‘A Separation’ ,the Iranian film that won the coveted Oscar in the foreign language category in the 84th Academy Awards held in 2012, is a film that bowls you over with the simplicity in its plot. It is a subject whose one line can be translated to ‘Ponna pudichu thalli vittaya’ (like the famous ‘ponna kaiya pudichu izhuthiya’ Vadivel joke). In its simplicity, there is a lesson for films from our land. It makes one think about the question on why such films with simple yet tasteful making are not dished out from an otherwise capable Tamil cine-industry. That question could potentially lead to a series of questions and a probable answer to the last question in the chain. More on that below.