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The Great Indian Kitchen Movie Review: A well-intended, yet functional remake

Rating: ( 3 / 5).

Retelling stories is an art in itself. We see how folklore has a way of being retold multiple times across generations to drive home various pressing themes sugarcoated in a fantastical premise. But then, some concerns need to be told in a rooted premise to usher a change among the discerning audience. Some of these stories need to be told again and again, in as many languages as possible because of the core premise.  Director: R Kannan Cast: Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran, Poster Nandakumar, Kalairani and Yogi Babu

Jeo Baby's The Great Indian Kitchen was one such Malayalam film that came right at the time the world was witnessing the 4th wave of feminism, which focuses on the empowerment of women and intersectionality with the use of technology. The film spoke about the sad state of affairs in our homes where we are still fighting patriarchal practices, inequalities, and domestic exploitation of women. Considering the unfortunate universality of the theme, it is heartening that filmmaker Kannan decided to remake this film in Tamil, and cast Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran in the roles played wonderfully in the original by Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu, respectively. For those who missed out on watching the critically acclaimed Malayalam original, the Tamil version will serve the purpose of reiterating and subsequently tearing down the chauvinistic ideology of confining women to the kitchen, the dining table, and the bedroom. Set in a nondescript suburban location,  The Great Indian Kitchen  revolves around a newly married couple--the wife is a Bharathanatyam danseuse, and the husband is a sociology teacher. The makers choose not to name the characters as they could mirror anyone in the audience. The story unfolds with the woman going through the grim reality of being a “home administer” and spending most of the time cooking and cleaning the mess on the dining table, floor, and the clogged sink. At a point, her hands start to stink due to repeated cleaning of the clogged sink and its leaking conduit. When it becomes unhygienic and sludgy in the kitchen, she requests her husband to call a plumber to repair it. However, he doesn’t pay heed to her. Although she manages to dispose of the leaking sink water for many days, when several other unfavourable events swarm her up, her temper hits the brim, marking the climactic splash. And instances like these, including the conversation between Aishwarya’s character and her old-school mother or the ones with her empathetic and progressive mother-in-law, and the intimate ones with her husband retain the crux and genuine intentions of the original.

The Tamil version too discusses 'taboo' topics like menstruation, the stigma attached to it, and the historic judgment of allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. Sincere efforts to produce excellent sound effects has reflected in the output. The sounds of chopping vegetables, cooking, and washing reverberate monotony that eventually suffocates the audience.   The recreation of the symbolism of the original like the kitchen and room grills reflecting prison bars and Aishwarya’s character repeating the same set of clothes reinstates the tedium. Over time, it makes the oppressors, even the sub-conscious ones, uncomfortable and lets the oppressed feel represented. 

However, this Tamil adaptation relies heavily on background score to enhance laboured performances. In this predominantly scene-to-scene adaptation, several crucial instances try to convey the underlying politics of these scenarios. However, the staging of these scenes and performances lacks a sense of organic flow. The central characters try hard to do justice to their roles, but unfortunately, it doesn’t match or come close to the finesse of the original’s cast. The pregnant pauses that made the audiences squirm were a miss in the adaptation. In the end, the layered emotions of pain, angst and rage portrayed by Nimisha were replaced with just anger by Aishwarya in the Tamil version. While a lot of performances didn't always hit the mark, Kalairani stood out with her consistency, albeit in a role with lesser screentime. 

The art of filmmaking offers a platform for creative minds to tell stories that matter of course in their style. Even when it’s a rehash of a done-and-dusted story, there’s always a scope to retell it differently. This novelty can be in the ideological perspectives, its representation, the setting of the film, the aesthetics, and even in the visual language. However, a lack of a bit more nuance pulls down the film by a peg or two. The makers' decision to recreate a kitchen that is almost similar to the one seen in the original didn't really work because it felt like a 'set' in the Tamil version as opposed to the lived-in space of the original. However, such foibles can be overlooked, to an extent, as the film definitely has good intentions. The Great Indian Kitchen might have been too faithful to its core material or the performances might have been too staged or even the perspectives might have been too one-note, but just like how our folklores find different narrations, narratives, and narrators, The Great Indian Kitchen too has found a Tamil voice through Kannan, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Rahul Ravindran. Did it ring loud, and clear? Probably not. But as the credits roll, The Great Indian Kitchen , with all its problems, reiterates that a woman breaking out of the shackles of patriarchy and making the people who thrive in the system get a liberal dose of the daily muck of an oppressive 'natural order' will always be satisfying. 

