Director: G.S. Panicker; Writer: Sethu, G.S. Panicker; Producer: G.S. Panicker; Cinematographer: Diwakara Menon; Editor: Suresh Babu; Cast: Jamila, Appu, James, Master Deepak
Duration: 01:14:57; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 5.187; Saturation: 0.084; Lightness: 0.301; Volume: 0.169; Cuts per Minute: 14.302
Summary: Based on Sethu’s magic-realist novel adapted
by the author to the screen, the film refuses to
make clear distinctions between quasi-realist,
fantastic and symbolic registers of fiction. It
tells of a woman teacher in her 30s, Devi
(Jamila), whose young son keeps asking
questions about his absent father. Devi often
loses herself in fantasies which appear to come
true. She spends much time on the station
platform of the small village, awaiting the
arrival of a man from Pandavapuram (it is left
unclear whether such a place exists). Someone
turns up called Jaran (Appu), meaning ‘lover’.
Jaran claims to know her and to want to renew
their friendship. As the villagers, and especially
Devi’s friend Unni (James), put pressure on
Jaran to leave, Devi locks him in her house.
One night, dressed in red, she frenziedly rapes
him claiming to be the avenging goddess
Durga. The morning after, Jaran vanishes and
everybody claims no such man ever arrived in
the village. Devi then recommences her ritual
of waiting on the station platform.
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