Maadathy

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Maadaathy
Maadathy official Poster.jpg
Directed byLeena Manimekalai
Written byRafiq Ismail (dialogue)
Screenplay byLeena Manimekalai
Rafiq Ismail
Yavanika Sriram
Produced byLeena Manimekalai
Starring
CinematographyJeff Dolen
Karthik Muthukumar
Abinandhan Ramanujam
Edited byThangaraj Palanivel
Music byKarthik Raja
Release dates
October 2019 (Busan International Film Festival)
24 June 2021 (India)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maadathy,[1] also known internationally as Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale, is a 2019 Indian-Tamil language folklore drama film written, directed and produced by Leena Manimekalai under the banner of Karuvachy films and co-produced by Piiyush Singh (Golden Ratio Films), Bhavana Goparaju, and Abinandhan Ramanujam. The film stars Ajmina Kassim, Patrick Raj, Semmalar Annam and Arul Kumar in the lead roles.

The film was premiered at Busan International Film Festival 2019 and received a positive critical response.[2] The film later got released in the OTT platform Neestream globally on  24, June 2021.[3]

Plot[]

The film is set in the backdrop of a river which acts as a symbol of the oppressor and the oppressed. The river is a way out, for the lead character a Dalit, Yosana; a liberation from the blind realities of caste. India is a land of Subaltern deities. Each deity has a unique legend and these legends are often interwoven with socio-historic tropes of India. Puthirai vannaar is an 'unseeable' Dalit caste group, in southern India. Their forced-occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the dead and the menstruating women. This film is a tale about a young girl who grew up in Puthirai vannaar caste group and how she came to be immortalized as their local deity, Maadathy.

Cast[]

Critical reception[]

News Minute reviewed "It's rare to see a film where the male body is subjected to the female gaze".[5] The Cinema Express wrote, "Remarkably exudes the power of cinema, of storytelling that is poignantly reflective of a society where legends of sin circle and haunt our deities".[6]

Awards[]

  1. World Premiere, Busan International Film Festival, October 2019.
  2. India Premiere, International Competition, Kolkata International Film Festival, November 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ "With Maadathy — An Unfairy Tale, Leena Manimekalai skewers the blindness of dominant castes to oppression-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Maadathy was a real testing ground: Leena Manimekalai - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Streaming date of Leena Manimekalai's Maadathy out". The New Indian Express.
  4. ^ a b c S, Srivatsan (June 24, 2021). "'Maadathy — An Unfairy Tale' movie review: The ghost of Yosana and the duality of being a woman" – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ "'Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale': This Leena Manimekalai film shows an ugly caste reality". The News Minute. November 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "'Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale' film review - A blazing, poignant tale of terror". The New Indian Express.

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