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The Great Indian Kitchen Review: ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్‌, రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్ ప్ర‌ధాన పాత్ర‌ల్లో న‌టించిన సినిమా ది గ్రేట్ ఇండియ‌న్ కిచెన్‌. మ‌ల‌యాళ రీమేక్‌గా తెర‌కెక్కిన ఈ సినిమా జీ5 ఓటీటీలో రిలీజైంది.

ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్‌, రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్

The Great Indian Kitchen Review: 2021లో మ‌ల‌యాళంలో రూపొందిన ది గ్రేట్ ఇండియ‌న్ కిచెన్ సినిమా విమ‌ర్శ‌కుల ప్ర‌శంస‌ల‌ను అందుకున్న‌ది. ఈసినిమాను అదే పేరుతో త‌మిళంలో ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్(Aishwarya Rajesh) హీరోయిన్‌గా ఈ ఏడాది రీమేక్ చేశారు. ఈ సినిమాకు క‌ణ్ణ‌న్ ద‌ర్శ‌క‌త్వం వ‌హించాడు. రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్(Rahul Ravindran) కీల‌క పాత్ర పోషించాడు. ఇటీవ‌ల జీ5 (Zee5 OTT) ద్వారా ఓటీటీ ప్రేక్ష‌కుల ముందుకొచ్చిన ఈ సినిమా ఎలా ఉందంటే...

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ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్ క్లాసిక‌ల్ డ్యాన్స్ నేర్చుకుంటుంది. డ్యాన్స్ టీచ‌ర్‌గా ప‌నిచేయాల‌ని క‌ల‌లు కంటుంది. ఆమెకు ఓ స్కూల్‌లో టీచ‌ర్‌గా ప‌నిచేసే రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్‌తో పెళ్ల‌వుతుంది. రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్ ఫ్యామిలీ సంప్ర‌దాయాల‌కు ఎక్కువ‌గా ప‌ట్టింపునిస్తుంటారు. ఆడ‌వాళ్లు ఇంటికే ప‌రిమితం కావాల‌ని న‌మ్ముతుంటారు.

ఇంటి ప‌నులు చేయ‌డ‌మే ఆడ‌వాళ్ల బాధ్య‌త అని రాహుల్ ర‌వీంద్ర‌న్‌తో పాటు అత‌డి తండ్రి చెబుతుంటారు. ఎన్నో క‌ల‌ల‌తో కొత్త జీవితాన్ని మొద‌లుపెట్టిన ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్ అత్తింటి క‌ట్టుబాట్ల కార‌ణంగా వంటింటికే ప‌రిమిత‌మ‌వుతుంది.

కాలం చెల్లిన భ‌ర్త ఆలోచ‌న విధానాల వ‌ల్ల‌ ఐశ్వ‌ర్య‌రాజేష్ ఎలాంటి సంఘ‌ర్ష‌ణ‌ను ఎదుర్కొన్న‌ది? భ‌ర్త‌, మామ‌ల‌కు ఆమె ఎలా బుద్దిచెప్పింది? త‌న క‌ల‌ల సాకారం కోసం ఐశ్వ‌ర్య రాజేష్ తీసుకున్న నిర్ణ‌య‌మేమిట‌న్న‌దే(The Great Indian Kitchen Review) ది గ్రేట్ ఇండియ‌న్ కిచెన్ క‌థ‌.

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ఆడ‌వాళ్ల‌ను హోమ్ మినిస్ట‌ర్ అని పిలుస్తుంటారు. కుటుంబ బాధ్య‌త‌ల్నిఆడ‌వాళ్ల‌కు అప్ప‌చెప్పి వారిని ఇంటికే ప‌రిమితం చేయ‌డమే హోమ్ మినిస్ట‌ర్ అంటే అర్థ‌మా అని ద‌ర్శ‌కుడు క‌ణ్ణ‌న్ సూటిగా ఈ సినిమా ద్వారా స‌మాజాన్ని ప్ర‌శ్నించారు.

