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Gargi, Review

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  Gargi is a legal melodrama of a girl who fights for her father to set him free from the court of law. Plot . Gargi, played by Sai pallavi, is a school teacher from a humble background. Her father Brahmanandan works as a security guard in an apartment and her mother finds her livelihood by selling fermented dosa batter. One day, her father gets arrested by the police alleging a gang rape on a 9 year old girl. Gargi and her family faces ostracism and social auditing as she tries to prove her fathers innocence with the support of her lawyer. Positives . The film have a mix of genres like family, courtroom, romance, womenhood, crime, investigation and so on. Each of these elements are precisely added to the core to make it fine in its finals. Sai pallavi leads the film by taking all its responsibility on her shoulder without sharing the burden on any other characters in the film. Her hopelessly confused reactions and dried up eyes were the best to reflect what Gargi is. It criticises the

Holywound, Film Review

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  Holy wound is a classic women's drama that discuss about Sexuality in a patriarchal society. It starts by showing the life a women in a delta like topography where she finds her livelihood from poultry and conch catching. She used to get abused sexually by her husband as this is shown as a usual practice. One day, she elopes away from her home and take shelter in a convent where her childhood friend is living asba nun. They both had their sexual relationship as they loved deeply in the past. Few days afterwards, her husband visits the convent and take her back to their home. He abuse her again as she became a passive sex toy. The film takes its last turn when the nun came in search of her friend and they both makes love in a boat.. Positives . The concepts shown in the film is very intense and deep. It depicts the issues like marital rape, lesbianism, poverty, and helplessness of a women. Characters, especially the protagonist Janaki sudheer registered every gasp of the character

Aavaasavyooham, Review

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Avaasavyooham is a film discusses about Ecological concepts like natural Habitats, biodiversity, anthropocentric impacts and Human behaviour. Its presented in a docudrama style to interplot some curious facts that goes along with the storyline. Plot . Joy, a man of anonymity have some unknown power to communicate with other species. He works with a middle aged fisherman and helps him to have better catch by producing certain sounds to attract the fishes.After some local conflicts with a man called Murali,he was forced to escape to another shore. There he helps another man in fishing activities. Meanwhile, joy get caught by the police alleging his illegal entry into a protected area along with an old man. Joy faces serious troubles afterwards and narrowly escapes from a gun shot from Murali, his old enemy. He finds shelter in a small house but get caught by the locals and police. By the time,He develops webs on his hind limbs like that of a frog as the villagers start narrating their ow