26.02.2021
மாமல்லபுரத்தின் கடற்கரை கல்லில் உளியால் எழுதினேன் என் காதலை ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் நிலைக்கும் என்றெண்ணி
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எழுதியது கல்லில் அல்ல கடற்கரையின் மணலிலிலே
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Ayyappanum Koshiyum- A Malayalam movie on travails of Masculinity
There is a shot in the film Ayyappanum Koshiyum where a spider web is shown and Koshy Kurien is walking towards it. They film for me is about the insect "Koshy" trapped in the web of patriarchy fighting to survive in it without ever thinking of ways to escape from the web The movie revolves around two men fighting to salvage their bruised egos. One is Koshy Kurien, a pre-college failed middle aged retired Havildar( just a Havildar in his father John Kurien's view) from a rich and influential background, locking horns with straight forward and honest Ayyappan "hybrid" Nair who pricks the bloated ego of Koshy with "2" tight slaps. Koshy is a complex and intriguing yet comes out as usual caricature of rich bully. He drags a simple fight that could have ended with a simple sorry, but egged upon by sycophants around him he continues to make the fight into life or death situation. A moment of compromise appears and Koshy is willing to go...
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