ఉద్యోగాలు చేయ‌డం మ‌గ‌వాళ్ల బాధ్య‌త ఇంటిని చ‌క్క‌దిద్ద‌డం ఆడ‌వాళ్ల ప‌ని అంటూ స‌మాజంలో పేరుకుపోయిన పురాత‌న‌ క‌ట్టుబాట్లు సంప్ర‌దాయాల కార‌ణంగా మ‌హిళ‌లు ఎలాంటి వివ‌క్ష‌ను ఎదుర్కొంటున్నారో(The Great Indian Kitchen Review) ఈ సినిమాలో ఆలోచ‌నాత్మ‌కంగా చూపించారు.

కాలం మారుతోన్న కొంద‌రు మాత్రం ఇప్ప‌టికీ ఈ క‌ట్టుబాట్ల పేరుతో మ‌హిళ‌ల క‌ల‌ల్ని ఎలా కాల‌రాస్తున్నారో సందేశాత్మ‌కంగా ఆవిష్క‌రించారు. వంట‌గ‌ది నుంచే మ‌హిళ‌ల‌పై వివ‌క్ష మొద‌ల‌వుతుంద‌నే పాయింట్‌ను చ‌ర్చిస్తూ సినిమాను రూపొందించారు.

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చివ‌ర‌కు క‌ల‌లో కూడా వంటిల్లే క‌నిపించేంత‌గా అదే ఆమె లోకంగా ఎలా మారిపోయిందో రియ‌లిస్టిక్‌గా చూపించారు. వంటింటి బంధిఖానా నుంచి బ‌య‌ట‌ప‌డ‌టానికి దారితీసిన స‌న్నివేశాల్ని వాస్త‌విక కోణంలో స్క్రీన్‌పై ప్ర‌జెంట్ చేసిన‌ విధానం బాగుంది.ఈ సినిమాలో హీరోహీరోయిన్ల‌తో పాటు మిగిలిన పాత్ర‌ల‌కు పేర్లు పెట్ట‌లేదు డైరెక్ట‌ర్‌.

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Review: “The Great Indian Kitchen” Showcases the Subtle Suffering of Women in Indian Households

The Great Indian Kitchen highlights the subtle suppression of women as a practice carried out in their own homes and even perpetuated by other women.

By Anuj Chakrapani , 7 Mar 21 23:55 GMT

The flashes of delectable cuisine at the start of Malayalam filmmaker Jeo Baby ’s The Great Indian Kitchen , are reminiscent of other movies where food forms a central theme to the plot. Unlike those films, this movie’s attention quickly shifts away from the entrees and the side dishes, and onto the ladies in this traditional Indian household dealing with a stacked sink and rotten leftovers every single day. With a backdrop that millions relate to, The Great Indian Kitchen highlights the suppression of women as a practice systematically carried out and handed from one generation to another, bringing to light an undeniable truth about the ingrained bias against them prevalent in traditional Indian households.

The wife in The Great Indian Kitchen has a seemingly simple goal: all she yearns for is an equitable relationship, one that lets her share a meal with her partner within the confines of her home. We aren’t told her name, for this is the story of the quintessential Indian housewife.

Silent Abuse

The movie is set in a picturesque town in the southern Indian state of Kerala and starts at the wedding of a couple ( Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu ). In what she thinks is a bonding exercise with her newly adopted family, the wife lends a helping hand to her mother-in-law with her chores in the kitchen. unaware that the husbands demonstrate a callous and condescending attitude towards their wives. Relegating their spouses to thankless servants, they tacitly have the women do things like carry their footwear when they head out. It is one of many duties that the submissive women perform without questioning — a subtle form of slavery to the untrained eye. The movie depicts this unique form of domestic abuse, one that involves no explicit cruelty. They don’t raise their voice, nor lift an arm, but inflict an equally deep wound. When the workhorse at the center of this family, the mother-in-law, has to leave town for a family commitment, the mantle of head servant now falls on the wife. That’s when the cracks begin to appear — literally and figuratively.

