It's all about a mixture of people, a division of people according to their social status. The downtrodden or the low-class society are supposed to be caged in between low-class phenomena and the only remedy to uplift from the situation is suicide or doing something outlaw. Here two characters Maalu and Kuttan represent the two ideologies that I mentioned earlier. Maalu being raped by the doctor committed suicide and on the other hand, Kuttan witnessed the overseer take advantage of his sister (with her concern) kills him at the end. Aravindan linked each character so thoroughly to understand what their actual character is. The movie begins with the arrival of electricity to their remote village and then somehow points out the problems associates with this newly invented technology. It is not about that fault of that technology, it is not applicable in their periphery because the people didn't need electricity there. Anyway, the film deals with the complex emotions inside simple human beings.
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A terrific story about a series of changes in a village
tlizzy20 January 2007
Set in a remote part of Travancore-Cochin, Oridathu tells the story of a village where electricity arrives for the first time. Accustomed to more earthy resources of energy, the villagers perceive this modern innovation as a threat to their natural way of life. The film depicts the narrow mindedness and hypocrisy of village life with humor. What the film underlines, is the necessity for basic ethical premises, whatever one is engaged in. The film strictly is not on the effects of modernity or modern technology. This is just incidental - the theme could be anything. In this instance the overseer is a man without any scruples - and that is the central point.
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