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Ottaal (dir. Jayaraj, 2015)

Ottaal (dir. Jayaraj, 2015)

Published May 27, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 1, 2016. Award-winning Malayalam director Jayaraj turned to an Anton Chekov short story, “Vanka”, to find the inspiration for his most recent film Ottaal (“The Trap”), proof that some themes transcend place and time. Eight-year-old Kuttappai (Ashanth K. Sha), orphaned after the…

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Maniyarayile Ashokan (“Ashokan’s Bridal Chamber”) (dir. Shamzu Zayba, 2020)

Maniyarayile Ashokan (“Ashokan’s Bridal Chamber”) (dir. Shamzu Zayba, 2020)

Published May 26, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 31, 2020. “Dreams that one has at dawn come true, right?” asks Ashokan (Jacob Gregory) of his friend Ratheesh (Krishna Sankar), who wakes him out of his latest reverie, in which he is the married father of twins.  Ashokan is surrounded…

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