It isn’t only the subject matter of The Great Indian Kitchen that makes it powerful. Director Baby uniquely immerses the audience in the wife’s pain through the imagery of the film. Take for instance the scene in which the wife stands at the doorstep of the kitchen, and stares at it a tad longer than usual. In an earlier life, she was a dancer. Now she’s a housewife forced into a different kind of dance where she juggles pots and pans, while dealing with a broken drain pipe. The pipe becomes emblematic of the fissure in her relationship with her husband, unraveling like their relationship, and ignored by him until the end. Sajayan enacts the wife’s pain beautifully; it’s wordlessly clear that she wants to run away from this mess, or even just get a day off.  With such nuanced performances and little background music, the movie soaks us in the atmosphere, and sets up a telepathic connection between the viewers and its characters.

Perpetuated by Generations

After praying for a day off, the wife finally gets it, just not in the way she wanted.  In fact she gets an entire week off from the kitchen when she gets her menstrual period. Sadly for her, it opens up a wholly different level of torture, as she is banished to being an untouchable. Ironically, it isn’t a man that treats her the worst during this time. Her aunt-in-law is unflinching in her restrictions on the wife, even subjecting her to solitary confinement. Interestingly, her restrictive behavior doesn’t stem from hatred; she just remains steadfast in enforcing the same boundaries for the wife that she had to adhere to. Her actions highlight how women are taught by patriarchal tradition to oppress, rather than protect, each other. The scene in which the aunt-in-law bids adieu to the wife on the seventh day is especially gut-wrenching. She leaves with a smile, as though nothing has happened. Jeo Baby highlights this social evil in our cultures, arguing it borders on a human rights violation. Meanwhile, the background score harmonizes with news commentary and viral social media posts that highlight how a woman’s biological cycle is used to body-shame her and deny her entry to temples, such as the Ayappa temple in Sabarmiala . On the other hand, men are considered messengers of God during the 40-day, “ Ayyappa Mandala vratham ” period, which culminates with a visit to the very same temple. The Great Indian Kitchen encourages us to examine the shocking dichotomies that Indians witness every year and remain detached to.

Global Resonance

Jeo Baby deftly maneuvers the film to keep it focused on its leading lady, and her husband’s dismissiveness of her simplest desires: a life beyond the kitchen, and some gentleness in bed when the lights go out.. Her story about abuse behind closed doors speaks to a universal problem, one exacerbated by the pandemic we are living in the midst of. Oppression of women isn’t a problem isolated to the Indian subcontinent, as seen by its prevalence in global films. For instance, Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 , talks about the undercurrent of sexism in Korean society, and the classy Georgian movie My Happy Family , highlights how a woman’s role in a family and society is taken for granted.

On its surface, The Great Indian Kitchen appears to be a simple tale, but it delivers a powerful message about gender inequality, whilst opening our eyes to how we conveniently disguise it in everyday actions. We see flashes of brilliance in the film, such as a restaurant scene where the wife sits shoulder-to-shoulder with her husband on a table, a privilege she never enjoys inside their home. Centuries of social evils, regressive behavior, and gender bias don’t vanish with the passage of time; they are rigidly reinforced by succeeding generations. The movie depicts these issues effectively while also offering a bold solution: breaking the cycle and ending the generational chain of intolerance, by starting a new one that taps into a woman’s freedom and self-worth. We see a powerful step in that direction when the wife turns her back on the husband, severing their relationship to chase her passion. She starts a new chain by teaching her liberating art form to a group of young girls. The film teaches us that we don’t change the world by trying to reform the incorrigible, rather we do so by empowering the vulnerable, so there’s none left to prey upon.

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Anuj Chakrapani is a cinema enthusiast, who believes that film, like other art forms, is open to interpretation. He adopts a deconstructionist approach when writing about movies. He lives in Silicon Valley.

The Great Indian Kitchen —India. Dialog in Malayalam. Directed by Jeo Baby. Running time 1 hr 40 min. First released January 15, 2021. Starring Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu.

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The Great Indian Kitchen review: Powerful film on patriarchy and men-governed traditions

The great indian kitchen has to be the most powerful film on patriarchy in recent years and it makes for a very important watch. its lead actor nimisha sajayan is unbelievably convincing..

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Nimisha Sajayan plays the lead in The Great Indian Kitchen.

