Prabhuvinte Makkal

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Prabhuvinte Makkal
Directed by Sajeevan Anthikad
Produced by M. Sindhu
Written by Sajeevan Anthikad
Starring Vinay Forrt
Swasika
Madhu
Kalabhavan Mani
Salim Kumarjijoy
Music by arakkal Nandakumar& Joy cheruvathur
Cinematography Manoj Narayanan&Manju Lal
Studio Free Thought Cinema
Distributed by Free thought cinema
Release dates
  • October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)
Running time 174 min ( 2 hours 54 minutes )
Country India
Language Malayalam

Prabhuvinte Makkal is a 2012 Malayalam drama film directed by Sajeevan Anthikkad, starring Vinay Forrt,Jijoy Swasika and Madhu. The film is a brave attempt to handle a controversial theme, Atheism and have some insights into the religious thoughts.

Prabhuvinte Makkal is the debutant venture of Sajeevan Anthikkad, who has some previous experience in documentary films. The story is loosely based on the life of a real person, who was known for his atheist views.[1]

Plot

The film centres around a septuagenarian industrialist called Dayadananda Prabhu (Madhu). He has two sons, Mani (Jijoy)and Siddhartha (Vinay Fort). Mani is a confirmed atheist. But Siddhartha, in spite of being a physics student, and completing post-graduation in it with high rank, is more into spiritualism and oriental occult. Prabhu wants Siddhartha to marry Devika (Swaasika) his classmate, and join the same college as lecturer. But by this time, Sidhartha is hopelessly enamored by spiritualism and the works of Fritjof Kapra, the Austrian born American physicist. He suddenly leaves home to Hrishikesh, the sacred place of Hindus; he is in search of a guru who can teach him Ashtasiddhi (The eight divine yogic powers).

Siddhartha spends almost seven years in Hrishikesh and comes across many divine men and gurus there. At the end of his spiritual wanderings, he achieves ‘realisation’ – of the dark and diabolic side of spiritual industry, and returns home as a totally changed man. Coming back to his village after eleven years, Siddhartha is overwhelmed at the sight of religious revival in his society. Even Prabhu who was once an irreligious man has become the devotee of a god man (Prakash Bare). He is also pleasantly surprised to know that Devika still remains unmarried as she could never forget him.

Prabhu is about to hand over 60 acres of his land to the god man to build a super specialty hospital. Siddhartha is very upset with the developments. Before transferring the assets Prabhu dies in a car accident in mysterious circumstances. For the first time in his life, Siddhartha is forced into action. With the staunch support and help of his brother Mani, and Devika, Sidhartha unravels the dark truth behind his father's death. In this effort, he is supported by the timely and honest efforts of Adithya (Kalabhavan Mani), the Deputy Superintendent of Police.

The film exposes the institution called religion that has thrived by spreading fear and darkness, and creating divisions between human beings for thousands of years. Despite its inhumanity, the huge tree of religion still survives spreading its tentacles into the nook and corners of life, stifling human enlightenment and progress. This film is a valiant attempt to pull the veils off institutionalized religions, a passionate appeal to human reason and freedom.

Cast

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com rated the film and said that the film "has some interesting insights into religious thought but peters out along the way." He concluded his review writing, "On the whole, Prabhuvinte Makkal, turns out to be a let down because it promised a lot before the release."[2]

On the other-hand so many youngsters from all over kerala has only good to say about the film.[3]

Film's facebook fan page is full of good reviews on the film

References

  1. Prakash, Asha (March 17, 2012). "Prabhuvinte Makkal is based on a real person". The Times of India. Retrieved October 26, 2012. 
  2. "Review: Prabhuvinte Makkal is a let down"
  3. "Review: Prabhuvinte Makkal is a must see film for all Mallus"
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