Watching Ottaal, I wonder when I last watched a movie with a bleak end. Must've been Court and Sairat before that. I guess pessimism is a taboo for commercial cinema and I know only Puttanna Kanagal who successfully merged both.
I wonder how much of Sairat's success is due to the ending. The story is not really new. To me, it appeals because it beats the expectations at every turn; the lovers beat the odds when you worry for them and meet the doom when you think the worst is over. In Ottal, the end bites me hard even when I sit in anticipation of tragedy, while in Court, I hardly notice it because the tragedy there is the all-pervasive, business-as-usual kind.
I wonder how much of Sairat's success is due to the ending. The story is not really new. To me, it appeals because it beats the expectations at every turn; the lovers beat the odds when you worry for them and meet the doom when you think the worst is over. In Ottal, the end bites me hard even when I sit in anticipation of tragedy, while in Court, I hardly notice it because the tragedy there is the all-pervasive, business-as-usual kind.
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