The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away.
The opening stretch of Malayalee from India deposits us on a mountain road, as a Hindi song with sad lyrics plays in the background: “Dilon mein faasle hain… Yeh kaisi khamoshi hai…” The words talk about the distances between people, and as we see Gopi (Nivin Pauly), we wonder how this sorrow applies to him. I thought the story is about finding out who this Malayalee man is and what he is doing in this strange place where most people seem to be Muslims. Well, technically, that is the story, but writer Sharis Mohammed and director Dijo Jose Antony make us wait all the way till the interval point to get there. Meanwhile, we go back in time, to a village in Kerala, to discover who Gopi was before he became the Gopi on this bus on that mountain road.
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KK
May 1, 2024
“Kerala will become like Gujarat. If you know what I mean”. That’s cute. As if the Malabar Massacre never happened and RSS workers are not getting killed. For a state that lives on hand-outs from the Golf shouldn’t really be preaching anything unless it’s about how not to run a state. I will still give you the benefit of doubt and think that you are talking about how they need to restructure their economy along the lines of Gujurat. Then yes Kerala should become Gujurat.
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Draco
May 2, 2024
Why are there irrelevant people doing in the comment section of a Malayalam movie review? If anything we don’t wanna be, it is a racist community like Gujarat that does nothing but spread hate on something called religion. The Gujarat model for us is the communal riots your dad instigated back in 2002. For the rest, we know how to hold our own, So mind your own business.
Polayadi mone.
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KK
May 2, 2024
“For the rest, we know how to hold our own.” That’s why you are bankrupt. ”If anything we don’t wanna be, it is a racist community like Gujarat ..” Right. Well that’s true Gujurat is so racist that it doesn not want anything to do with ISIS while Kerala keeps sending fighters there to clean the toilets. Good Job. “So mind your own business.” Your business is terrorism which threatens mine. Hence no.
By the way why did you get triggered with Malabar or the current bankrupt state of your state? I never denied Gujurat but you seem to be living in a perpertual denial about malabar.
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Draco
May 2, 2024
Since you are consistent in not verifying your facts from Whatsapp, lemme put it out straight for you.
ISIS recruitment/supporters arrested as per 2016 reports of home affairs can be cross checked to see the involvement, Kerala shouldn’t be the only one isolated out of this, there are people from all over india.
(check the home affairs report on google)
The malabar massacres happened in 1921, so are we talking about every period now? Because I thought as per your Whatsapp university you would be sticking to the script of congress ka 60 saal. Hence why I reminded you about a recent 2002 riot.
Being bankrupt probably is the only point I could resonate with your knowledge from the Whatsapp university. The left ideology has not always worked unless applied with capitalism. The current government is failing at that, the remittances from foreign have reduced, because unlike before people have no interest in coming back to India, and thats not just kerala. But unlike others, kerala heavily depended on NRI remittances.
Im open to a political debate on facts and ideology as long is doesn’t involve unchecked forwards from socials.
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KK
May 2, 2024
https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/11/AU4357.pdf?source=pqals
Here’s a sansad reply in 2017. Wait you are saying ISIS recruitment stopped in 2016, so we shouldn’t talk about now. By that logic why bring up gujurat everytime? And the point was about religious polarization and the ensuing violence. So Malabar massacre still shows what can happen: Gujurat is not the only example. Left ruled Bengal for 34 years and ruined its economy. You guys didn’t learn the lesson and still elected them and got bankrupted. Now whose fault is that? You guys also vote IUML. The same league which was behind partition. Here is an example where a party in your state stooped to communalism.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Feb/15/religious-ritual-in-kerala-govt-aided-school-sparks-protests
https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/kerala-minister-spends-rs-25-lakh-state-fund-iftar-party-now-ready-return-money-17247
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KK
May 2, 2024
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/its-time-to-add-hamas-to-indias-terror-list-israel-envoy-naor-gilon-after-pro-palestine-protest-in-kerala/articleshow/104793152.cms?from=mdr
Kerala supports Hamas, a terror organisation that killed innocents in that Oct 7 massacre. So yeah Kerala is as communal as Gujurat. I also shared about RSS workers getting killed by the left goons which you conveniently ignored. My point in this entire thread is to show that Kerala is no good. You guys are as communal and as fucked up as Gujurat. So don’t feel so superior.
