Maadathy

In a village there are few low caste people living by facing lot of struggles and more domination of high caste people... At last yosana who is girl from low caste got raped and killed by few young guys.. Well made movie without any commercial elements.. Looks documentry movie but still photography and all awesome.. Must watch movie..!!

My heart was pounding, my stomach was churning and i was restless after watching this masterpiece - Maadathy - An Unfairy Tale. My fingers are trembling as I write this.

Gandhi once said "untouchability" is a sin against God. Leena portrays how societies in this 21st century still continue to engage with such an evil practice, so realistically and without a speck of exaggeration. The incidents that the film portrays is beyond my imagination. My mind also yearns at the same time for this to be sheer imagination. Cinema is not only about entertainment. Maadathy is an example that a film can be an effective tool that can help transform the society. My heartfelt wishes to your film, Leena.

@leenamanimekalai

Watched 'Maadathy' by Leena Manimekalai and am spell bound! Such a strong, compelling voice and amazing cinematic language. It broke my heart as well as welled it up with immense love for every living thing. Leena makes you live, smell, touch and see things from the depths of the lowest caste like no other film does. And it makes you realise that there is something lower than being from the lowest caste. Being a woman from that caste. Its heartrendingly beautiful, Maadathy - An Unfairy Tale and Leena Manimekalai is a voice to reckon internationally! Kudos to her courage, grit, persistence to make this film happen.

The film Madathy is taken brilliantly by Leena bringing to table the ugly face of patriarchy, power inequations and horrendous discriminations and violence against the vulnerable. I also lived with Madathy for those 1 hour 30 minutes. Such films are Welcome change agents. I really appreciate Leena for the crystal clear delivery calling spade a spade without mincing words or actions. She has brought out the best from all the actors. I am so glad that my little drop has been added to this ocean and proud of Leena and the crew. Best wishes always, Shameem

@leenamanimekalai @maadathythefilm

Maadathy's title and subtitle are so inviting that you start expecting from the opening scene which is so symbolic. The closeups and long-shots have arresting qualities in them. This movie is very engaging and at the same time very disengaging for the viewer. The supernatural experiences are an awe. Another interestingly amazing thing about the movie is it's realism - the dialogues, the casting, the acting, the locations ... It disturbingly exhibits the 'untouchable' practices ... the realism is so crude ... be it the dialogues or the visuals. Shock after shock - so many visually and intellectually poking scenes that are so subtle tell a tale frame by frame, day by day. The visual transcendence is a narrative bliss that is aesthetically intriguing. With a touch of magical realism too you wonder if this is Indian independent cinema at it's new best. The scene transformations are so awakening with rich farmings that every visual, every sound, every silence, every thing builds meaning to the make. The casting is exemplary. The uncensored unfoldings are captured in a very artistic form - you don't even realize that you are watching a movie. The song recitals are good metaphysical poetry. The life of untouchables is clearly captured - the 'Irreversible' movie like rape scene is boldly depicted - very unwatchable and with yet another rape scene in the movie that is again so disturbing - I had to mute and wait for it end soon - the violence and cruelty - I had to fast forward (either by skipping the visual or by muting the sound) some very disturbing content which are the crux of the plot - it shatters beliefs and questions the way life lurks differently for the same kind of species - the humans - due to their society of birth - it is too unbearably realistic - the movie's art is just like the new french extremity 'cinéma du corps' - the cinema of the body politics - one will experience some sleepless nights after watching this movie - a never ending trauma finally gets a poetic justice - karma breaks on the face when philosophy fails. This is a transgressive wonder. I usually avoid World Cinema as it is usually so disturbing. But the 'True Cinema Movement' is the only strong hope for this medium to live through.