The mind numbing account of a newlywed Malayali bride obliged to internalize patriarchy through a laborious routine and how after all it is the story of thousands of Indian women is what The Great Indian Kitchen is about. The age old patriarchal norm consistently battled by women that attempts to lock women in the kitchens... Continue Reading →
Charlie | A Malayalam movie not to miss
There’s simply nothing to not like about a movie featuring Dulquer Salman and Parvathy in lead manic pixie dust characters that forgo the norm and wander in search of an elevated sense of meaning. In the process, they end up finding one another – or one finding another – just as the audiences would want... Continue Reading →
Maheshinte Prathikaaram – the extremity of realism
I don’t exactly make new year resolutions but the one to be binging on Malayalam movies in 2021 was made under the much welcome recommendations of a student who has breathed down my neck about it. I’ve watched just one Malayalam movie so far and that is Kumbalangi Nights, criticising which I managed to win... Continue Reading →