Summary:
Apart from all the aesthetics, you know what Varathan is up against, you know where he delivers each slap and punch. The film chronicles how Priya and her Varathan (outsider) husband are drawn into a deadly game of hostility, violence and gendered tension. Of course, the director hasn’t abstained from his fetish for slow-motions or glorious camera angles but, this time, style comes with a soul, hand-in-hand, creating a terrific and terrifying cadence. The film is rich in atmospherics, and adding to it and giving the narrative its formidable edge is Sushin Shyam’s BGM. The film may, on the surface, seem a mere thriller, but Varathan is definitely much more than that..