In my season of Malayalam movies, watched a 2015 release,which apparently bombed on the box office.
Rasam is supposed to be mostly about food, including the name.:-)). It joins movies around food in recent times like Love Shove Te Chicken Khurana, Daawat-e- Ishq, The Hundred Foot Journey.:-)). However, I am still waiting for the Indian Chocolat.:-))
The movie does bring some nuances of the Malayali feast tradition and also shows the way a market economy is transforming the institution of feasts. It also brings out nuances of food in a hierarchical society like India with its notions of pollution and purity.
A casting coup was to have Lalettan as Lalettan. Much better. Because even otherwise, he would have remained Lalettan.
Was also happy to find as bonus some shots of the waterfronts of Doha and lyrics by Malayali poet Kavalam Narayan Panicker.:-))
Would love to hear from friends who may have seen the movie.:-))
Rasam is supposed to be mostly about food, including the name.:-)). It joins movies around food in recent times like Love Shove Te Chicken Khurana, Daawat-e- Ishq, The Hundred Foot Journey.:-)). However, I am still waiting for the Indian Chocolat.:-))
The movie does bring some nuances of the Malayali feast tradition and also shows the way a market economy is transforming the institution of feasts. It also brings out nuances of food in a hierarchical society like India with its notions of pollution and purity.
A casting coup was to have Lalettan as Lalettan. Much better. Because even otherwise, he would have remained Lalettan.
Was also happy to find as bonus some shots of the waterfronts of Doha and lyrics by Malayali poet Kavalam Narayan Panicker.:-))
Would love to hear from friends who may have seen the movie.:-))
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