With more than a hundred films to his credit, Guinness record holder director Ramanarayanan returns to the screen after a few years’ hiatus. Kutti Pisasu released simultaneously in three languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada), has him as the scenarist, director and producer. With a little girl and a bright yellow car as its main characters, and a vendetta-driven plot, the film is a supernatural thriller.
A tantric in his quest for omnipotence, conducts a virgin sacrifice. But the gory ritual is interrupted when the girl’s brother, in a bid to rescue his sister (Karuppu, Kaveri), perishes in the fire with her. The spirits of the siblings yearn for revenge and use a little girl and a car as their medium, the possessed duo wrecking havoc on the tantric and his cronies. There is also a Goddess ‘Kenathu Kaali’ (Ramya Krishnan), the well her abode, her blazing eyes and maniacal laugh further spelling doom for the tantric.The film has an old style of scripting and narration, and could well have done with more finesse and imagination. It’s a spirited portrayal by new find Geethika in a dual role. She plays the possessed Priya, and her look-alike, the latter form assumed by a wicked sorcerer to discredit Priya. The best part of the film is its special effects and graphics. Particularly the instances where the car does a Transformer and turns into a gigantic machine-man; where the tantric goes invisible and does a Hollow Man; and the enjoyable fight between the machine-man and a fire spewing gigantic snake. Released during the vacations, the film may appeal to children.