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Ozhivudivasathe Kali - Review 17/06/2016

ReviewOzhivudivasathe Kali

Ozhivudivasathe Kali

Cast :

Nistar Ahamed, Arun Nayar, Pradeep Kumar, Baiju Netto, Reju Pillai, Abhija Sivakala

Director :

Sanal Kumar, Sasidharan

Genre:

Drama

Release On :

17/06/2016

Dharman (Nishthar Sait), Dasan (Baiju Netto), Vinayan (Pradeep Kumar), Thirumeni (Girish Nair) and Ashokan (Arun Nair), all with their own characteristic traits, engage in an excessive booze session on their off-day, visualised in utmost reality. Even though the five friends seemingly share a bond of long-lasting friendship, their difference in attitude and views are distinctly evident thoughout the movie, until the climax sequence where the most powerless gets isolated, fatally.

The movie towards its end surfaces harsh political realities when Ashokan suggests a seemingly harmless game to change the restless mood of five friends who are on the verge of a complete blackout owing to a day submerged in alcohol. This child’s game escalates quickly in the most disturbing fashion where even Vinayan, the humanist in the group, enjoys the cruel game and plays his role well in maintaining the order of power politics. The climax sequence is definitely one of the most politically motivated visualisation of a wretched system that determines who needs to be eliminated from the social hierarchy and what qualifies the decision makers in every system, be it in Kerala, India or the whole world. It also exposes the authoritarian nexus that might be on conflict within themselves on periphery but holds a common bond, that is power, and knows the importance of thrashing voices of dissent and the marginalised. The last shot of the movie will leave the viewers in tatters as the silence from wild, shouts raging questions about casteism and social hierarchy prevailing in the country.

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