Desperate Times Desperate Choices

Hey readers, ( if I have any 😂)

" Art is Life Itself "

I've read it somewhere. 

A movie that I watched recently made me feel the same. I am not able to pin point what part of it that I loved the most. But I'm sure of one thing. The livelines of the story did made an impact.

Oh! I forgot to introduce the movie (I was lost in the movie.)

I am talking about the movie "Ullozhukku" directed by Christo Tomy. Actually it was a reel on the instagram that made me watch the movie (another desperate decision 🤭).

Reels are really tempting nowadays, isn't it? The scene on the reel was the opening scene of the movie. I don't know why, but I am a great fan of the villain of Kannur Squad, Arjun Radhakrishnan ❣️.  And Parvathy❣️ ,my all time favorite, a really powerful lady and an excellent actress. Actually the scene made me curious enough that I was forced to feed my curiosity. I downloaded the movie immediately and watched.

(I'm not a critic but an aesthete.)

At first it was a wonderful movie. The setting was so appropriate that it resembled the emotions inside each of the characters just like how MT portrayed the emotions inside Vimala through the Mist (My another favourite piece of art). Like the pouring rain, their hearts were weeping. Like the flooded water, their souls were flooding with dreams, wishes, hopes and despair. The setting itself creates the spark, but their acting was incredible especially Urvashi, the classic actress. While I was watching the movie, I remembered my father's words from one of our previous conversation (ofcourse the conversation was on some other thing, but fortunately ended in film) , that Urvashi was an amazing actress of her time. "She is still", I thought . While watching this movie, I really wondered how right my father was then! 

Now the story....

Oh! Silly!

I'm not going to be a spoiler. Go and watch the movie and drop your narrow minds. 

I really loved the concept of the movie because it was so true to life. It highlights the typical middle class mentality of marrying of their daughters to a wealthy house, with or without her wish under the tag of "keeping you safe and happy". This is the stupid tendency of parents of our generation, not even caring about their children 's happiness. In a marriage, all they think about is to save their name and status. If the girl is in love, no one cares. If she protests, they go on a hunger strike. If she weeps, they put on an act. They try to do emotional blackmail, but what they actually do is emotional damage. 

I think all the women of my age, qualified yet jobless, unmarried and no dreams of marriage, and ofcourse above 25 years (we are grandmas in the eyes of our family, but who cares) have gone through this stage atleast once. If you have a boyfriend, of course govt. jobless, then you are doomed. I still remember the day when my father brought me a proposal (actually groom hunted) without caring to ask me first, whether I'm mentally prepared for a marriage (physically, I guess they see me as a grandma🤭). I remember the long months of silence for rejecting it without even looking into that photo . But I have no regrets. I remembered all these while I was watching the movie. 

Anju was forced into a marriage with Thomaskutty without being transparent about his illness, rejecting her love for Rajeev without even giving him a chance. They do all these things under the tag "for your good". Doesn't our good means our happiness too?  Mere hypocrisy!

But humans are innocent beings trapped in the shackles of love, chained forever.

While Anju obeyed her parents, she lost the love of her life. 

But what did she gained, nothing but a understanding mother (Leelamma). Her husband didn't love her, he was too weak. She was desperate for love, when she finds Rajeev again at the hospital and she made a desperate choice . Being a human, how can someone blame her? Rajeev, a poor man trapped in the conditions of love and life, how can someone blame him for his desperate need for money? And Leelamma, like all parents, she did what she thought is good for her son. She too can't be blamed.She made some desperate decisions as well. But in the end, empathy wins.  When Rajeev became a bit selfish (like every man) , Leelamma bacame selfless. And selfless love is true love.

And true love can never go unseen and thus the climax.

What I loved about the movie is that I was able empathize with each of its characters. It makes you understand various perspectives.

No one is wrong. Everyone is different perspectives of right itself. Let our rights never hurt another soul.

No one is bad, it's just the desperate times and our desperate choices.