Rewatched #PS2 & I get why it doesn't work for me. MR's interpretation of the novel is a relationship drama essentially, hinging on the conflict between Aditha & Nandini. The book, to me, is about the larger political scenario. MR took the story of 15+ chars and made it about 2. PS (Kalki's novel) is about the larger interplay of Arunmozhi, Aditha, Nandini, Kundavai, Vandiyathevan, Poonguzhali, Periya/Chinna Pazhiuvetarayar, Senthan, Nambi, Anirudha, Sembiyan Devi, Parthibendran, Mandakini, Kandhanmaran & Manimekalai in the political atmosphere.

Christopher Nolan's best screenplay is not Inception or Interstellar. It's called The Keys To The Street, and it's the only film he's written wholly but hasn't made yet. It's a very visceral crime film that feels like it's a David Fincher film. I wonder why it's not made yet. He wrote it in 2000, but apparently because it felt very similar to Insomnia (it's in the same genre, but tonally, it's extremely different) and instead did Batman Begins. There has been no news of it since, but after some digging, I managed to find TWO versions of the script.