SU Arun Kumar’s ‘Chithha’ is a solid, affecting story about child sexual abuse and how it affects all parties involved

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There is an early scene in SU Arun Kumar’s where Sakthi (Nimisha Sajayan) has to use a public toilet. The floor is dirty, and filled with water. A woman who has used the stall Sakthi is standing in line for opens the door and leaves without cleaning up. Sakthi calls her back, forcefully, and makes her clean up. This small moment tells us a lot about Sakthi – for instance, she is not one to take things lying down. And this display of strength blooms fully when she runs into Eswaran (Siddharth), her one-time boyfriend who left her without an explanation. Even without the toilet scene, even if Sakthi had shown her anger only she ran into Eswaran, we would have had an insight into her emotions – but that early scene tells us how, even in the absence of Eswaran, Sakthi is determined not to be a pushover again. We see who she is, and then we see why she became that way. 

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