12 years since the infamous fire accident scene in Shankar’s Enthiran in 2010, Tamil cinema has come a long way with its narrative of a woman’s body being weaponized against her, and held as the sole source of her “honour”. In 2022, we’ve seen two films from here that rightfully want the woman to not be ashamed of herself when an offender films her without consent. They are the perverts and low-lives in that situation. Pandiraj’s Etharkkum Thunindhavan sold this message through the male-saviour mass hero, and Kaiser Anand’s Anel Meley Pani Thuli does it better by sticking closer to reality and more importantly – with the narrative being delivered through a woman.

Full review here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/tamil-review/anel-meley-pani-thuli-is-a-coarsely-made-disturbing-film-with-powerful-things-to-say