Review: The Great Indian Kitchen
I have been talking about the rise and rise of regional cinema for long and my recent post has also talked at length on the reasons for the same. And The Great Indian Kitchen (TGIK) is another of those gems from Malayalam cinema. TGIK at first look will seem like a film on woman and their liberation and the Sabarimala issue and the suppression that they face. The film is much bigger than what it meets the eye. It must be seen in a spaced out environment to understand the nuances in the screenplay. In the opening sequence of the film where the prospective bride (as usual the brilliant Suraj Venjaramoodu) comes to meet the prospective bridegroom (the talented Nimisha Sajayan), the entire family is watching them talk and there is very little that is left to privacy, inspite of them being alone in a room. Also, point to be noted, that leads here, have a name but as viewers we do not get to know that till the end. And, that is where the film starts to open up the layers. The ch...