Director : Jeo Baby

Cast : Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu

Films that question patriarchy are often criticized because they’re mostly made by men, and it is argued that rarely do they do justice to the subject. Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen is an exception, and one that questions the deep-rootedness of patriarchy in our society as realistically as possible without any gimmicks. Without picking sides, the film quietly, in the most harrowing fashion, gives us a glimpse into the life of a married woman in India and her role in the kitchen. With each shot, the film makes one squirm in his seat while asking questions such as how we treat women in our homes.

The film opens with the shot of Nimisha in a dance class. We see that she’s happy, and that it’s something that brings her joy, which is evident from the smile on her face. These opening shots are cut with shots of food being prepared at Nimisha’s house as the family is getting ready to host the groom’s family. A couple of scenes later, she’s married and we see her in her husband’s home. As she gets used to the traditions of the family, her life unfolds in the kitchen. What is eventually made to look like a household chore (which it isn’t) slowly turns into a nightmare, a grind that she can’t escape from. As she tries to grapple with the situation while trying to be the ideal wife and daughter-in-law, she starts to suffocate with nobody to her rescue.

Nimisha Sajayan aces her role a wife and daughter-in-law oppressed by patriarchy.

Every time the movie shifts the camera on a female character, we see her in the kitchen or attending to the men in the house. While the women toil and break their backs in the kitchen, the men are lazing around, scrolling through videos on whatsapp and leaving behind food waste on the dining table for the women to clean. The film’s most beautiful but haunting shots take place in the kitchen. As the camera zooms in on the food being prepared, all one could think of is how lip-smackingly delicious it could taste. But as the camera pans on the women who are making those dishes, working in the most horrible conditions, it’s a stark reminder of the reality and how patriarchy has enslaved women.

A lot of scenes take place in the kitchen. This is just to drive home the point that we have normalised women being in the kitchen, like it’s no big deal. Scenes are cut back and forth from kitchen to the bedroom. In one beautiful scene, Nimisha tells her husband that she’d really appreciate some foreplay when they get intimate. The husband mocks at her knowledge about foreplay and behaves as though it’s a crime for women to seek all that. There’s a hard-hitting subplot about menstruation and we see how the family treats Nimisha during this phase. While the men in the house prepare themselves for a trip to Sabarimala and talk about purity; nobody is bothered about the women who slog to keep everything clean. In another powerful scene, the father-in-law tells Nimisha to drop her idea of applying for a job because he feels the job women do in the house is far more superior to what bureaucrats and ministers do.

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Nimisha Sajayan is unbelievably convincing as the wife who struggles to adjust to the life dictated by men in her family. Her character and performance are so relatable and you’d wonder if anyone else could’ve played her part more aptly. As much as the film talks about patriarchy, it’s also about those oppressed women who never question these men governed traditions.

The Great Indian Kitchen has to be the most powerful film on patriarchy in recent years and it makes for a very important watch.

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The Great Indian Kitchen Movie Review: A well-intended, yet functional remake

Rating: ( 3 / 5).

Retelling stories is an art in itself. We see how folklore has a way of being retold multiple times across generations to drive home various pressing themes sugarcoated in a fantastical premise. But then, some concerns need to be told in a rooted premise to usher a change among the discerning audience. Some of these stories need to be told again and again, in as many languages as possible because of the core premise.  Director: R Kannan Cast: Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran, Poster Nandakumar, Kalairani and Yogi Babu

Jeo Baby's The Great Indian Kitchen was one such Malayalam film that came right at the time the world was witnessing the 4th wave of feminism, which focuses on the empowerment of women and intersectionality with the use of technology. The film spoke about the sad state of affairs in our homes where we are still fighting patriarchal practices, inequalities, and domestic exploitation of women. Considering the unfortunate universality of the theme, it is heartening that filmmaker Kannan decided to remake this film in Tamil, and cast Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran in the roles played wonderfully in the original by Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu, respectively. For those who missed out on watching the critically acclaimed Malayalam original, the Tamil version will serve the purpose of reiterating and subsequently tearing down the chauvinistic ideology of confining women to the kitchen, the dining table, and the bedroom. Set in a nondescript suburban location,  The Great Indian Kitchen  revolves around a newly married couple--the wife is a Bharathanatyam danseuse, and the husband is a sociology teacher. The makers choose not to name the characters as they could mirror anyone in the audience. The story unfolds with the woman going through the grim reality of being a “home administer” and spending most of the time cooking and cleaning the mess on the dining table, floor, and the clogged sink. At a point, her hands start to stink due to repeated cleaning of the clogged sink and its leaking conduit. When it becomes unhygienic and sludgy in the kitchen, she requests her husband to call a plumber to repair it. However, he doesn’t pay heed to her. Although she manages to dispose of the leaking sink water for many days, when several other unfavourable events swarm her up, her temper hits the brim, marking the climactic splash. And instances like these, including the conversation between Aishwarya’s character and her old-school mother or the ones with her empathetic and progressive mother-in-law, and the intimate ones with her husband retain the crux and genuine intentions of the original.

