Ariyippu Review : The Morality of self dignity
Director: Mahesh Narayanan Star Cast : Kunchacko Boban and Divya Prabha. The third directorial feature from Mahesh Narayanan Ariyippu, his second stint with Kunchako Boban in the lead, has been grabbing some major awards acclaim and screenings at prestigious film festivals like Locarno and International Film Festival of Kerala, recently. Ariyippu ( Declaration ), deals with the gritty underpinnings of honor and morality and its dichotomy of impact, for the people occupying the lower fringes of the system. Ariyippu shares the documentary aesthetics of the director's earlier work, as in dealing with a story that revolves around a minor scuffle in familiar relationships, rapidly deteriorating to expose the uncanny immoral impulses that sometimes drive people's actions. As a staple in his films by now, we get the emotionally volatile breakdown of the transactional nature of truth and individualistic dignity, and Mahesh pays his dues to his filmmaking hero Asgar Farhadi in the films...
