90ML is no more a feminist film than Veere Di Wedding was. The others in the cast, too, are convincing in their respective roles, bringing a certain spontaneity to the absurd situations they find themselves in.
Oviya is charming and though she doesn't have a wide range of expressions, she wears her big smile all through 90ML.
It could have ended with the fun 'Marana Mattai' song, methinks. Some of the intimate scenes look decidely awkard, and the film runs out of steam towards the end with an unnecessarily long climax and a Simbu cameo (he's also the music director) that ends up looking forced. The plot unravels as a story someone is narrating to a psychologist (Devadarshini), and after a point, it becomes predictable – the women get high and resolve a problem that one of them is facing. However, though the male characters are mostly relegated to the margins when it comes to screen space, the conversations among the women tend to be all about them, which is a tad disappointing. This is a film with hedonism at its heart and remains unapologetic about it till the end. There's also a same sex relationship portrayed with surprising lightness and sensitivity – and an actual kiss between the couple. It has women asserting their sexuality, and claiming their right to pleasure. Unfortunately, a lot of "kalacharam" watchers tend to be men who have no idea about the real world conversations that women have among themselves, so it's going to be hard to sit them down and say bro, I hate to break the news, but this does happen.ĩ0ML has women eating a lot, smoking, drinking, even doing ganja (and we get a psychedelic song too!). Somehow, women talking and joking about their own bodies is considered to be more vulgar than men objectifying women's bodies. The few double entendre dialogues in the trailer that made a lot of social media influencers and their followers lecture Oviya about her "responsibility" towards the audience (a subject they never get into when male stars are actually doing criminal activities like stalking on screen, and not legally permissible ones like drinking, smoking, or having sexual feelings) are far from being as crass as the ones we've seen in 'A' films which are primarily made for men. The film does tick the right boxes, nevertheless. It was at this point that I decided I was just going to enjoy 90ML without worrying too much about whether it ticks the right boxes or not, just out of pure relief. Rita sighs and says she's an orphan who was adopted by a man who later abused her.and then, she laughs and says she lied because you don't need a sob story to be in a live-in relationship (hello filmmakers of OK Kanmani and Iraivi, I hope you're listening). Over a round of drinks, the other women ask her why. But Rita isn't interested in marrying him. Rita herself is in a live-in relationship with Venkat who seems to be straight from heaven – the man cooks, is good with children, doesn't judge Rita and is easy on the eye. There's Kajal (Masoom Shankar), a north Indian mom to a small kid, Paru (Shree Gopika) who is married and has a humiliating secret Thamarai (Bommu Lakshmi), who made the terrible decision of eloping with a no-good rowdy and Sukanya (Monisha Ram), who is in love with someone with whom she believes she can never unite.
One of the first things Rita does is to rename their WhatsApp group from the rather homely 'Brindavan Beauties' to 'Hot Chicks' – imagine Sex and the City, but with Samantha at the centre instead of Carrie.
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On the reality TV show, Oviya's I-don't-give-a-shit attitude had won her a phenomenal army of fans, and she pretty much plays herself as Rita, a beautician who moves into an apartment complex and makes friends with the women there – most of whom are simultaneously scandalised yet drawn towards her. Directed by Anita Udeep, who calls herself Azhagiya Asura in the credits, 90ML is Bigg Boss chellam Oviya's big debut as the lead.
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