The Great Indian Kitchen

Wow, I'm fresh off from watching 'The Great Indian Kitchen' and my mind is blown. I would urge everyone to watch this movie. It is on Amazon Prime.

Won't write a long review because I'm pressed for time right now. But this is a beautiful Malayalam movie. The great Indian kitchen is really a metaphor for the patriarchal society the story is set in. It is the story of many women in India and, might I say, across the world. Even today.

Really loved the way it was directed. There was so much cooking and cleaning. It was shot beautifully but it also didn't shy away from showing the realistic scenes of the drudgery of household chores. Cooking looks beautiful when shot aesthetically. But no amount of aesthetic shots can make washing dishes, throwing the leftover food sludge, washing clothes by the well pleasing to the eye or mind.

Jeo Baby, the director, spends a lot of time in the same mundane activities. BUT THAT IS THE POINT. 

These are everyday, repetitive chores that might not seem like much for those who don't carry the unpaid and, often thankless, burden of cooking and cleaning for the house. 

And add anti-feminist traditional systems to the mix and you get a blood boiling social drama.

Will just add that the actors were so good, especially the female lead Ms Nimisha Sajayan. I could feel her mind ticking and her emotions in shambles as she deeply felt all the injustices she was being subjected to.

Let me paraphrase something a film critic said of this movie - It's a story told by a man largely about men which more men should know of. 

I think I am quite inclined to agree with the way she's put it.

A must watch!