‘Tiger’s Pond’ Review: A Restrained Indian Political Drama Set on the Edge of Spirituality

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Siddhant Adlakha In Natesh Hegde’s “Tiger’s Pond,” an idyllic south Indian hamlet reveals treacherous political depths. However, despite its measured and deliberate vistas, the movie’s loosely tethered narrative comes undone.

Its textures may be alluring, even haunting at times, but its restraint ultimately proves sanitizing when its story ought to feel more visceral, if only to capture the ghoulishness — the physical and emotional violence — lurking beneath its pristine surface.

Achyut Kumar plays Prabhu, a pitiless small-town businessman running for local office with the help of his right-hand enforcer, Malabari (Dileesh Pothan).

Unbeknownst to them, the duo’s professional and personal entanglements have long been crisscrossed. Prabhu’s diligent younger brother Venkati (Natesh) plans to marry Malabari’s sister Devaki (Bindu Raxidi), but the caste inequity between their families is sure to eventually rear its head.