Kathapurushan / The Man Of The Story (1996) :
Brief Review -
Adoor Gopalkrishnan's instant classic on communists anger, feudalism and capitalists demons set in revolutionary period of India. Kathapurushan is a revolutionary film for local audience as it deals with revolutionary as well suppressed period of Kerala history but the fact that it needs a neutral mind of common to look at things can't be denied by the other viewers. Of course, the local Audience knows more about the history so they are likely to connect themselves with the leading character or any other one while rest of the pan india audience is likely to stand neautral and see things from all aspects. I am telling from my personal experience because i belong to Maharashtra so I don't know much about Kerala history but we all know how things went berserk in post-independence era hence the anger against the oppression of demons who banned our freedom and thoughts had to come out while watching the climax. Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father, relate to the working class people employed in his feudal household, become an intellectual, land in prison, and find a cure for the stuttering that afflicts him. All the performance in the film come out very naturally without any forceful expressions. The idea of telling the folklore at the beginning and at the last scene by Master Adoor Gopalkrishnan is nothing short of an astonishing experience. In between the same story is related to the real events of the nation and that's where this narrative turns into a revolutionary thought and gives a tight slap on the face of those "Demons". This Demons word has a different meaning which can't be told here, you have to experience it yourself and I'm sure you'll know who are those demon and how we have been controlling our aggravation for many years. A Must Watch.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
