Directed by Jio Baby, Kathal is a film in which Mammootty played the lead role and hit the theaters. Mammootty has played the character that other actors hesitate to do for fear of image, in a way that fills the eyes and hearts of the fans.
Since the day of its release, many people have been praising the film. Now the writer Saradakutty has come to praise the film. Saradakutty’s praise came through social media posts.
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There is a cry inside me that says ‘Ente daivame’. It is a character played by a hero who has filled Malayalam cinema for half a century through the ‘Tholpikkalani pakchanne’ type male characters. Broken face, tired body language and helplessness…
Mammootty’s choices in recent times have been subtle, intelligent and timely. The cry ‘What have I done wrong’ reminds me of the lamentation in the book of Job.
Helpless people who are internally punished for mistakes that are not theirs. The film’s success is the silence that gripped the packed theater from the beginning.
This film is not a dialogue or a story. How many moments that remind us how explosive the silences within the family can be?
Jyothika, Kozhikode Sudhi, Anagha, the actor who came as Chachan…. No one will be out of your mind anytime soon.
Through Geobaby, Malayalam cinema is coming up with new themes and talking about accurate politics. Before K. S. Sethumadhavan’s films have seriously presented the micro-politics of human relationships like this.
S. Sharadakutty