The Tamil version too discusses 'taboo' topics like menstruation, the stigma attached to it, and the historic judgment of allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. Sincere efforts to produce excellent sound effects has reflected in the output. The sounds of chopping vegetables, cooking, and washing reverberate monotony that eventually suffocates the audience.   The recreation of the symbolism of the original like the kitchen and room grills reflecting prison bars and Aishwarya’s character repeating the same set of clothes reinstates the tedium. Over time, it makes the oppressors, even the sub-conscious ones, uncomfortable and lets the oppressed feel represented. 

However, this Tamil adaptation relies heavily on background score to enhance laboured performances. In this predominantly scene-to-scene adaptation, several crucial instances try to convey the underlying politics of these scenarios. However, the staging of these scenes and performances lacks a sense of organic flow. The central characters try hard to do justice to their roles, but unfortunately, it doesn’t match or come close to the finesse of the original’s cast. The pregnant pauses that made the audiences squirm were a miss in the adaptation. In the end, the layered emotions of pain, angst and rage portrayed by Nimisha were replaced with just anger by Aishwarya in the Tamil version. While a lot of performances didn't always hit the mark, Kalairani stood out with her consistency, albeit in a role with lesser screentime. 

The art of filmmaking offers a platform for creative minds to tell stories that matter of course in their style. Even when it’s a rehash of a done-and-dusted story, there’s always a scope to retell it differently. This novelty can be in the ideological perspectives, its representation, the setting of the film, the aesthetics, and even in the visual language. However, a lack of a bit more nuance pulls down the film by a peg or two. The makers' decision to recreate a kitchen that is almost similar to the one seen in the original didn't really work because it felt like a 'set' in the Tamil version as opposed to the lived-in space of the original. However, such foibles can be overlooked, to an extent, as the film definitely has good intentions. The Great Indian Kitchen might have been too faithful to its core material or the performances might have been too staged or even the perspectives might have been too one-note, but just like how our folklores find different narrations, narratives, and narrators, The Great Indian Kitchen too has found a Tamil voice through Kannan, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Rahul Ravindran. Did it ring loud, and clear? Probably not. But as the credits roll, The Great Indian Kitchen , with all its problems, reiterates that a woman breaking out of the shackles of patriarchy and making the people who thrive in the system get a liberal dose of the daily muck of an oppressive 'natural order' will always be satisfying. 

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Every person in India who had kitchen experience should like this movie.i really enjoyed movie...with lot of feel ..nice movie these days..

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The Great Indian Kitchen movie review: Startling, scathing, stunning take-down of patriarchy and its eternal sidekick, religion

I went into The Great Indian Kitchen expecting a pleasurable food flick, and sat in its thrall for 1 hour 40 minutes watching an unparalleled gem.

The Great Indian Kitchen movie review: Startling, scathing, stunning take-down of patriarchy and its eternal sidekick, religion

Language: Malayalam

She chops, slices, dices and grinds. She cooks, washes, wipes, sweeps and swabs.   

Meanwhile, he does yoga before breakfast and office. In another part of the house, her father-in-law waits for a woman of the house to put toothpaste on his toothbrush and bring it to him while he sits relaxing or reading the newspaper on the porch.   

As the men exercise their bodies and minds, she picks up the trail of garbage they leave in their wake.