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The Great Indian Kitchen review: Powerful film on patriarchy and men-governed traditions

The great indian kitchen has to be the most powerful film on patriarchy in recent years and it makes for a very important watch. its lead actor nimisha sajayan is unbelievably convincing..

The Great Indian Kitchen

Director : Jeo Baby

Cast : Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu

Films that question patriarchy are often criticized because they’re mostly made by men, and it is argued that rarely do they do justice to the subject. Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen is an exception, and one that questions the deep-rootedness of patriarchy in our society as realistically as possible without any gimmicks. Without picking sides, the film quietly, in the most harrowing fashion, gives us a glimpse into the life of a married woman in India and her role in the kitchen. With each shot, the film makes one squirm in his seat while asking questions such as how we treat women in our homes.

The film opens with the shot of Nimisha in a dance class. We see that she’s happy, and that it’s something that brings her joy, which is evident from the smile on her face. These opening shots are cut with shots of food being prepared at Nimisha’s house as the family is getting ready to host the groom’s family. A couple of scenes later, she’s married and we see her in her husband’s home. As she gets used to the traditions of the family, her life unfolds in the kitchen. What is eventually made to look like a household chore (which it isn’t) slowly turns into a nightmare, a grind that she can’t escape from. As she tries to grapple with the situation while trying to be the ideal wife and daughter-in-law, she starts to suffocate with nobody to her rescue.

Every time the movie shifts the camera on a female character, we see her in the kitchen or attending to the men in the house. While the women toil and break their backs in the kitchen, the men are lazing around, scrolling through videos on whatsapp and leaving behind food waste on the dining table for the women to clean. The film’s most beautiful but haunting shots take place in the kitchen. As the camera zooms in on the food being prepared, all one could think of is how lip-smackingly delicious it could taste. But as the camera pans on the women who are making those dishes, working in the most horrible conditions, it’s a stark reminder of the reality and how patriarchy has enslaved women.

A lot of scenes take place in the kitchen. This is just to drive home the point that we have normalised women being in the kitchen, like it’s no big deal. Scenes are cut back and forth from kitchen to the bedroom. In one beautiful scene, Nimisha tells her husband that she’d really appreciate some foreplay when they get intimate. The husband mocks at her knowledge about foreplay and behaves as though it’s a crime for women to seek all that. There’s a hard-hitting subplot about menstruation and we see how the family treats Nimisha during this phase. While the men in the house prepare themselves for a trip to Sabarimala and talk about purity; nobody is bothered about the women who slog to keep everything clean. In another powerful scene, the father-in-law tells Nimisha to drop her idea of applying for a job because he feels the job women do in the house is far more superior to what bureaucrats and ministers do.

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Nimisha Sajayan is unbelievably convincing as the wife who struggles to adjust to the life dictated by men in her family. Her character and performance are so relatable and you’d wonder if anyone else could’ve played her part more aptly. As much as the film talks about patriarchy, it’s also about those oppressed women who never question these men governed traditions.

The Great Indian Kitchen has to be the most powerful film on patriarchy in recent years and it makes for a very important watch.

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Not a fulfilling, but a faithful remake.

Targeted for the audience who have patience and people who like slow-paced realistic dramas. But this is how the story could be presented at the best and it delivers what was desired. (more)

Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow

An efficient remake that stays close to the original

With her powerful performance, Aishwarya Rajesh holds the entire film together. The character is tailor-made for her, and it's undoubtedly one of the best in her career. Yogi Babu's cameo appearance is a surprise element, and it provides us some relief. More than the background score, the cinematography has really helped elevate certain portions to another level. The Great Indian Kitchen has stayed true to its original, and we have nothing to complain about its execution. (more)

Source: Logesh Balachandran, Times Of India

Aishwarya Rajesh's well-intentioned remake lacks finesse

The Great Indian Kitchen is a worthy remake with brilliant performances by the lead cast. From showing the day-to-day routine of a homemaker to curbing her rights, the film is a perfect reflection of society. (more)

Source: Janani, India Today

A well-intended, yet functional remake

The Great Indian Kitchen might have been too faithful to its core material or the performances might have been too staged or even the perspectives might have been too one-note, but just like how our folklores find different narrations, narratives, and narrators, The Great Indian Kitchen too has found a Tamil voice through Kannan, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Rahul Ravindran. Did it ring loud, and clear? Probably not. But as the credits roll, The Great Indian Kitchen, with all its problems, reiterates that a woman breaking out of the shackles of patriarchy and making the people who thrive in the system get a liberal dose of the daily muck of an oppressive 'natural order' will always be satisfying. (more)

Source: Chandidni, CinemaExpress.com

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The acclaimed malayalam film the great indian kitchen has been remade in tamil with aishwarya rajesh in the lead role..

