Mudi

"Well, can't you just think that you have given your favorite to your best friend?" There is a scene in Mudi where with just one question a daughter dissolves her dad's year long ego. When people around him blamed him for his ego, his daughter supported his stand and made him smile. The girl who sketches Ambedkar, questions mom whether girls are being married to for washing dirty clothes, keeps no inferiority complex for her dad's job as a barber. This just one character makes you smile and fall in love with this movie.

The movie has been set in a rural islet in Covid time, with basic facilities such as roads or bridges, always left cut out from the rest of the world, such as a 'containment zone". The movie also portrays the politics of Ayyankali and Ambedkar's politics without losing its nuances.

You don't see body shaming or racial insults, or any condescending real life experience like you normally would see in movies. This movie has set a tone different from such practices. Beautiful frames and soulful music add colors to movie. Must watch.