![]() It’s the strangest feel-good film you’ll see this year: two kids in rags, happily walking past piles of garbage, their heads full of pizza'. Livemint wrote, 'the film invites us to admire the resourcefulness of the two siblings without turning them into objects of pity or sentiment. Deccan Chronicle gave it 3.5 stars and wrote, 'with unenhanced visuals that gives a sense of verisimilitude, acting that isn’t staged and dramatised in any obvious sense, and more importantly, characters that bring alive a subsection of the populace, Kaakka Muttai is sure to make you at least a slightly better person than you were before, owing to the reflective power of the film'. The film works because it is intelligent and uncompromising'. ![]() Sify wrote, '(It's) A charming little treat of a film.Held together by a sharp screenplay that throws up some pleasant surprises, this film is light, easy and enjoyable. breaks from these imagined prejudices: Kaaka Muttai is a highly entertaining film, with a spotlight on poverty'. Debutant filmmaker M Manikandan's Kaaka Muttai. These films are brushed aside as ‘high-brow’ and ‘slow’. Udhav Naig from The Hindu wrote, 'Award-winning films have a troubled reputation amongst the general film audience. It's beautifully shot, without making either slums or poverty look photogenic and exotic'. ![]() Firstpost wrote, ' Kaakka Muttai (is) one of the most charming films you'll see this year. Rediff gave it 4 out of 5, too, calling it a 'a delightful entertainer with a subtle message', 'brilliant' and 'definitely a must watch'. The Times of India gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote, 'Manikandan's Kaaka Muttai is multi-layered on the surface, it is all warm and inviting - a feel-good film about two kids and their simple desire and the earnestness in the filmmaking invites comparison with Iranian films like Children of Heaven.there is a hard base to it as well and from time to time, the film turns into a commentary on the class divide in our society and how it is exploited by wily politicians, an allegory of the effects of globalisation, and even a satire on media's obsession with sensationalism'. Indo-Asian News Service gave it 5 stars out of 5 and wrote, ' Kaaka Muttai is a little gem that's highly recommended and deserves to be celebrated'. Kaaka Muttai is so entertaining that it’s easy to forget how sad the undercurrents are'. ![]() Baradwaj Rangan called Kaakka Muttai an 'outstanding debut' by Manikandan, going on to add, 'This is one of the most assured debuts I've seen - one deserving of more than just that consolation-prize-of-a-National-Award. Kaaka Muttai received universal critical acclaim upon its theatrical release on 5 June 2015. ![]()
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