The Great Indian Kitchen , the acclaimed Malayalam film, has been remade in Tamil with Aishwarya Rajesh of Vada Chennai fame in the lead role. The trailer of the upcoming movie is out, and the Tamil version looks larger in terms of scale. On top of it, the remake lacks the realism of the original film and things are on the face contrary to the subtle nature of the original.

Aishwarya, who is known for films like Vada Chennai and Kanaa, is stepping into the shoes of Nimisha Sajayan from the original version. Director R Kannan, who has made films like Jeyamkondan and Venthaan Vendraan, is helming the project.

Kannan hasn’t had a big hit in the past few years, and the upcoming film might put an end to the rough patch in his career.

Other than Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran is playing a pivotal role in the film, which has music by Jerry Silvester Vincent.

The Great Indian Kitchen, directed by Jeo Baby, is a painful portrayal of women in our households, who are reduced to cooks and deprived of basic human respect by the men in our homes.

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Trailer of ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ Tamil remake is out

The trailer of the Tamil remake of the critically acclaimed Malayalam film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’, directed and written by Jeo Baby is out. Aishwarya Rajesh reprises the role of Nimisha Sajayan in the Tamil version film directed by Kannan, who has directed films like ‘Jayamkonden’, ‘Kanden Kathalai’, ‘Settai’, among others.

Rahul Raveendran plays the role Suraj Venjaramoodu did in the original. There is no change in the movie title in Tamil.

From the trailer, it looks like the makers have retained all the scenes and dialogues in the film, which speaks largely about the dilemma a woman undergoes in her marital home. The movie also points a finger at the expectations that people have about married women.

'The Great Indian Kitchen' to release in NeeStream platform on January 15

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The cinematography is by P G Muthayya, art by Rajkumar, story, and dialogues by Padukottai Prabhakar and Jerry Silvester has handled the music. Editing is by Leo John Paul.

The performances of Nimisha and Suraj were much appreciated. Dijo Augustine, Jomon Jacob, Vishnu Rajan, and Sajin S Raj were the producers

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Every person in India who had kitchen experience should like this movie.i really enjoyed movie...with lot of feel ..nice movie these days..

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The Great Indian Kitchen review: Kannan’s remake of a Malayalam hit film is bereft of soul

The Tamil version has remarkable performances by Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran but fails to drive the point home.

Published:Feb 03, 2023

Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran in 'The Great Indian Kitchen'. (Supplied)

Nowhere close to the original!

The Great Indian Kitchen (Tamil)

• Cast: Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran, Kalairani, Poster Nandhakumar, and Yogi Babu
• Director: R Kannan
• Producers: Durgaram Choudhary and Neel Choudhary
• Music: Jerry Silvester Vincent
• Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
• Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Emraan Hashmi, and Revathy
• Director: Maneesh Sharma
• Producer: Aditya Chopra
• Music: Pritam Chakraborty
• Runtime: 2 hours 35 minutes

Director Kannan’s The Great Indian Kitchen is an official remake of Jio Baby’s Malayalam film by the same name.

While the original received critical acclaim for dealing with the subject of gendered work, Kannan seems to have ended up making a film that is bereft of soul and far less impressive than the original.

The problem with remakes is that audiences are invariably bound to compare them with the original. So, those looking to remake a popular movie have the unenviable task of making sure that their film is as good as the original, if not better.

In addition to this, they also will have to make minor modifications to the script to ensure that it suits the taste of the new audience for whom it is being made.

Sadly, Kannan seems to have missed the bus on both counts. The remake is nowhere close to being as good as the original.

In addition, certain modifications that the director has made in the hope that it will endear his film to the Tamil audiences do the opposite.

The story of The Great Indian Kitchen revolves around Aishwarya Rajesh, a classical dancer who gets married to Rahul Ravindran. He is a school teacher who lives with his parents.

The bride walks into her new home with dreams of leading a happy life with her husband. But she is in for a rude shock when she realises that she has to slog from morning till night for the men of the house, day in and day out.

Every morning, she has to clean, cook, wash utensils, wash clothes, sweep, mop and dust the huge house. She repeats this exercise thrice every day, without rest or a break.