She takes out the trash. She keeps out the holy lamp. She is the first to wake up and the last to bed, there to be raped by him to whom she is legally and socially bound.

Writer-director Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen aka    Mahaththaya Bharatiya Adukkala is a Great Indian Film that captures an under-discussed horrific reality with astonishing accuracy, by merely replicating on screen what happens in millions of Indian households. It is in Malayalam, but the title reminds us that patriarchy knows no state borders. The characters have no names because they are you and I and everyone around.   

(Minor spoilers in this paragraph) A wife leaving her husband’s shoes out for him to step into as he leaves the house, a man cooking one meal and leaving a mess behind for women to clean up while lauding himself for having given those women a break – these are not mere fictional scenes in a film, these are snapshots from homes we inhabit or have visited ,  where women’s hard labour is romanticised as a mark of a devi -like unlimited capacity for love and sacrifice in a pre-emptive bid to demonise women who break free. (Spoiler alert ends)

I went into The Great Indian Kitchen expecting a pleasurable food flick, and sat in its thrall for 1 hour 40 minutes watching an unparalleled gem.   

It could have been called Portrait of a Wife as Cook, Cleaner, All-round Housemaid and Sex Slave , but that would not fully capture what this extraordinary film conveys.

There is no story to tell, so here is a precis of the first 9 minutes. Nimisha Sajayan plays a dancer in The Great Indian Kitchen . The film opens with her family preparing for a pennu kaanal (a potential groom coming to see a girl for an arranged marriage). Suraj Venjaramoodu’s character arrives. He is the prospective husband. We have seen her house and family, but are told nothing about him, his occupation or financial background in those early scenes except for snatches of a fleeting conversation implying that he is from the sort of family that is considered ‘prestigious’.   

Formalities are completed, rituals are done and dusted, and soon the new bride arrives in her new home, where her routine as a wife and daughter-in-law sets in.

I have seen Jeo Baby’s last film, Kunju Daivam ( The Little God , 2018), which earned Adish Praveen the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. It was sweet and clever for a while, but the storytelling lacked polish and it didn’t come together for me. Nothing in Kunju Daivam prepared me for the utter brilliance, the acute power of observation, the subtlety and finesse of The Great Indian Kitchen . Note the song sung with the closing credits, the lyrics brimming with literary tropes that have long been summoned to glorify women and thus keep them enchained.   

Sajayan here lives up to the formidable reputation she has built for herself in her brief career. From her debut in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017) to Eeda (2018), Chola (2020) and a bunch of other films, her strength has been the ability to immerse herself so completely in a role that it becomes near-impossible to believe she is not that very person in real life. In The Great Indian Kitchen she flows through the veins and breathes through every cell of the unnamed Wife.   

Venjaramoodu, her senior co-star from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum , displays remarkable artistic intelligence by playing The Great Indian Kitchen ’s Husband not as an overtly repulsive fellow but as a seemingly diffident Everyman with a nice-guy demeanour whose regressive attitudes stress the fact that villains are usually the regular chap next door.   

Jeo Baby has done well to pack his uniformly flawless supporting cast with unfamiliar faces – Sidhartha Siva is the only ‘star’ among them. The rest are theatre actors from Kozhikode who come across as real people plucked out of real life for the film.

The understatedness of their acting is complemented by every technical department, from supervising sound designer Tony Babu’s finely detailed palette of swishes, trickles, bubbling oils and human mouths chomping down food, to DoP Salu K Thomas’s shooting of the leading lady’s dimly lit marital prison until that glorious finale with its explosion of brightness and light. The editor, Francies Louis, ensures that every single shot in the film counts. And costume designer Dhanya Balakrishnan dresses the characters in outfits that provide a range of insights into Malayali culture, until that luscious closing scene in which she gets to give her imagination free rein. Even the subtitles are top-notch.

The only scene lacking subtlety in The Great Indian Kitchen involves a telephone conversation between the female lead and her friend. No other point in the film is put across with so much underlining.   

Jeo Baby weaves the Sabarimala Temple’s refusal to allow menstruating women near the deity so smoothly into his story that it is hard to tell when it begins. This film is unlike Lal Jose’s comparatively bland Nalpathiyonnu (41) , which used Sabarimala as a hook but was hesitant to make any contentious statement about it.   

