#ACHUVINTE AMMA MOVIE#

The film has patriarchal male dialogues and shows how women reacted to it at that time.

There is drunken husband abusing his wife, indecent attitude towards women, perverted men trying to get close to women leaving alone, road accidents and eloping for love. The film tries to bring in all social issues prevailing at that time. His most famous dialogue, ‘Nigal ith enth aanu Itha’ ( Why are you like this Itha? ) is heard throughout the film. We see him in the film as a helper to Muthumma, Abukakkar’s wife. And also he was afraid that when he reaches the Dubai shores he may encounter the police. This was prevalent in those times and most of the Malayalees settled in Dubai got there by these fraudulent activities. People then used to board in ships to Dubai illegally with no proper documents and had to swim to the Dubai shore. There is this character, Abdullah played by Oduvil Unnikrishnan, who still laments not going with his friend Abukakkar to Dubai. Vanaja is soo fond of kurka that she always buys it which is disapproved by Aswathy who hates it. Maybe it was through this film I came across kurka or Chinese potato.

Right from the first scene itself the director is showing the pure and innocent life of a group of people connecting each other and centered at the Mother and daughter. She talks as if she is fighting with her husband. You see an old women with traditional Christian dress – Chatta and Mund having a heated conversation with God. The first scene was very heart touching for me. The character is hilarious throughout but what makes her exceptional is the way she unveils her real self. With a phenomenal performance, the actor steals our hearts. But Vanaja, beautifully essayed by Urvashi, is nothing less than that. The song is heart touching and along with the visuals it sure makes one cry. Achuvinte Amma does not speak of extraordinary women. The film has many songs like that and my favourite is “Enth paranjalum nee enteth ale vave” meaning ‘Whatever you say, you will always be my baby’. You just hear it once and it stays with you forever. The mother and daughter has a fight which leads to a turn of events with Vanaja revealing the story about Aswathy to Ijo. Aswathy and Ijo falls in love which Vanaja does not approve much. The film is a comedy at the same time serious too.

#ACHUVINTE AMMA MOVIE#

They come across Ijo, shortened for Immanuel John who is a lawyer trying to find cases. 72 NR 2 hr 15 min Drama, Family Achuvinte Amma is a movie that tells the deep rooted relation between a mother, Vanaja and a daughter Achu. The film is a journey through the Vanaja and her daughter Aswathy’s life. The movie is still remembered because of its beautiful songs and the best Mother – daughter duo by Urvashi and Meera Jasmine. Beautiful direction by Sathyan Anthikad and excellent storyline by Ranjan Pramod, the movie was a hit with Urvashi bagging the National film award for best supporting actor. Achuvinte Amma is truly a Sathyan Anthikad magic.Ĭast – Meera Jasmine, Urvashi, Narain, K P A C Lalitha, Innocent, Sukumari.Īchuvinte Amma ( Achu’s mother ) is one of the Malayalam movies which takes me back to my childhood. When films have a connection to life, they are remembered forever.

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