Their trip to Shanthi's home by bus at first and the punishing return on foot is captured unwaveringly by Vignesh Kumulai and Jeya Parthiban's camera. "Do you like me or your mother?" growls Ganpathy at the beginning of their journey, setting the tone for what's to come for Velu throughout the trip from his foul-mouthed, bidi-puffing, drunk father who gets into scuffles at the drop of a hat. The arid landscape of Aritapatti and the scorching heat that beats down on it also play a major role in the story. Pebbles essentially captures their journey to her home and back. Accompanying him on the journey is their little boy, Velu (Chellapandi). Much like Arun Karthick's Nasir which premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Pebbles, which won the Tiger Award at the festival is a meditative 'a-day-in-the-life-of' reflection of the everyday anger surrounding us, except that while in Nasir, the fury is hidden till it explodes in the climax, in Pebbles, the rage and violence is out there, simmering throughout.įilmmaker PS Vinothraj's story revolves around an enraged and drunk husband Ganpathy (Karuththadaiyaan) who goes to get his wife back from her mother's home after yet another squabble they've had. Frames that linger on, raw long takes and a near absence of music make the narrative so real that you forget you're watching something that's been rehearsed and is being enacted. PS Vinothraj's Koozhangal's ( Pebbles) triumph lies in the fact that it's deeply observational.
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