Pitta Kathalu

All except Pinky was predictable, strong acting of the entire cast

Episode 1 is awesome. Great story everyone acted very well.

Episode 2 just ok.

3rd is a joke. That stick man acting like a cool tech dude didn't work. Worst acting by lead role.

Will update other episode reviews as I watch.

Stars are for only Ramula 5/5

Dont waste time on other episodes

Netflix's first Telugu original film 'Pitta Kathalu' is an immense disappointment. It brings back stories we've seen, heard, or read and later forgotten. Focusing on the lives of women and their journey through love, betrayal, and patriarchy, Pitta Kathalu fails miserably to impress. 'Ramulu' by Tharun Bhascker is a breath of fresh air among the other stories, it brings to screen a humorous village love story of Ramulu and Ram Chander with an out-of-the-blue ending. Cinematography and Music complement this short story well, which makes it the best out of the lot and my personal favorite. Nandini Reddy's 'Viswa' is treated as an episode of an Indian Soap Opera, where the husband has a supreme inferiority complex towards his wife and doubts everything she does, predictable much right? Nag Ashwin's 'XLife' concept was very similar to the segment 'Glitch' written by Raj & DK for the anthology 'Unpaused' in prime video, both segments focus on Love in a Virtual Reality world in the future, but XLife is yet another disappointment. The last segment of Pitta Kathalu is 'Pinky' by Sankalp Reddy, and it feels like they made the short story for a 'filler' among the other stories so that the producers can round it to 4 episodes. Watch Pitta Kathalu only for 'Ramulu' and then get back to watching something that you left off.

One should know that this is the first Telugu anthology Netflix original released ever and not to compare with already proved industries like Hindi and Tamil who have their own hit anthologies. Not comparing it with lust stories of paava kathaigal, pitta kathalu is just a sub par anthology presented. Tharun Bhasker shines out of all the stories. Ramula was real rustic and technically brilliant. Meera of Nandini reddy fails massively. Reasons being one is the lead cast. Amala Paul was barely suitable for the role and was too artificial in her acting. Jagapathi babu stands out. Story was unique but the delivery of amala paul ruins the whole episode. And I don't even want to talk about the other two stories which were lame, boring and wannabe material. Pinky was so irritating that it felt like I have watched the first 30 minutes to achieve nothing. Clear waste of my time. X-Files concept was okay but the lead actors ruined it. The guy nag ashwin picked was awfully bad. Disappointed but still not leaving hopes on them to come back with other good stuff.