Pitta Kathalu

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Directed by
Written byTharun Bhascker
Radhika Anand
Nag Ashwin
Nanda Kishore Emani
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
Ashi Dua
Pitta Kathalu
Official release poster
Directed by
Written byTharun Bhascker
Radhika Anand
Nag Ashwin
Nanda Kishore Emani
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
Ashi Dua
Starring
CinematographyNaveen Yadav
Niketh Bommireddy
Richard Prasad
Edited byAbhinav Reddy Danda
Kiran Ganti
Junaid Siddiqui
Upendra Varma
Music bySongs:
Vivek Sagar
Mickey J. Meyer
Sanjith Hegde–Soorya Praveen
Prashanth R Vihari
Score:
Smaran
Production
companies
RSVP Movies
Flying Unicorn Entertainment
Sainma Entertainment
Kwan South Entertainment Services
First Frame Entertainments
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 19 February 2021 (2021-02-19)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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.[1][2] The film features an ensemble cast of Amala Paul, Ashwin Kakumanu, Eesha Rebba, Jagapati Babu, Satyadev, Lakshmi Manchu, Ashima Narwal, Saanve Megghana, Sanjith Hegde, and Shruti Haasan, amongst others.[1] The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment.[3] The film premiered on Netflix on 19 February 2021.[4][5] It is Netflix's first Telugu original film.[1]

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

This story follows a young woman from a small town in Telangana named Ramula (Saanve Megghana) and her vain boyfriend, Ram Chander (Abhay Bethiganti). A politician named Swaroopakka (Manchu Lakshmi) witnesses Ramula attempting suicide by jumping from a bridge and stops her. Ramula explains that her boyfriend broke up with her. Swaroopakka suggests she seduce Ram and film a sex tape to determine if he is just using her, allowing Ramula to ruin him in revenge. After having sex, Ram goes to his parents, expresses his love for Ramula, and decides to marry her. Ramula is happy to learn this, and Ram plans to propose to her in front of her family. Ramula calls Swaroopakka to share the good news, but Swaroopakka decides to ruin them both to advance her own career; she releases their sex tape on a live news program, which Ramula's family sees. A traumatized Ramula jumps from her terrace and dies in front of Ram, who has brought a band to propose to her. The story ends with Ram tearfully shouting Ramula's name.

Meera

This story centers on a young wife named Meera (Amala Paul), who is going through a difficult time due to her suspicious and abusive husband, Vishwa Mohan (Jagapathi Babu). Meera is pregnant and has two children. She is having an affair with Shiva (Ashwin Kakumanu), of which Vishwa is aware. At the couple's 10th anniversary celebration, Vishwa's friend Abbas (Vamsee Chaganti) gifts them a portrait of a girl looking back over her shoulder. The guests remark that the girl resembles Meera; this enrages Vishwa, who slaps Abbas and causes everyone to leave. The next day, he takes Meera to the hospital to determine the paternity of her unborn child. Meanwhile, one of Vishwa's friends and his wife learn that Meera has been raped multiple times by Vishwa. Later, Vishwa hallucinates Abbas and Meera having sex, which drives him to Abbas's house to confront him. Vishwa beats Abbas, only to discover him having sex with another man, revealing that Abbas is gay. Vishwa is subsequently sentenced to seven years in prison. It is then revealed that Shiva was a fictional character Meera created to provoke Vishwa as a ploy to escape her marriage. In the end, Meera smiles, having gained her freedom.

xLife

xLife is the story of Vikram, or Vik (Sanjith Hegde), a young man who controls the world through his advanced technology, a VR platform called X-Life. One day, his company celebrates reaching four billion users, but the system is hacked by Vik's college friend Neel (Sangeeth Shoban). When Neel warns Vik to stop X-Life, Vik uses a device on Neel's forehead that paralyses him and traps him in his worst fears. After incapacitating Neel, Vik sees Divya (Shruti Haasan), a kitchen staff member caught stealing food. He leaves her with a warning but sends her high-quality food. A few days later, Vik uses Divya as a model to promote his friend's biscuit company. He fires Divya, then rehires her as his personal assistant. He invites her to dinner via virtual reality, but she declines, saying she knows a better place to eat. She takes him to a terrace where they share a loaf of bread. Divya wants to eradicate hunger and teach Vik the value of food.

The next day, Vik finds her missing. Upon reviewing the CCTV footage, he sees his assistant Kranthi (Dayanand Reddy) harassing Divya. Vikram finds Divya attempting to jump off the building, but he saves and calms her. Vik proposes to Divya, and they kiss. Moments later, Vik takes her to the X-Life server room ("the heart"). While Vik shows her the heart, Divya uses the paralytic device on him. It is revealed that Divya and Neel were working together to shut down X-Life, wanting people to enjoy the real world rather than remain addicted to a controlled virtual one. Divya had also staged the incident with Kranthi. She removes the batteries from the mainframe and reveals that she knew Vik's fear was his father—as Vik had witnessed his mother's domestic abuse—so she forces him to relive those memories. X-Life shuts down, and people everywhere remove their headsets to see the world around them.

Pinky

Pinky is about an upcoming writer, Vivek (Satyadev), who is in a committed relationship but is having an illicit affair with his ex-wife, 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
  • Muralidhar Goud

Reception

References

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