Oru cheru punchiri(2000), Review

Sometimes, we may feel that the old generation  was progressive and usually the new gen of coarse. But the regression happens in between. The middle age of every society may have some old baggage of values that they keep carrying while they interact with the next generation. Our cheru punchiri addresses these conflicts in a lighter approach without pointing out any critical issues in particular. 

 It's a classic Malayalam film written and directed by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and tells the story of an elderly romantic couple in a remote village in Kerala. 

The film discusses the bonds between Krishna kurup ( oduvil unnikrishnan) and his beloved wife Ammalukutty. Their day-to-day life and their efforts to make the people around them happy is the most engaging part of the film. Through the leading character played by one of the greatest actors of the Malayalam film industry, the late oduvil unnikrishnan , the film expresses its opinions on the value of education, the importance of personal choice in marriage, sound pollution on using firecrackers in local festivals, relevance of vegetable gardens and healthy diets, and more over the sanctity of the marital relationship. 

It has some sense of patriarchy that can be found associated with the order of almost all the typical middle-class families a few decades back. But the film never advocates any such opinions in its entirety. 

Rating.

I suggest this film as something that is to be watched along with your family including grandparents so that it would be more enjoyable. Am giving 7/10.