Directed by Vishnu G Raghav, the movie stars Keerthy Suresh and Tovino Thomas in the lead. Enough reason to watch Vashi with a Vashi- good acting promised.
When the protagonist declares she is a feminist, we know a man has scripted the movie. Because feminism is an act, not a word.
The movie has its screenplay penned by Janiz Chacko Simon and Vishnu Raghav. Do their pens understand women; their thought nuances, their sexual approaches, their love ideas, and their exposure to romance? Do men see how women see companionship and friendship?
A courtroom drama of Advocate Madhavi and advocate Ebin that spotlights relevant and current social issues, it is also about how the advocates build their life along with their struggling careers and finally find themselves at the opposite end of a case while on the same side of matrimony. A fertile case for ego explosion.
The script states that friendship doesn’t have to be romance, sex doesn’t mean commitment, liking isn’t always loving and silence does not consent to marriage. But it fails to deliver what it states.
The reality of the modern era is shown very aptly – two professionals who love beyond religion are trapped under the customs and traditions of wedding rituals.
Ebin’s character was well narrated by Tovino while Madhavi’s character failed to establish strength. Madhavi has the case to her side till the judge pronounced the verdict.
The meaning and execution of ‘consent in sex’ is brought under the microscope and dissected. However, then it moves into manipulated consent under the influence of wine. The wine was purchased by the female, she consumed it in her senses and consented to sex because she assumed he will marry her. Love and marriage thoughts were only on her mind, not on his.
The concluding image where a family photo is shown beside the judge who is sleeping, featuring his wife and daughter, raises the question if his judgment was based on his fatherly bias rather than arguments presented during the trial by the advocates.
By this ending, our judicial system which seemly appears to work on evidence and witness towards fairness is shown to have a very subjective and personal level of interference.
Take away
If you love a person, say so. Don’t assume camaraderie to be love.
Talking, dining out, Instagram uploads all closeness means friendship.
Don’t sleep with someone assuming he will marry you. It’s sex and not a betrothal ceremony.
Romance only after you have expressed love.
Don’t drink to the point of being manipulated, it’s a bad world.
It’s become a practical world so don’t run on the fuel of romanticism.
By Jaseena Backer
Jaseena Backer is an author and a psychologist. She has been working and writing on parenting for the past 25 years.
She can be contacted at backer.jaseena@gmail.com
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