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Namma Gramam Review
- 1/8/2014 5:58:07 AM
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Cast: Samvrutha Sunil, Nishan, Mohan Sharma, Sukumari, Y Gee Mahendra, Nedumudi Venu, Shamja, RenukaDirection: Mohan SharmaDuration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Synopsis: Thulasi becomes a child-widow the very next day after her marriage. Will there be liberation for her from her outcast status and her domineering uncle?
Review: Set in the late 1930s and mid 1940s in a quaint village in Palakkad, Namma Gramam is an attempt to showcase the social transgressions of the period, especially among the Brahmin communities. Women in this world are mere objects of gratification, and if they are widowed, they are almost pariahs, child marriage is a reality and untouchability is a way of life.
Actor-turned-director Mohan Sharma uses India itself as a metaphor for the plight of his lead character Thulasi, a child bride who becomes a widow the very next day after her marriage. Like the country, which is under British rule, Thulasi's life too is determined by her immoral uncle, Subramani, the patriarch of the household and the bigwig in the village. He is a haughty individual who likes everyone to dance to his whims and fancies, and an abusive father to his righteous son Kannan. He is a hypocrite as well who will advocate the tonsuring of his little niece under the pretense of societal backlash but will unashamedly maintain a concubine.
The only character who stands up to Subramani is his widowed mother who tries to protect Thulasi even if it means sacrificing her own life.
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