I had avoided this film for a long time thinking because of the controversies surroundering the national award it bagged. But I was to be proved wrong and was absolutely blown away by the film.
It is technically top class. The camera work is brilliant and the direction (story telling) is subtle & wonderful. The movie begins with an identified dead body found, washed ashore somewhere in the 50's. Three women from different walks of life describe their experiences with Kutty Srank, the protogonist played by Mammootty, to the policemen. The protagonist is a nomadic boatman free from the bondages of family,region & religion. One who wanders from shore to shore easily adapting to the lifestyle of the people living there. Even his name Kutty cannot be identified to any particular religion or caste. He speaks three different dialects in the movie-North malabar, Kochi and South Alapuzha. The movie ends with the dead body remaining a mystery. When one of the women, a mute whom Kuttysrank had married, asserts with certainty that the rotten dead body is not Kuttysrank, the film is taken to a whole different level. The film ends with no puzzles solved, no questions fully answered. It's a piece of art for sure.
It is technically top class. The camera work is brilliant and the direction (story telling) is subtle & wonderful. The movie begins with an identified dead body found, washed ashore somewhere in the 50's. Three women from different walks of life describe their experiences with Kutty Srank, the protogonist played by Mammootty, to the policemen. The protagonist is a nomadic boatman free from the bondages of family,region & religion. One who wanders from shore to shore easily adapting to the lifestyle of the people living there. Even his name Kutty cannot be identified to any particular religion or caste. He speaks three different dialects in the movie-North malabar, Kochi and South Alapuzha. The movie ends with the dead body remaining a mystery. When one of the women, a mute whom Kuttysrank had married, asserts with certainty that the rotten dead body is not Kuttysrank, the film is taken to a whole different level. The film ends with no puzzles solved, no questions fully answered. It's a piece of art for sure.