5 Tamil filmmakers come together for Amazon Prime original film Putham Pudhu Kaalai

Multiple anthologies are currently being made in Tamil for leading OTT platforms. Amazon Prime is now coming out with a 5-part film that has been titled as ‘Putham Pudhu Kaalai’. Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Karthik Subbaraj, Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Sudha Kongara are directing the five films. It is scheduled to have its world premier on October 16.

As per reports, ‘Putham Pudhu Kaalai’ is an anthology of 5 short films featuring the first of its kind stories of love, new beginnings, second chances, and a glimmer of hope — all set and filmed in the times of the COVID-19 lockdown.

We hear that Kalidas Jayaram and Kalyani Priyadarshan are starring in Sudha Kongara’s segment. Niketh Bommireddy, who shot Sudha’s ‘Soorarai Pottru’, is handling the camera in this film as well. Madhavan, Bobby Simha, Andrea Jeremiah, Leela Samson and GV Prakash are also said to be part of the cast.

A formal announcement with entire cast and crew details are yet to be made.