Aattam: A thoughtful, well-written movie apt for our times | Movie Review | Onmanorama – Onmanorama

A younger lady, who works as an architect within the morning and a theatre artist at night time, is molested when she together with the troupe stays at a resort in Fort Kochi. What occurs after is an odd, distorted journey to unravel the reality. However as a substitute of an actual court docket, her 11 co-actors, all males, kind their very own court docket to unravel the matter.

However within the course of, is the aim served? Does the sufferer really really feel redeemed? Debutant Anand Ekarshi’s highly effective film Aattam is a considerate, well-constructed story that’s excellent for current occasions. When a lady is abused, how does society react? Do the boys select to aspect with the abuser and attempt to blame the sufferer?

Although Mollywood has churned out a number of movies on sexual abuse trauma and the plan of action taken after, Aattam stands out for its distinctive method and storytelling type. With out sensationalising the difficulty, Ekarshi unmasks folks and their mindset by inserting them in a sophisticated state of affairs.

He doesn’t arrive at a conclusion, however fairly pinpoints in the correct path. Motion pictures on drama troupes are glorious settings for good tales and Aattam too is not any exception. The movie begins by displaying all of the artists coming collectively to stage a play. All of them have completely different professions. If one is a cook dinner, the opposite is a plumber. Similar to their two professions, all of them have two sides, which is commonly coated in a masks.

The film additionally uncovers ego in excellent measure. Vinay (Vinay Forrt) is sad with the director’s resolution to forged Hari ( Kalabhavan Shajon) because the hero of the play. His damage ego will get the higher of him and when his girlfriend and theatre artist Anjali (Zarin Shihab) reveals she is molested, he takes hasty choices. Anjali, the only real lady within the troupe, is a robust illustration of the damage, abused ladies who’re compelled to justify themselves each time.

Although Anjali is able to defending herself, she turns into helpless when those that select to struggle for her, play it based on their whims and fancies.

All of the actors play their roles completely. Vinay Forrt, who’s charting new territories as an actor, delivers an distinctive efficiency because the insecure actor and uptight boyfriend in ‘Aattam’. It appears like Vinay has discovered a snug area between industrial and art-house motion pictures.

 Zarin Shihab, who has acted in a couple of Malayalam motion pictures, has nailed her position as Anjali in ‘Aattam’. Zarin embodies Anjali’s frailties and energy with a sure ease that’s so refreshing to the attention. Kalabhavan Shajon shines as Hari, the character who’s accused of the crime. 

The film opens and ends with a play, the latter powerfully and fantastically advised. In spite of everything, all of the world’s a stage and everybody goes on their lives dwelling with a masks.

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