Nanjupuram
Nanjupuram
This is a story set in very very rural southern tamil nadu. one can see the hills of the ghats in the background of this isolated village, with not even bus service, let alone electricity, flowing water or flush toilet.
There are only two groups, the upper castes, who are non Brahmins and the dalits. The uc live in stone houses, paved road, the dalits in huts further away from the town, in a hamlet of their own.
The hero raghav falls in love with a dalit girl monica. Monica has no father, her mother is a kept woman, vappaatti, of a local big wig, who comes regularly for sexual favours for money. Monica’s mother is also the village butcher and monica, after school, delivers meat to the homes of the upper castes.
Right from the beginning the caste tensions are evident in the way folks talk, behave and above all, keep exclusive.
The main theme of the story is ofcourse the huge snake pit near the village, and the large numbers of snakes which apparently strike fear into the minds of the people. The snakes are worshipped, pacified and avoided.
One episode which was interesting is the treatment of the snake bite. The locals go to the vaidyan, who uses folk medicine and along with it, some common sense. No allopathy treatment here. And it works!
The hero heroine look rustic, just like the environment of the movie. The actors are unknowns. The story is from folk tales that tamil nadu villages are made of. So is the caste set up. Everyone knows their place.
The hero ends up marrying the heroine, and also being killed, for doing so.
Maybe we tambrams, instead of feeling relieved or smug, about the intercine warfare of the castes, can take a step forward towards reconciliation and enlightenment. It involves a certain amount of introspection, and acceptance of responsibility for the initatiation of castes, of our own erstwhile position at the top of the totem pole, and perhaps apolgiziing to the dalits for their predicament. We do not have to kill a dalit, but enough to put the poison in the mind of a devar or vellalar. I think that is the situation today in tamil nadu villages in a capsule. Though this might be changing fast too. for the better.
Nanjpuram, not sure if it was released. If so, probably flopped. It was seen by some as flogging Christianity, by portraying worship of snakes in a bad light. I doubt it.
A good rustic movie in a rural setting. An eye opener for an urban tambram like me
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Nanjupuram
This is a story set in very very rural southern tamil nadu. one can see the hills of the ghats in the background of this isolated village, with not even bus service, let alone electricity, flowing water or flush toilet.
There are only two groups, the upper castes, who are non Brahmins and the dalits. The uc live in stone houses, paved road, the dalits in huts further away from the town, in a hamlet of their own.
The hero raghav falls in love with a dalit girl monica. Monica has no father, her mother is a kept woman, vappaatti, of a local big wig, who comes regularly for sexual favours for money. Monica’s mother is also the village butcher and monica, after school, delivers meat to the homes of the upper castes.
Right from the beginning the caste tensions are evident in the way folks talk, behave and above all, keep exclusive.
The main theme of the story is ofcourse the huge snake pit near the village, and the large numbers of snakes which apparently strike fear into the minds of the people. The snakes are worshipped, pacified and avoided.
One episode which was interesting is the treatment of the snake bite. The locals go to the vaidyan, who uses folk medicine and along with it, some common sense. No allopathy treatment here. And it works!
The hero heroine look rustic, just like the environment of the movie. The actors are unknowns. The story is from folk tales that tamil nadu villages are made of. So is the caste set up. Everyone knows their place.
The hero ends up marrying the heroine, and also being killed, for doing so.
Maybe we tambrams, instead of feeling relieved or smug, about the intercine warfare of the castes, can take a step forward towards reconciliation and enlightenment. It involves a certain amount of introspection, and acceptance of responsibility for the initatiation of castes, of our own erstwhile position at the top of the totem pole, and perhaps apolgiziing to the dalits for their predicament. We do not have to kill a dalit, but enough to put the poison in the mind of a devar or vellalar. I think that is the situation today in tamil nadu villages in a capsule. Though this might be changing fast too. for the better.
Nanjpuram, not sure if it was released. If so, probably flopped. It was seen by some as flogging Christianity, by portraying worship of snakes in a bad light. I doubt it.
A good rustic movie in a rural setting. An eye opener for an urban tambram like me
3
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