The only time she isn’t allowed to do anything is when she gets her period. Sadly, even then, she is treated like an untouchable.

While she slogs it out in the dark, gloomy kitchen, the men of the house don’t do any household chores and make merry.

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In addition to this, they prevent her from pursuing her career as a dance teacher, keeping her in the confines of the kitchen, citing tradition and family values.

Eventually, things reach a breaking point.

The film, which is a feminist’s take on the role of housewives in families within a patriarchal system, looks to portray the men as nothing less than monsters looking to use women for their own selfish needs, without offering anything in return to the women or their families.

All the significant male characters in the film are made to appear mean and inconsiderate.

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The father-in-law

For an instance, look at how the character of the father-in-law (played by Poster Nandhakumar) is showcased. He is shown to be mean, cruel and with no sense of cleanliness whatsoever.

He tells his daughter-in-law (Aishwarya), who is already struggling with the huge workload, not to cook in a cooker but to use an earthen stove with wood.

Also, he instructs her to wash the clothes without using the washing machine which is already there in the house.

Well, wonder how many fathers-in-law in this day and age would instruct their daughters-in-law to cook on an earthen stove or wash their clothes with their bare hands instead of using a washing machine?

And the more interesting question would be how many women would even entertain such demands. Anyway, the director wants us to believe that this happens everywhere.

It doesn’t end there. The father-in-law’s character is shown as someone who does not so much as pick his toothbrush to brush his teeth! The women of the house have to bring it to him, with paste on it!

If the father-in-law’s character is not horrible enough for you, the film has a husband’s character that is even more monstrous in nature.

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The husband

The husband is a schoolteacher. In one sequence, we see him teaching sociology to a class full of fifth-standard students. Gone are the days when kids were taught social science when they were in school.

What he is shown teaching as sociology is even more interesting. He says that the father or the man is the head of the family. No, we don’t see him explaining the patriarchal or matriarchal systems. He goes on to talk about the family system and how only men are heads of families!

When girls ask him why a woman can’t be considered the head of the family, instead of explaining the matriarchal system, he offers an absurd and blunt reply that looks to showcase him as being misogynistic, stoic and stupid.

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At home, he is as mean and inconsiderate as his father. Also, he is equally bad when it comes to table manners.

Interestingly though, there is a sequence that shows him having refined manners when he eats at a restaurant along with his wife.

But the more important point is that he uses his wife for his sexual pleasure, unmindful of how she feels. This point, for a change, is not exaggerated and comes across as a genuine issue.

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Impressive performances

The film also takes potshots at the religious practices people undertaking a trip to Sabarimala are expected to follow.

A poster of ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’. (Supplied)

While the story has characters that have evolved to drive home the point that men are monsters, women are victims and that marriage is an institution through which men exploit women, it has some fine performances coming in from its actors.

Aishwarya Rajesh, who plays the daughter-in-law, does a mighty fine job of portraying the pain of a woman who has no respite from the monotonous and strenuous lifestyle that women lead.

She does justice to her part. One, invariably, can relate to her character and empathise with it.

Poster Nandhakumar, who plays the father-in-law, delivers an equally impressive performance.

The film is of relatively short duration but comes across as long because of the repetitive sequences that are necessary to make the point the filmmaker is looking to convey.

In all, Kannan’s The Great Indian Kitchen comes across as a film that might not be everybody’s cup of tea.

(Views expressed are personal.)

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தயாரிப்பு - ஆர்டிசி மீடியா இயக்கம் - கண்ணன் இசை - ஜெர்ரி சில்வஸ்டர் வின்சென்ட் நடிப்பு - ஐஸ்வர்யா ராஜேஷ், ராகுல் ரவீந்திரன் வெளியான தேதி - 3 பிப்ரவரி 2023 நேரம் - 1 மணி நேரம் 36 நிமிடம் ரேட்டிங் - 2.5/5 மலையாளத்தில் வெளிவந்த 'தி கிரேட் இந்தியன் கிச்சன்' படத்தை அப்படியே தமிழுக்கு ரீமேக் செய்துள்ளார்கள். கொரானோ காரணமாக மலையாளத்தில் ஓடிடியில் இப்படத்தை வெளியிட்டார்கள். அவர்களே ஓடிடியில் வெளியிட்ட படத்தை தமிழில் வெறும் 1 மணி நேரம் 36 நிமிடங்கள் மட்டுமே படமாக்கி தியேட்டர்களில் வெளியிட்டிருப்பது ஆச்சரியம்தான். ஓடிடிக்கு உண்டான 'கன்டென்ட்', தியேட்டர்களில் எப்படி வரவேற்பு கிடைக்கும் என்பதைப் பொறுத்திருந்தே பார்க்க வேண்டும். ஒரு ரீமேக் படத்தில் இயக்குனருக்கு பெரிய வேலையில்லை. ஒரிஜனல் படத்தைக் கெடுக்காமல் அதே உணர்வுடன் கொடுப்பதே பெரிய விஷயம்தான். தமிழுக்காக சில மாற்றங்களைச் செய்துள்ளார் இயக்குனர் கண்ணன். குறிப்பாக கதாநாயகனின் குடும்பப் பின்னணி. அது தமிழில் ஒட்டவேயில்லை.

