second half has only tragedies.
The realistic stories have some realistic problems, with religion playing a common part .There are talks of one's philosophy of god, women empowerment, sex and religion among other subjects, but it's not preachy.
I feel the ending was a bit unnecessary, though it was there to explain the theme. But the director could have left the audience to understand without explaining it himself.
I must mention that it was made on a shoestring budget . Even the biggest budget films in India have poor vfx. But this film is good in technical departments, cinematography, sound editing. Sountrack was good. You never feel like it's made by a first time director, you never feel like the actors are not professionals.
C/O Kancharapalem is one of best the experiments in the history of Indian cinema(In all languages).
