Ore Kadal

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Ore Kadal

Directed by	Shyamaprasad
Produced by	Vindhayan
Written by	Shyamaprasad
Starring	Mammotty, Narain, Meera Jasmine, Ramya Krishnan
Music by	Ouseppachan
Cinematography	Alagappan
Editing by	Vinod Sukumaran
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
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Ore Kadal is 2007 Indian film directed by Shyamaprasad. The title translates to "The Sea Within". The film examines the extra martial relationship between an intellectual economist and a housewife. The film stars Mammootty, Meera Jasmin, Narain, and Ramya Krishnan.

Ore Kadal was chosen as the inaugural film of the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India.^[1]

[edit] Plot

The film is based on Sunil Gangopadhyay’s novel Hirak Deepthi. Dr. S.R. Nathan (Mammootty) is a world-renowned professor of Economics. A theorist to the core, he always harps on his pet topics of poverty and developmental issues that concern the third world. He is a loner who hits the bottle. Not a womanizer though, in his own terms, he loves their company.

But his close friend Bella (Remya Krishnan) is more practical. She tries to identify herself with some of the stark realities of life.

Deepthi (Meera Jasmine) is a housewife who stays in the same apartment complex with her husband (Narain) and son. Her husband is on the lookout for a job. On his persuasion, Deepthi approaches Nathan.

Their chance encounter ends up in a complex relationship. But Nathan is unperturbed and quite unmindful of his ways. While Deepthi gets a feeling of guilt, Nathan just shoos it away. In fact, he is working on a book on middle class attitudes and notions. Yet, when confronted with real questions, Nathan loses ground — a reference to the pseudo-intellectual image.

Here, the director closely examines the disturbing relationship between two individuals. Deepthi is not able to pull herself away from Nathan.

The undercurrents in the minds of Deepti and Nathan, their tormented souls turbulent as the sea are captured on frame dexterously by Alagappan, the cameraman. Though the film does not give any direct message, it does hint at what makes or breaks a relationship.