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Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil Review
- 4/4/2014 11:04:15 AM
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'Vasanthathinte Kanalvazhikalil' could best be seen as a tribute to a political and cultural movement that had brought about a red revolution in the state. Cinematically though, it's a middling film that has very few fresh sights on offer
There has almost been a deluge of films that have focused on the communist movement in Kerala, some of which have struck a fine chord with the audiences. 'Vasanthathinte Kanalvazhikalil' is the latest addition to the lot, which however does not offer any new insights whatsoever.
The film that has been set in 1945, at an age when stress and strife ruled the roost in the country, attempts to trace the seeds of communism that were sown in the Kerala soil. A village, like hundreds of similar ones in the state, forms the backdrop for the film maker to explore a societal setting that reeked of injustice and discrimination.
The revolutionary heroes who had ushered in the red flag are all brought into the picture. While Comrade Krishna Pillai (Samuthirakani) moves about in disguise, spearheading the movement, other renowned political figures as EMS Namboothirpadu (Sudheesh), A K Gopalan (V K Baiju) and Rairu Nambiar (Ritesh) make a fleeting appearance.
As is customary in films as these, the first hour is spent in depicting the inequity meted out to the lower castes, with the occasional, though rare protests that are forcibly put down without so much as a whimper.
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