Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali
Drama Malayalam
A man in a troubled second marriage faces divorce complications when legal battles spiral with false domestic violence and dowry claims, turning the justice system itself into a form of punishment.
| Cast: | Asif Ali, Harisree Ashokan, Jagadish, Shreya Rukmini, Rini Udayakumar, Balachandran Chullikkadu |
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| Director: | Sethu Nath Padmakumar |
| Writer: | Sethu Nath Padmakumar |
| Editor: | Sobin K Soman |
| Camera: | Ajay David Kachappilly |
Guild Reviews
A one-sided pamphlet against Section 498A
The way a filmmaker conceives a single sequence can sometimes reveal the entire thought process behind the film. This is especially true of single-agenda films like Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali, the debut directorial of Sethunath Padmakumar. Sahadevan (Asif Ali), the protagonist who is facing a case under Section 498A over dowry harassment and domestic abuse, is shown returning to his wife’s family the 100 sovereigns of gold that he got as a “gift”, a modern-day euphemism for dowry. A sentimental background score accompanies this sequence which is framed fully from the man’s perspective, although he was earlier shown to have denied his wife’s demand for a part of the gold to fund her higher education. Even this demand on her part appears unjust by the way the film looks at it.
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