P.S: My last comment is not out of moderation yet.
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Abishek Philip
May 2, 2024
So this just keeps proving my initial argument: Gujarat isn’t as clean as you claim it to be; Imo, it’s far more communal and very right-leaning. So what are you arguing here? lol, Thanks for proving it yourself.
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Abishek Philip
May 2, 2024
And since you’ve nothing else to argue about except a 1922 riot, I assume you ran out of points long ago on communal things.
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Abishek Philip
May 2, 2024
and hey man you’re the one who compared Kerala and Gujarat, so if you’re bringing another state into this, it just confuses me what you wanna prove here with your arguments.
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KK
May 2, 2024
” it just confuses me what you wanna prove”. Yeah that happens when you are an intellectually bankrupt aka left leaning person. To understand something you have to read and learn. But alas, had you been capable of that you wouldn’t have made the statements you did. And I didn’t start the comparision; it was in the review. Anyway there are enough points I have given from the killing of RSS workers to appeasement to supporting terror organisations. At least Gujurat doesn’t support terrorist organisations unlike Kerala. So go and clean the toilets in the Golf countries since your state “wE hAvE 100% eDucATioN” can not provide jobs. Another parameter Gujjus can take credit for. They create jobs.
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BR FAN
May 4, 2024
If Nivin Pauly’s comeback was the most meta thing to happen due to Varshangalkku Shesham…
The same Nivin’s next release incidentally starring Dhyan too facing a plagiarism allegation can also be considered meta in connection with a major plot point of Varshangalkku Shesham.
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BR FAN
May 4, 2024
@KK “So go and clean the toilets in the Golf countries since your state “wE hAvE 100% eDucATioN” can not provide jobs.” –
What is wrong with cleaning toilets? Isn’t it just another job? Don’t all jobs accord dignity of labour?
The problem I have observed with keyboard warriors across the spectrum regardless of whether they identify as right wing, left wing, religious, conservative, communist, feminist, nationalist or whatever is that the inherent classism/sexism always seeps through
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Rahul
May 4, 2024
“Yeah that happens when you are an intellectually bankrupt”
KK bro, It is very rich of you to talking about being intellectually bankrupt . I mean you are the guy who was literally begging reviewers to not do unfavourable reviews of Sir Vanga’s movies, because you worship him slavishly and it was hurting your feelings.
“So go and clean the toilets in the Golf countries since your state “wE hAvE 100% eDucATioN”
It looks like you are learning to be a gutter mouth from the other guy who you so slavishly admire, who is going around inciting hatred against Muslims these days. This is why 2002 is brought up again and again , because your idol keeps going back to his basic nature again and again. But then as a bhakt you are too “intellectually bankrupt” to acknowledge that.
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KK
May 4, 2024
BR FAN: ”What is wrong with cleaning toilets?” When did I say anything was wrong with it? You are the one who assumed all the classism stuff. But then again you must be assuming ISIS recruitment is also a valid job offer. Kerala has so much to offer to the country or at least the ISIS or their new daddy Hamas.
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theeversriram
May 4, 2024
“Kerala will become like Gujarat. If you know what I mean”
If this line was in the movie then deserves to be condemned. We don’t want directors with different political affiliations, thrashing other states, directly or subtly in their movies.
Regarding development, each state has it own unique history, issues, people mindset, etc. so comparing them objectively based on data will be a tedious task, much beyond scope of online forums.
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Rahul
May 4, 2024
“” When did I say anything was wrong with it? You are the one who assumed all the classism stuff.”
KK Bro, I know you are scared to directly respond to me , but at least have some fortitude to accept what you meant. But then, you still dont own up to saying the most stupid thing ever in the history of wordpress.com. If you need me to remind you what it was, then let me know.
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