The lads’ father is in prison, their mother (young Aishwarya Rajesh boldly taking on the role of a mother of two) is running the show at home with great difficulty and their grandmother is almost an invalid.īut on hearing their wish, an empathetic railway lineman called Pazharasam (Joe Malloori), lets them take (read steal) the coal from the yard, and they start hoarding the money they earn by selling it. The pizza place is opened by a film star (Simbu in a cameo) and the enticing visuals of the pizza create a burning desire in these two boys (the terrific debutants Ramesh and Vignesh) who cannot even afford the normal egg and resort to drinking crow’s egg (hence their nicknames - Chinna Kaaka Muttai and Periya Kaaka Muttai) to buy and eat a pizza. The story begins with a plot of land which acts as a playground to the kids in the slum being sold off to make way for a pizza outlet. Then, there is a hard base to it as well and from time to time, the film turns into a commentary on the class divide in our society and how it is exploited by wily politicians, an allegory of the effects of globalization, and even a satire on media’s obsession with sensationalism, a la Peepli Live. Movie Review: Like a pizza, Manikandan’s Kaaka Muttai is multi-layered on the surface, it is all warm and inviting - a feel-good film about two kids and their simple desire and the earnestness in the filmmaking invites comparision with Iranian films like Children of Heaven. What happens when they mange to find the money to buy one? Synopsis: Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality.
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