ஆசிரியராக இருக்கும் ராகுல் ரவீந்திரன், ஐஸ்வர்யா ராஜேஷ் இருவருக்கும் திருமணம் நடக்கிறது. புகுந்த வீட்டிற்கு வந்ததும் மாமியார் அவரது மகள் டெலிவரிக்காக ஊருக்குச் சென்றுவிடுகிறார். இதனால் வீட்டு பொறுப்புகளை ஐஸ்வர்யா பார்க்க ஆரம்பிக்கிறார். கணவருக்கு ஒரு விதமான சமையல், மாமனாருக்கு வேறு விதமான சமையல் என அவரது வாழ்க்கை சமையல் அறைக்குள்ளேயே நகர்கிறது. பெண் என்பவள் வீட்டை மட்டுமே நிர்வகிக்க வேண்டும் என்கிறார்கள் மாமனாரும் கணவரும். ஒரு கட்டத்தில் அது ஐஸ்வர்யாவுக்கு கடும் வெறுப்பைத் தருகிறது. அப்போது அவர் என்ன முடிவு எடுக்கிறார் என்பதுதான் படத்தின் கதை. மலையாளத்தில் நாயகன், நாயகி ஆகியோரது குடும்பங்களை ஒரு சராசரி நடுத்தரக் குடும்பமாகவே காட்டியிருப்பார்கள். ஆனால், தமிழில் இருவரது குடும்பத்தையும் பணக்காரக் குடும்பமாகக் காட்டியிருக்கிறார்கள். அதே போலத்தான் கதாபாத்திரங்களும். இந்தப் படத்தைப் பொறுத்தவரையில் ஐஸ்வர்யா ராஜேஷ் தேர்வு மட்டும்தான் பொருத்தமாக இருக்கிறது. மற்றபடி ராகுல் ரவீந்திரன் உள்ளிட்ட மற்றவர்களின் தேர்வு பொருத்தமாக அமையவில்லை. ஒரே ஒரு காட்சியில் எதற்காக யோகி பாபு வந்து போகிறார் என்றே தெரியவில்லை. மலையாளத்தில் இருந்த அந்த உணர்வு, தமிழில் கொஞ்சம் கூட வரவில்லை. அதில் கதாநாயகனாக நடித்த சூரஜ் வெஞ்சாரமூடு மீது கடும் வெறுப்பும், கதாநாயகியாக நடித்த நிமிஷா சஜயன் மீது ஒரு பரிதாபமும் வரும். இதில் அனைத்துமே மிஸ்ஸிங். இம்மாதிரியான கதையெல்லாம் டிப்பிக்கல் மலையாள சினிமாக்களுக்கு மட்டுமே பொருந்தும். தி கிரேட் இந்தியன் கிச்சன் - கிச்சன் மட்டுமே…

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In this The Great Indian Kitchen film, Aishwarya Rajesh , Rahul Ravindran played the primary leads.

The The Great Indian Kitchen was released in theaters on 03 Feb 2023.

The The Great Indian Kitchen was directed by R Kannan

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The Great Indian Kitchen is a 2023 Indian movie directed by R Kannan starring Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahul Ravindran and Yogi Babu. Music for the Movie is composed by Jerry Silverster Vincent.

A newly-married woman struggles to adjust to her husband's conservative family. Will she turn into a submissive daughter-in-law, or will she find the courage to leave?

Director: R Kannan Music Director: Jerry Silverster Vincent Song Lyrics Writer: Kabilan Vairamuthu Sound Designer: S Sivakumar Cinematographer: Balasubramaniam Editor: Leo John Paul Art Designer: Rajkumar

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