2021 was undoubtedly an exciting year for Indian OTT audiences. And when it comes to shortlisting the best films that were released on Indian OTT platforms, two movies namely ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ and ‘Minnal Murali’ have consistently found themselves on myriad fan-favorite lists.
In a piece of delightful news for ardent admirers of both these movies and for Indian cinephiles in general, ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ and ‘Minnal Murali’ have been included amongst the top ten highest rated action/adventure international movies from the year 2021 on the Auckland based movies centric social platform Letterboxd. On the coveted global movies list, ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ is placed on rank 3 while ‘Minnal Murali’ has secured the 9th rank.
It’s a matter of pride for India that these two Indian films are proudly placed alongside high profile Hollywood movies from 2021 such as Tom Holland starrer ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (Rank 1), Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction flick ‘Dune’ (Rank 2), Ridley Scott’s ‘The Last Duel’ (Rank 4), ‘The Green Knight’ (Rank 5), Marvel superhero movie ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ (Rank 6), and James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ (Rank 8).
The aforementioned ranking at Letterboxd means that ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ has outranked premium Hollywood movies including ‘The Last Duel’, ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ and ‘The Suicide Squad’. Moreover, ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ and ‘Minnal Murali’ have also outranked other action/adventure Hollywood movies like ‘No Time to Die’, ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’, ‘Black Widow’, and ‘Free Guy’, which didn’t make it to the list.
About the films:
Sarpatta Parambarai
It’s a brilliantly executed period boxing drama set during 1970s North Madras. The film features Arya in the role of an underdog boxer Kabilan who gets a golden opportunity to redeem himself and his Sarpatta Parambarai clan by winning a boxing match against the rival Idiyappa Parambarai clan and defeating their reigning champ Vembuli.
Minnal Murali
Set during the 1990s, the film follows the superhero origin story of a small-town tailor Jaison (Tovino Thomas). When Jaison is struck by a bolt of lightning in a rare astronomical event, it bestows him special powers like super speed, extraordinary strength, telekinesis, and extreme agility. After Jaison embraces these powers and assumes the superhero mantle of Minnal Murali, he must protect the people from his evil counterpart.
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