It should be a matter of pride for the Malayalam film industry aka Mollywood that within a span of a year it has given us stinging critiques of both Hinduism (this film) and Christianity (Midhun Manuel Thomas’s Anjaam Pathiraa ) in the state. There are many such Malayalam films and no space here for an exhaustive list. At a time when Muslims are being demonised across India, offering a balanced, fair critique of Islam is trickier because the community is on edge and liberal filmmakers might fear that their works will be misused by anti-Muslim elements, but Mollywood has shown the intellect, sensitivity and courage to do even this. In a post-9/11 scenario, for instance, producer Aryadan Shoukath and director T.V. Chandran made Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam (2003), skewering a reprehensible Muslim social practice.   

The uniqueness of Kerala society as compared to other Indian states lends itself to such cinema – Hindus account for approximately 55 per cent of Kerala’s population , Muslims about 27 per cent while Christians are a little above 18 per cent. This means that though Muslims and Christians are a minority, their percentage is still large enough versus the national 14.2 per cent Muslims and 2.3 per cent Christians to ensure that neither community has a justifiable reason to feel insecure in Kerala.   

Among many memorable elements in The Great Indian Kitchen is that moment when a woman weaponises a man’s conviction that menstruation makes her impure. Take that, misogyny!   

That said, the film does marginally falter in its conversation on periods. Of course it is despicable that a woman is seen as a pollutant when she is menstruating, but The Great Indian Kitchen misses a crucial nuance: unlike this film’s heroine, many women suffer from pain or extreme discomfort in addition to heavy bleeding, and enforced segregation in homes that consider them dirty at this time of the month is, ironically, the only reason why they get the rest they so desperately need.   

In a Mollywood that tends to normalise domestic violence (recent examples being Aadya Rathri and Ayyappanum Koshiyum ), The Great Indian Kitchen illustrates how horrendous realities can be portrayed without being casual about them. ( Minor spoiler ahead ) It also shows layering among progressives exemplified by a Hindu man who has no qualms about eating beef in his house but has no reservations either about his wife serving food to family and guests as he sits around being served.   

(Minor spoilers in this paragraph) Unlike many films that let men off lightly for patriarchy by emphasising women who buy into patriarchy and perpetuate it, The Great Indian Kitchen has the intellectual depth to portray a range of women, from victims to rebels, from enablers of patriarchy to allies of other women. My favourite supporting character in the film has barely any minutes on screen, but a key argument is driven home through her: contrary to social and cinematic stereotypes, the mother-in-law (a wonderful Ajitha VM) symbolises female solidarity and shared suffering here – Aparna Sen’s Paromitar Ek Din (Bengali, 2000) devoted its entire length to this theme; The Great Indian Kitchen does it with brief conversations and by showing the senior lady slaving away in the posh house of her well-off married daughter who is nearing the end of a pregnancy. This also brings up another facet of Indian society – family support – that is romanticised endlessly while its exploitative aspects are ignored: that Indian families walk the extra mile to support each other is great, but that’s no reason to ignore the uncomfortable truth that this culture is routinely misused to take advantage of considerate relatives. (Spoiler alert ends)

The director’s commitment to his theme is best illustrated by his decision to begin and end with shots of Sajayan. Even Take Off – one of the best Malayalam films of the past decade – veered from its course (as so many women-focused films do) by ending on Fahadh Faasil’s voice and image though it told the story of Parvathy’s character.

The Great Indian Kitchen is a startling, scathing, stunning take-down of patriarchy and its eternal sidekick, religion. That Jeo Baby achieves so much with the simplest of stories, one that has been staring us all in the face all our lives, is what makes it such a work of genius.   

Rating : 4.5 out of 5 stars

This review was published in January 2021 when The Great Indian Kitchen became available on the Malayalam-only streaming service Neestream. The film is now also on Amazon Prime Video.

