The Great Indian Kitchen (2021)
- Original title
- മഹത്തായ ഭാരതീയ അടുക്കള
- Directed by
- Jeo Baby
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A newly married woman moves in with her husband and his family. She faces constant pressure to conform to traditional domestic roles.
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What happens
The Great Indian Kitchen is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Jeo Baby. The film tells the story of a newly-wed woman (Nimisha Sajayan) who struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband (Suraj Venjaramood) and his family expect her to be. The music was composed by Sooraj S. Kurup and Mathews Pulickan. The film was released on Neestream on 15 January 2021. The film received critical acclaim and won Kerala State Film Award for Best Film, Best Screenplay award for Baby and Best Sound Designer award for Tony Babu. The film was remade in Tamil in 2023 under the same title, with Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran in the lead roles. A Hindi remake, Mrs. with Sanya Malhotra and Nishant Dahiya in lead roles, was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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