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2.75
Another novel attempt from Chimbu Devan!
Kasada Tabara is an interesting attempt. This is something that you can say about any Chimbu Devan film. The end results might have mixed reactions but there is always something novel about each of his films. Unlike most anthologies, Kasada Tabara hasn't explicitly stated any common emotion or thread that binds the individual shorts but I think betrayal is the core that Chimbu Devan was going for. There is a twist in each short and almost every single twist exposes a betrayal. (more)
Source: Bharath Vijayakumar, MovieCrow
3.00
Chimbu Deven's Kasada Tabara experiment with a new storytelling format pays off due to strong performances and amazing music.
Kasada Tabara is a set of short films - Kavasam, Sadhiyaadal, Thappattam, Pandhayam, Arammpattra, and Akkarai, each one having a separate music composer, director of photography, and editor. Director Chimbu Deven is known for experimenting a lot and surprising the audience. This is one such good attempt. (more)
Source: Behindwoods Review Board, Behindwoods.com
3.00
KASADA THAPARA ENGAGES DESPITE THE UNEVEN STORYTELLING
The tones of the individual stories don't always gel well, and this leads to uneven storytelling, unlike in a similarly structured hyperlink movie like Super Deluxe, in which every individual story gloriously came together in enthralling fashion. But to his credit, the director manages to make us care for a few of the characters that we stay invested in the proceedings even when they feel generic.(more)
Source: M Suganth, Times Of India
3.00
Vijayalakshmi, VP and Harish Kalyan standout in this novel attempt
Technically the film gives a new experience especially the tunnel vision adapted in the Shantanu and Vijayalakshmi episodes. Six cinematographers and the same number of music composers and editors have worked in it. The most notable are Ghibran whose song about motherly love is touching in the fifth episode and the cinematography of Vijay Milton and the music of Santhosh Narayanan elevate the final chapter to high standards. (more)
Source: Review Board, IndiaGlitz.com
3.00
Chimbudeven film is enjoyable despite flaws
Chimbudeven manages to throw some surprises with certain creative and writing choices. For example, the stretch that follows the life of a gangster, played by Sampath Raj. We watch it entirely in a narrow aspect ratio. The gangster is in a moral epiphany, and he wants to give up his life in crime because he thinks that�s what his son Isaac (Shantanu Bhagyaraj) wants. Or is it what Isaac really wants from his father? We don�t see the full picture yet. (more)
Source: Manoj Kumar k, Indian Express
3.25
A praiseworthy hyperlink thriller with some rough edges
Kasada Tabara opens with an animated short and it explains that the stories � each touching different genre - are inspired by vantage point theory and butterfly effect. It goes on to narrate six stories that are each interlinked and have characters that are responsible for what happens to each other. All stories have crime as a common link, and it also explores other themes as compassion, greed and loyalty among others.(more)
Source: Haricharan Pudipeddi, Hindustan Times