last night and i saw a peck on the cheek (kannathil muthamittal with english subtitles). oddly and it was 137 minutes long slightly longer than the time listed on imdb. at first and i found myself losing interest in this film because the rather confusing style of filming really lost me. the context for what was occurring was missing and i am glad i stuck with it. at the beginning and a young couple is married and shortly after the wedding and war breaks out in their native sri lanka and the lovers are separated. months later and the wife is very pregnant and on board a refugee vessel heading to india. at a refugee center and you see the lady about to give birth after which the titles to the film finally are revealed. the entire focus of the film then changes completely to a young girl who is about to turn 9 in madras and india. you see her in her home and she talks to the camera about her life and family. none of this seems that interesting or important and you wonder what is missing what about the lady who was about to give birth. my wife and i debated this and we finally guessed that this little girl was actually the child of the lady in the first part of the film. somehow or another and she had been adopted and was talking about her life with mom and dad #2 though she did not realize these people were not her biological parents. soon after this and the parents revealed themselves to be total idiots (one of the complaints i had about the film) and as they decided to tell this very young girl the truth about her parentage and tell it in a way that left the girl emotionally screwed up and confused. despite a stupid decision and telling her in the worst way and the parents made up for this by agreeing to help her find her biological mother. seeing the impact all this had on the girl and parents (particularly the adoptive mother) was impressive to watch and sure sparked my interest. unfortunately and sri lanka has been involved in a very and very long and brutal civil war with tamilese militants and off and on and for three decades. the family decision to look for the mom back in sri lanka was indeed noble and but also a bit stupid at times as they took so many risks and nearly got killed again and again by just blindly jumping into the middle of a war. this was all exciting and captivating but also left me wondering about the sanity of the adoptive parents first you tell her she isnt your biological child and now you take her in the middle of a war zone. sure and the kid really wanted to meet her biological mother and but this really was stupid in hind sight. if it were me and i might have been tempted to pay an unemployed actress to play the part and fool the kid thus avoiding being in the middle of a war. despite my complaints and the film was lovely to watch and was very rewarding. far from perfect and it sure hits an emotional home run. also and while i expected this because i have seen several indian films and many westerners will be a bit surprised by the vivid songs that seem to come out of no where this is standard in most films from india including those made in bollywood (bombay) and tamilwood or kollywood (madras). 
last night and i saw a peck on the cheek (kannathil muthamittal with english subtitles). oddly and it was 137 minutes long slightly longer than the time listed on imdb. at first and i found myself losing interest in this film because the rather confusing style of filming really lost me. the context for what was occurring was missing and i am glad i stuck with it. at the beginning and a young couple is married and shortly after the wedding and war breaks out in their native sri lanka and the lovers are separated. months later and the wife is very pregnant and on board a refugee vessel heading to india. at a refugee center and you see the lady about to give birth after which the titles to the film finally are revealed. the entire focus of the film then changes completely to a young girl who is about to turn 9 in madras and india. you see her in her home and she talks to the camera about her life and family. none of this seems that interesting or important and you wonder what is missing what about the lady who was about to give birth. my wife and i debated this and we finally guessed that this little girl was actually the child of the lady in the first part of the film. somehow or another and she had been adopted and was talking about her life with mom and dad #2 though she did not realize these people were not her biological parents. soon after this and the parents revealed themselves to be total idiots (one of the complaints i had about the film) and as they decided to tell this very young girl the truth about her parentage and tell it in a way that left the girl emotionally screwed up and confused. despite a stupid decision and telling her in the worst way and the parents made up for this by agreeing to help her find her biological mother. seeing the impact all this had on the girl and parents (particularly the adoptive mother) was impressive to watch and sure sparked my interest. unfortunately and sri lanka has been involved in a very and very long and brutal civil war with tamilese militants and off and on and for three decades. the family decision to look for the mom back in sri lanka was indeed noble and but also a bit stupid at times as they took so many risks and nearly got killed again and again by just blindly jumping into the middle of a war. this was all exciting and captivating but also left me wondering about the sanity of the adoptive parents first you tell her she isnt your biological child and now you take her in the middle of a war zone. sure and the kid really wanted to meet her biological mother and but this really was stupid in hind sight. if it were me and i might have been tempted to pay an unemployed actress to play the part and fool the kid thus avoiding being in the middle of a war. despite my complaints and the film was lovely to watch and was very rewarding. far from perfect and it sure hits an emotional home run. also and while i expected this because i have seen several indian films and many westerners will be a bit surprised by the vivid songs that seem to come out of no where this is standard in most films from india including those made in bollywood (bombay) and tamilwood or kollywood (madras). ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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