Wasim is the Malappuram version of Mangalaseri Neelakantan, Atraye Ullu Thallumala | Shibu Balakrishnan
The change in technology during the last 30 years has helped Thallumala hide the Devasura. Even as Devasuram proclaims its elitist bias, it convinces us of the futility of sporting conflict. Thallumala is the only celebration of it
This post is because I am saddened to read the Hepar Belik rhetoric that appears in many swords regarding Talumala:
Thallumala is more or less Devasuram shot from Ponnani. Wasim is the Malappuram version of Mangalassery Neelakantan. S challenges Wasim as Mundakkal Collector. I Reg.
Like Neelkanth, Waseem has some demons around him. The path to wealth also reinforces the comparison. Because time and land have changed, Waseem’s path is rap instead of classical music, foreign liquor instead of charaya poured in Ilanir, and expert May practice instead of local beats.
The change in technology during the last 30 years has helped Thallumala hide the Devasura. Even as Devasuram proclaims its elitist bias, it convinces us of the futility of sporting conflict. Thallumala is the only celebration of it.
When you come out and watch the dance, your brain will be flooded with images of male bodies in motion: masses of meat in relentless motion. The movie has plenty of scenes to get the adrenaline pumping. Beyond that what is the picture trying to say!
A film is not great just because the lighting is great, the technology is used beautifully or the artistes act well: what matters is what creative contribution it has been able to make to society’s progress.
The popular presence of Thallumala/Devasuram is counter-intuitive in that it stings the ideological and scientific interventions that make a society think, as indicated in one instance of the film itself.
Content Highlight: Thallumala is new Devasuram, A critical piece once morest regarding the movie, written by Shibu Balakrishnan
