MollywoodThe 1980s – considered the golden era of Malayalam cinema – is said to have created strong women characters, but were they really so?CrisAmmukutty (Seema), alone and looking after her old uncle in a Kerala village, is the heroine and unnamed subject of the title – Aalkoottathil Thaniye, ‘Alone in a Crowd’. Rajan (Mammootty), her cousin – the old uncle’s son with the big job in the city – had once been in love with her. But he is married to another now – city-bred Nalini who gave him a son. When they visit the ailing father, Rajan cannot hide his remorse looking at the old lover who had given “her all” for him, including the little money she earned as a schoolteacher to send him to the city for higher studies. He loathes the wife, rich and ambitious and wanting to leave for a better career. IV Sasi’s 1984 film is an example...
- 6/17/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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