Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Raveendran in ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
, Samayakka Pudikuma (Do you like cooking?),” he asks her. , sycamore terrarium (I know how to cook),” she says matter-of-factly, and he jokingly replies, Enakku Sapida Pudikkum (I like to eat).”
This light-hearted conversation takes place for the first time as the two head to Rahul Raveendran and Aishwarya Rajesh latest tamil movie The Great Indian Kitchen, Get. They later get married, and the wedding scenes look idyllic and colorful, as almost nothing happens in the bride’s life after the ceremony.
and it’s nothing to say Horrible Happens to him, as happens in some movies. Life changes, and that’s as awful as it can be.
in this tamil remake Acclaimed Malayalam film of the same name, the sameness and silliness associated with cooking plays on loop. Aishwarya Rajesh gets up and goes to the kitchen, does her work, cooks for the day and washes the dishes: In another commercial film, it might be a matter of seconds, but how life changes, in this horror film After marriage for women in real life, it takes up a large part of the 95-minute runtime.
Seeing fun cooking videos on Instagram and want to try some new recipes? Watch The Great Indian Kitchen To get a practical version of how exactly culinary practice can pan out; In fact, during an occasion when the men of the house decide to cook, that is exactly what happens.
The film makes some relevant points about patriarchy and how some men treat the women in their home, especially during tough times. This Kannan-directed Tamil version, but a polished version of the same dish, as the Malayalam original, starring Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu, is set to take place in 2021, thus taking a dinner-table look at men taking on household chores. Conversation broke out. Like the original, it also focuses on the ordinary to bring forth extraordinary emotions; The shot of leftover vegetable scraps clogging the kitchen sink, or the shot of a tap running water may not be pleasing to the eye, but it pretty much drives home the point.
The Great Indian Kitchen
Cast: Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran, Poster Nandkumar, Yogi Babu
Director: Kannan
Story: A woman has to adjust herself to the ways of living in a new family after marriage
Aishwarya Rajesh’s anger grows like a pile of garbage in a dustbin…and when it reaches its peak in that scene, Aishwarya is at her best. It boils with anger and to a large extent we feel that anger.
Aishwarya Rajesh on the sets of ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’
What we absolutely do not feel is the bond she shares with her husband played by Rahul Raveendran. I wish Kannan had provided more depth to it. There is a rare moment when she opens up – for the first time ever – about her lack of table manners. This should have started some conversation, something that would have given us an insight into their relationship, but the scene simply fades out with the husband storming out of the room in anger. The film has few characters – it mainly revolves around the couple and the man’s father, played by ‘Poster’ Nandakumar – and even fewer locations; The dining room and kitchen are the most prominent spaces. There is Yogi Babu, a distraction of sorts, who arrives one day unannounced, but his guest appearance adds little value to the proceedings.
issue with The Great Indian Kitchen It has a one-sided approach to the issue it raises. While things look natural in the Malayalam version, here, in some scenes, it feels forced to drive home the point. A scene showing one wrong move by Aishwarya or at least one positive sequence from Rahul might have helped balance things out.
having said that, The Great Indian Kitchen A very necessary film. Even if the Malayalam original is consumed by a large audience on OTT platforms, a Tamil version could reach its intended audience to a whole new set of viewers – and that is enough to make the current practitioners of patriarchy sit up and take note .