'Thalaikoothal' is the practice of mercy killing elderly people who are in comatose or bedridden states. Relatives would bathe them in cold water and feed them tender coconut water that causes severe pneumonia to set in followed by multi organ failure and eventual death. The movie by Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan of 'Lens' fame attempts to shed light on the moral and legal implications of the practice.
Pazhani (Samuthirakani) has to quit his profession as a building constructor and instead work as a security guard at an ATM due to his father Muthu (Kalaiselvan) being in a comatose state. Since he is obsessed with the hope that his father will one day wake up and walk again he puts his wife (Vasundhara Kashyap) under a lot of stress. However his school going daughter stands by him and helps him out. Even though the family is in poverty Pazhani rejects suggestions from relatives to mercy kill his father and takes care of him like a child feeding the old man and cleaning up the excretions. Meanwhile the father Muthu's thoughts always drift back in time to himself as a youth (played by Kathir) and his love for a girl named Pechi (Katha Nandi) belonging to a lower caste. At one juncture the doting son even goes to the extent of pledging his house to keep his dad alive and gets caught in a mess. Will the mounting pressure force Pazhani to agree to the killing of his dad and what truth is hidden in the flashbacks of Muthu is what 'Thalaikoothal' is all about.
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'Thalaikoothal' is the practice of mercy killing elderly people who are in comatose or bedridden states. Relatives would bathe them in cold water and feed them tender coconut water that causes severe pneumonia to set in followed by multi organ failure and eventual death. The movie by Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan of 'Lens' fame attempts to shed light on the moral and legal implications of the practice.
Pazhani (Samuthirakani) has to quit his profession as a building constructor and instead work as a security guard at an ATM due to his father Muthu (Kalaiselvan) being in a comatose state. Since he is obsessed with the hope that his father will one day wake up and walk again he puts his wife (Vasundhara Kashyap) under a lot of stress. However his school going daughter stands by him and helps him out. Even though the family is in poverty Pazhani rejects suggestions from relatives to mercy kill his father and takes care of him like a child feeding the old man and cleaning up the excretions. Meanwhile the father Muthu's thoughts always drift back in time to himself as a youth (played by Kathir) and his love for a girl named Pechi (Katha Nandi) belonging to a lower caste. At one juncture the doting son even goes to the extent of pledging his house to keep his dad alive and gets caught in a mess. Will the mounting pressure force Pazhani to agree to the killing of his dad and what truth is hidden in the flashbacks of Muthu is what 'Thalaikoothal' is all about.
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