Maadathy's title and subtitle are so inviting that you start expecting from the opening scene which is so symbolic. The closeups and long-shots have arresting qualities in them. This movie is very engaging and at the same time very disengaging for the viewer. The supernatural experiences are an awe. Another interestingly amazing thing about the movie is it's realism - the dialogues, the casting, the acting, the locations ... It disturbingly exhibits the 'untouchable' practices ... the realism is so crude ... be it the dialogues or the visuals. Shock after shock - so many visually and intellectually poking scenes that are so subtle tell a tale frame by frame, day by day. The visual transcendence is a narrative bliss that is aesthetically intriguing. With a touch of magical realism too you wonder if this is Indian independent cinema at it's new best. The scene transformations are so awakening with rich farmings that every visual, every sound, every silence, every thing builds meaning to the make. The casting is exemplary. The uncensored unfoldings are captured in a very artistic form - you don't even realize that you are watching a movie. The song recitals are good metaphysical poetry. The life of untouchables is clearly captured - the 'Irreversible' movie like rape scene is boldly depicted - very unwatchable and with yet another rape scene in the movie that is again so disturbing - I had to mute and wait for it end soon - the violence and cruelty - I had to fast forward (either by skipping the visual or by muting the sound) some very disturbing content which are the crux of the plot - it shatters beliefs and questions the way life lurks differently for the same kind of species - the humans - due to their society of birth - it is too unbearably realistic - the movie's art is just like the new french extremity 'cinéma du corps' - the cinema of the body politics - one will experience some sleepless nights after watching this movie - a never ending trauma finally gets a poetic justice - karma breaks on the face when philosophy fails. This is a transgressive wonder. I usually avoid World Cinema as it is usually so disturbing. But the 'True Cinema Movement' is the only strong hope for this medium to live through.