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Kaazhchavasthukkal (The Exhibits)
Kaazhchavasthukkal (The Exhibits)


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Movie size: 502 MB
Directed by : Raj Nair
Starring : Kaatha, docu-feature
Length : 54 minutes
Language : Malayalam
Subtitles : Yes
Availability : Worldwide
Release Date : Nov 21, 2004
   
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Nominations - Viewers Voice Award - Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, CA, USA, Open Catagory Award, IFVA, Hong Kong, Jeevan TV Short-film and Documentary Awards, India
 

The theme unfolds through 85-year-old Kalakshiamma, alias “Kaatha”. The widow of a celebrated Indian writer, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. A devoted wife of 65 years, a mother and a very well-known ammoomma (grandmother) of Kerala, India. Kaatha was born as the daughter of a farmer, her destiny to live life as a commoner with celebrity status as the wife of a literary giant. After the death of her husband she lives alone, at least physically, in a home built on dreams she had shared with her beloved, their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Once a widow, her home has metamorphosed into a museum where she pays a rent of one rupee, perhaps only to become a tenant and, at least to some, a living exhibit. The film documents the realities of aging, of past and current social issues and the colour of loneliness. Trying to (re)discover those milestones in the lives of Malayalee (people of Kerala) women, which made a sweet baby girl of the distant past just another grandmother, an exhibit of modernisation, one of the many silent victims of a much globalised face of Kerala increasingly being uprooted from its own tradition, ethos and milieux.

Reviews and Comments
quameBeautiful, subtle documentary about an ammoomma, she is very likable..and reminds me of my grandma..and the plight of lot of grandma's in our times..must see documentary!..

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