Pitta Kathalu (Micro Stories) comprises four short films, three of which are named after their female leads. The Telugu-language Netflix release has been produced by RSVP and Flying Unicorn Entertainment, which have previously rolled out anthology movies in Hindi and Tamil.
There are two kinds of women in Pitta Kathalu: righteous and villainous. All of them are wrecking balls, swinging this way and that to disturb the equipoise of the people in their lives.
The overarching themes of love and betrayal are best explored in Ramula, written and directed by Tharun Bhascker. Ramula (Saanve Megghana) is the first (and by no means the last) character in the omnibus production to have a lover unworthy of her affections. Ram (Naveen Kumar) has a lustrous head of hair but a bent spine. His inability to confess his love to his father pushes Ramula into the claws of the ruthless politician Swaroopa (Lakshmi Manchu).
