Kadhaveedu


Kadhaveedu is a 2013 Indian Malayalam anthology film written and directed by Sohanlal, based on three stories penned by Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer, Madhavikutty, and M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film stars Kunchacko Boban in the lead role, with Biju Menon, Rituparna Sengupta, Bhama, Manoj K. Jayan, Lal, Mallika, and Kalabhavan Shajon.

Plot

The film shares the beauty, shams and relevance of matrimony, presented from the perspective of its protagonist Raj Karthik, a filmmaker who seeks answers to a very personal question... The film delves into almost every aspect of marriage and married life. The love and the hate that seeps into matrimony, the disparities relating to individual tastes, the sense of loss that follows the death of a partner and much more is discussed in the film. The film pans realities inside the house and zooms in on the proximities as well as the distances that are part of every relationship, plus the tumbling and eventual ruin that sometimes is integral to matrimony.

Cast

The film is an anthology with adaptations of stories written by renowned Malayalam fiction writers Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer, Madhavikutty, and M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The stories have been tweaked to fit in a modern setting and the script has been conceived by the director himself. Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta forayed into Malayalam cinema by playing an important role in the film. She was suggested for the role by director Priyadarshan with whom she had worked in the film Bumm Bumm Bole. "Director Sohanlal has been pursuing me for the role for a year now. But once I heard the role of Rita, I knew it had all the subtleties for a great performance. Plus, the script read more like poetry rather than a scene-by-scene film," says Rituparna. Actress Bhama plays the female lead in MT's script, opposite Kunchacko Boban. She plays the role of a scribe. Kadhaveedu is Sohanlal's second feature film.
Kadhaveedu was selected to The Ladakh International Film Festival as one of the Best 11 Indian films of 2013 and the screenplay of Kadhaveedu has been published by The State Institute of languages, Kerala.

Soundtrack

Songs were composed by M. Jayachandran, with lyrics written by Sohanlal and O. N. V. Kurup.
  1. "Kaattile poomanam"
  2. "Marakkanullathu"
  3. "Aliveni Churulveni"