Ammachiyemba Nenapu

Thanks to Covid I am getting to watch some series and parallel movies alike.  I discovered this gem amongst some others like “Kavalu Daaru”, “Mundina Nildana”, “Godhi Banna, Sadharana Mai Kattu” etc.

To begin, I salute the makers to have brought such an interesting story to mainstream audience.  Thank you Champa Shetty for daring to make this movie.

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I am not attempting to write the review but an honest attempt to pen my thoughts surrounding the movie after I watched it.  I watched this movie twice and I may consider watching it many more times.  Until, I know longer feel the lump in my throat when Akku’s dad finally gives up on her helplessly.

To me, the plight of Puttammatte is beyond any words can describe. Is it like she was never destined to be happy at all?

The 3^rd protagonist gives me something to hope for.  Ammachi finally has the last laugh.  That really made me happy.

The movie makes me clench my teeth towards some characters in the movie.  Also makes me wonder, if this is the prize many women are paying only because the men around them are either dominating or atrociously egoistic?  This is not the story of the past or current, this has been going on across classes, culture and continents may be.  The common thread is all about woman should dare not have a voice.

When will this outrage end? What kind of message are we teaching our younger generations?  As a keen reader of history, I cannot fathom why should this be so complex?  Who gives this superiority to one gender?   I cannot help to sympathize all the wonderful women we lost due to certain monstrosities around them.

As I write this, there is only one thought.  Let there be no tear in any woman’s eye which is not worth rolling down her cheeks.  May there not be any wounds in any woman’s mind that needs some suture. May there not be unsaid words locked up behind her lips that needs a caring heart. Above all, may there not be any woman who feels the need of freedom from her own shackles. 

Peace, Universe.  Give them peace. 

Life's Irony

We walked for fun

10 kms on foot doubled up as a fitness challenge

The start was pleasant with fresh air

The chatter added to the zeal

Midway through, one in the group asked “how long”

Others chide, just that bend there

What a relief, sighed the other

There awaited our treat for the task

Soon, the sun had his tricks up his sleeve

Which caught the delicate darlings by surprise

This is it, one gave up

The others chimed like a dominos pile

The fun was gone 

The sweat was talking

The absence of water made the brows rise

This is not what we signed up, cried the damsel

The über or Ola or an auto was just a call away

All that it meant was the end of the ordeal

It is easy as that.. a phone and money in the wallet

To bounce back to happiness in jiffy

Few minutes and the drive began

The AC blowing into the face was a saviour

Oh, we couldn’t complete our 10K, winked one

Forget it, we don’t have to, relieved us of our guilt

Back home, meant people awaiting the return

How about a Latte or a Lemonade were the choices

The shower didn’t felt as good 

The so called pain lasted just for few minutes

Still tired, the cushion on bed was inviting

The soft pillow felt like heaven

The fresh air was adding bliss

What a blessed life

The peace was short lived when a thought crawled

What about all the other brothers & sisters on the road

How different am I from them

We are same, screamed an inner voice

Both in spirit and at heart

Life, can you be fair please

Not a single person deserved

The ordeal they are going through

We all failed them, collectively

Each life matters

Just that one person was a world

To the lonely mother awaiting the return

Cursing why the poverty stuck like a stubborn child

I could no longer breathe in peace

Turning away from such stories

Wasn’t a solution

The reality still stayed

It has stayed on….

Let peace prevail

In everyone’s life

And more Smiles.