(All images from the film’s trailer )

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The Great Indian Kitchen

Aishwarya Rajesh and Yogi Babu in The Great Indian Kitchen (2023)

Post her marriage, a woman tries to fit into the conventional mould that society has prescribed for married women. But somewhere along the way, she starts feeling that this is not the life s... Read all Post her marriage, a woman tries to fit into the conventional mould that society has prescribed for married women. But somewhere along the way, she starts feeling that this is not the life she wants. Post her marriage, a woman tries to fit into the conventional mould that society has prescribed for married women. But somewhere along the way, she starts feeling that this is not the life she wants.

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The Great Indian Kitchen Movie Review: Aishwarya Rajesh’s well-intentioned remake lacks finesse

Director kannan’s the great indian kitchen starring aishwarya rajesh and rahul ravindran is a faithful remake of the malayalam film of the same name. the film, however, is bogged down by an underwhelming climax, says our review..

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The Great Indian Kitchen released in cinemas on February 3.

  • The Great Indian Kitchen is helmed by Kannan.
  • Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran play lead roles in the film.
  • The film hit the theatres on February 3.

Release Date: 3 Feb, 2023

Director Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen opened up a conversation about women and their day-to-day encounters with patriarchy, sexism and superstition. During the lockdown, the Malayalam film became a sleeper hit and won rave reviews. Two years later, the Tamil remake of the same name hit the theatres today, February 3. Let’s find out how the remake fared!

The Great Indian Kitchen introduces us to two leads, Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran, who meet at a matchmaking ceremony. He asks her if she likes cooking. And she replies by saying she knows how to cook. The details lie in the words. Aishwarya soon realises that she is married into a patriarchal family where her husband and father-in-law are pampered. As days pass by, Aishwarya understands the underlying ideologies and begins to retort.

It is safe to say that The Great Indian Kitchen is a frame-to-frame remake of the original with minor changes in the climax. Also, the Tamil remake is a shorter version of the original and is quite effective in showcasing the mundane routine of a housewife. You see clogged drains, vegetable scraps on the dining table and men who do not even pick their used plates. As much as it gets monotonous to see her repeat the same activities for most of the film, it also emphasizes the situation she is forced into.

Director Kanaan’s The Great Indian Kitchen shows the monotony of a housewife, but some of the moments feel forced. For those who have seen the original, the remake might feel a little underwhelming. But, director Kannan did a decent job of maintaining the crux of the story for the most part.

Where the film falls short is emulating the built-up emotions and conveying them through the screenplay. Aishwarya Rajesh is excellent in the film. She is a woman with a mind of her own. But, society doesn’t let her be. Her mother asks her to adjust, her husband thrusts his sexist views on her and her father-in-law doesn’t give her the space. The frustration eventually shows on her face and, as an audience, we feel it too.

And when you see Rahul Ravindran imposing his toxic ideas on her, you want to hate the character. However, unlike Suraj Venjaramoodu, Rahul isn’t as organic. His performance wasn’t as effective as it should be.

The Great Indian Kitchen is a worthy remake with brilliant performances by the lead cast. From showing the day-to-day routine of a homemaker to curbing her rights, the film is a perfect reflection of society.

The whole Sabarimala issue seems rushed in the Tamil version, arguably because of the feathers it might ruffle. Little nuances here and there would have amplified the effect of The Great Indian Kitchen.

The Malayalam original stands a cut above the remake because of the pre-climax and the climax. Director R Kannan’s remake does a shoddy job of capturing the mood in the climax. The minor change in the end act doesn’t hold up well, thereby bringing down the desired impact.

2.5 out of 5 stars for The Great Indian Kitchen. Published By: shweta keshri Published On: Feb 3, 2023 --- ENDS --- ALSO READ | Year-ender 2021: Jai Bhim to The Great Indian Kitchen, Best South films of the year

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Many are not aware that the acclaimed Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen is being remade in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. Noted Tamil director Kannan is helming both versions of the film.

Meanwhile, the latest news is that actor turned filmmaker Rahul Ravindran has been roped in to play the male lead in both Telugu and Tamil. While Suraj Venjaramoodu played the lead role in the original version, Aishwarya Rajesh will be seen as the female lead in both the remake versions.

As per the reports, the film’s shooting is underway in and around the Karaikudi region in Tamil Nadu.

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