Directed by Prasobh Vijayan, Adi hit the theaters on April 14. The film stars Shine Tom Chacko, Ahana Krishna and Dhruvan in lead roles. Like the name of the film, Ati is the main character in the film. The film is about an unexpected blow that occurs on the wedding day of Sajeev Nair aka Nandu and the events that follow.
The film can be described in one word as a clash between male consciousness. The two men in the film are alpha males who have all the ingredients of Socold masculinity, starting with becoming a winner in front of women and not being able to lose in front of women.
Sajeev Nair lives in the patriarchal concept that it is the man who has to protect the woman and he has to internalize all the problems. But he has the fear and worry of a normal human being. But his masculinity does not allow him to show it outside. It is that tension that ultimately turns the man into a clown, as the movie says.
Prasobhin’s ‘Atti’ is a slap on the head of the male ego that has celebrated Malayalam cinema for so many years. Although Sajeev Nair is in the lead role, the film also presents him as a mistake. That is the main success of the movie. Sajeev is the cinematic form of many Sajeevs we have seen in our daily life.
On the other hand, the character of Vellapatter played by Dhruvan is a ‘clown’ with intense swearing. The phrase “I’m a man” is used by both men at various points in the film. That is what the movie is trying to say. Not only does she think that she is a man, but she is also a woman.
He sees women in one word, sex. A woman who speaks with her head raised in front of him is a nuisance to him. There his masculinity will rise. These warm-ups should be judged only as a mere dog show as shown in the end.
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