2023 · drama · mystery
Aattam
Directed by Anand Ekarshi2h 19m2023
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.
Our read: Aattam (2023) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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