Their father is in jail and the mother is doing her best to cobble together the lawyer's fee so that he can be brought home on bail. But the two kids, in a Chennai slum, whom we know only as Little Crow's Egg and Big Crow's Egg, nonchalantly go about their daily routine, which includes stealing eggs from crow's nest and coal from the nearby railway tracks. This, dare I say, tranquil world is rocked when a pizza chain sets up shop outside their slum, and gets it inaugurated by a film star. The 2 kids start lusting for a slice of the pizza. 300 Rupees, which is required for the pizza, is far beyond their reach. But when they finally have that money in hand, a dramatic turn of events shakes up the entire city.
Kaaka Muttai (Crow's Egg) uses the pizza as a metaphor to deliver a powerful social message. It is to the credit of the director that he doesn't make a sermon out of it. Kaaka Muttai is thoroughly enjoyable, even entertaining in a comical way, but every frame is replete with meaning. It asks uncomfortable questions of us, much like an innocent child is wont to do. The script is clever and takes unexpected twists towards an entirely unpredictable denouement. The performances are natural by non-actors and this further uplifts the film to a brilliant satire.
Kaaka Muttai's family gets 2 TV sets from the government because they have 2 ration cards, but they don't have enough food for even one square meal. The cuckoo lays its eggs in the crow's nest and fools it into hatching them. Did you get the symbolism?
Kaaka Muttai (Crow's Egg) uses the pizza as a metaphor to deliver a powerful social message. It is to the credit of the director that he doesn't make a sermon out of it. Kaaka Muttai is thoroughly enjoyable, even entertaining in a comical way, but every frame is replete with meaning. It asks uncomfortable questions of us, much like an innocent child is wont to do. The script is clever and takes unexpected twists towards an entirely unpredictable denouement. The performances are natural by non-actors and this further uplifts the film to a brilliant satire.
Kaaka Muttai's family gets 2 TV sets from the government because they have 2 ration cards, but they don't have enough food for even one square meal. The cuckoo lays its eggs in the crow's nest and fools it into hatching them. Did you get the symbolism?