S Saraswathi
Crime Drama Telugu
A devoted mother whose life is shattered when her 12-year-old daughter goes missing. Desperate for answers, she turns to the police for help, but as the investigation unfolds, unexpected twists begin to deepen the mystery.
| Cast: | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Kishore, Rao Ramesh, Murali Sharma, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Nassar, Tulasi, Saptagiri, Srikanth Iyengar |
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| Director: | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar |
| Writer: | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar |
| Editor: | Venkat Rajen |
| Camera: | Edwin Sakay |
All Guild Reviews of "S Saraswathi"
An Exhausting Crime Saga That Offers Nothing New
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, in her directorial debut, falls short both as an actor and a storyteller
It is not often that women-led mainstream films find their way into theatres in Telugu cinema. When they do, they are mostly directed by men and turn out to be cautionary statements about social ills women confront on a daily basis. Though this is understandable given the crime rate against women and children, it also indicates how such films become a limiting portrait of the lives of women and seldom tap into the essence of their lives beyond victimhood. S Saraswathi, which marks actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar’s directorial debut and is produced by her sister Pooja Sarathkumar, falls prey to this very trope where a woman’s story is largely equated with her suffering. Charting the journey of Lakshmi (Varalaxmi), who works as a nurse in a metropolis, the film is a thriller drama with a non-linear screenplay and the story nearly makes a case for revenge as a necessity.
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