The film, Payasam, is centred on the bibhatsa disgust rasa, and is a retelling of the story of a man whose all-consuming envy and hatred for a relative, fills him with much despondence.
They are both treated almost as servants.
How can an anthology about women who are so ordinary be so extraordinary?! Vasanth chooses to stick to the same by bringing to screen stories written by Tamil writers Jeyamohan, AshokaMithran and Adhavan coming to think of it, even the excellent Paayasam from Navarasa was based on a T.
Saraswathi is married to a wife-beater, who leaves her when she stands up to him.
She is expected to not talk back, and when she does, is expected to bear his blows without trying to stop him.
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