Oh Butterfly

Nivedithaa fits well in the role and delivers an impressive performance.

Similarly, the use of composer Vaisakh Somanath’s superb compositions adds to the very specific atmosphere the director has opted for.

Ultimately, Oh Butterfly is less interested in the spectacle of its twists than in the quiet weight of the choices that lead to them. Through Lakshmipriyaa Chandramouli's Ranjani, Vijay Ranganathan tells us how sometimes we tell ourselves fragile stories to live with our guilt, with our ego allowing us to believe that we indeed have the ability to affect something. It may circle its ideas a little too insistently at times, but when the dust settles, the film leaves behind a lingering thought, much like the one it begins with, about whether our lives are shaped by fate or by the smallest, almost invisible decisions we make along the way.

Sometimes mutual torture works as a brilliant narrative engine.