Sanal Kumar Sasidharan has previously explored the place of woman in the Keralan society quite intensely in “Sexy Durga”; however, it seems the comments he wanted to make did not reach his apogee in that film, since “Shadow of Water (aka Chola) is rather harsher in its pragmatism.
Janu is a teenager girl who has agreed to take a trip to the city with her boyfriend (he remains nameless throughout the movie), behind her mother’s back. When the day to travel comes, however, Janu finds out that her boyfriend has also invited his boss to drive them in his jeep, a bear-like man who does not seem particularly friendly from the get-go. Janu is scared and quite frustrated, but her boyfriend’s “teasing” eventually makes her relax. The three of them reach the city where the couple is left alone to enjoy the urban setting, shop for clothes for...
Janu is a teenager girl who has agreed to take a trip to the city with her boyfriend (he remains nameless throughout the movie), behind her mother’s back. When the day to travel comes, however, Janu finds out that her boyfriend has also invited his boss to drive them in his jeep, a bear-like man who does not seem particularly friendly from the get-go. Janu is scared and quite frustrated, but her boyfriend’s “teasing” eventually makes her relax. The three of them reach the city where the couple is left alone to enjoy the urban setting, shop for clothes for...
- 1/11/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
ReviewSanal Kumar Sasidharan gives you a disturbing film which falters towards the end.CrisPerhaps because the scary trailer came much earlier or else it is the general remoteness of the whole place that Chola begins with, you expect something horrible to happen from the moment the title goes up the screen. But the sad part is, what you witness goes beyond the worst that you already expected -- that comes later. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan gives us a really disturbing film, told through some great performances – Joju George especially, and Nimisha Sajayan too – and an eerie presentation. It is a black screen at the beginning except for a flickering flame. Kpac Lalitha’s voice tells a little child an old grandma’s tale about a prince who goes in search of a virgin to get a treasure from her. You don’t see them but you know this is an inkling...
- 12/7/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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