The social realism of the film reflects a point of view widely prevalent among the intelligentsia of the period. ![]() Both the leads (Madhu and Sarada) have given powerful performances well supported by the remaining cast. ![]() This is Adoor's first film and we find the mastery and restraint of his maturer work evident only as a future promise.But this is a slice of reality, scary, painful and bitter in which we can see our own reflections. First the spirit breaks an then the body. Many a ruffian eyes Seetha lasciviously and maintaining respectability on an empty pocket is as difficult as bodily survival. He can't publish a book he has written and loses his first job as a zoology lecturer. The little money they have is running out and the wolf in many garbs is snarling. A few days of honeymooning in a humble but respectable motel soon ends and life begins it's nose dive.Thet are educated and probably hope to make a living but this is not to be. Vishwam and Seetha elope from their village and we are introduced to them on a seemingly endless journey through the rural landscapes of this lush riverine state. The middle class has the worst of all worlds because it doesn't know where it belongs. ![]() Poverty becomes unbearable if you are severed from your roots of family and village in such a society. This powerful film is set in such a milieu. Poverty is a disease and in many parts of the world it has epidemic proportions.
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