Great Indian Kitchen

True. I do agree on this.
Arranged marriages are tough
Love marriages also end up in Trouble sometimes.
The whole indian marriage setup is tough
Lots of adjustments needed to make it work.

 

I had seen these types of kitchen in many of my relatives houses.Many use smoke free wood stove for rice cooking or any other slow cooking.my BIL used to hand wash his shirts because he doesn't like washing machine and my sis never budged .. after many years he adapted to washing his clothes in the machine..
The movie is real for many women in India.

 

No. It may not be familiar for urban people. If you are living in a flat/ apartment, its not easy to connect with it. But in rural , traditional homes still similar situation can be found. Majority are facing same in one way or other. I agree that girls should know what they want. In this movie she is into reputed family with educated people, who will imagine such a nightmare. Most families still marry girls off instead of allowing her to chase their dreams.

In Kerala flat culture is not that common even now. In Indusladies itself you will many question on menstrution and pooja restrictions, when we know its just a natural phenomenon . There are so many documentary on menstrual homes in India, Nepal etc..so in traditional houses there are seperate rooms, especially hindu homes. Time changed. Not many are following traditions, but in some homes still its followed. In my home, my mother used old ways similar to the movie for grinding and instead of using mixer/ grinder to preserve taste. So I can relate to it in many ways. I think every one have something to relate to the life in this movie. The movie is named ' the great indian kitchen' even though Kerala traditional joint family is shown there. The kitchen scenes are very realistic. Even though we have adapted to modern tools situation is still same( read some recent posts here, PILs order, DIL have to follow) .

Every where in a patrarchial society women is supposed following traditions without asking questions. They don't have option when they are dependent. I liked the scene where the heroine ask her brother to get water by himself, when mother is still spoilng son by treating him special by following traditional behavior. So the resolution should start in each home by treating both genenders in equal way. Also by educating sons on how to treat women in respectable way.

 

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I dont think so. It was a nuclear family before sons marriage. It became a joint family when sons spouse join him and his parents. In this forum we often use the word joint family when in-laws stay with son and family.
In this movie MIL is shown as very supportive. Everyone is calm. But can see passive aggressive behavior very well, especially from the husband

 

Large exodus of Keralites began their shifting to greener parts of India and the world as well a generation before. Nurses of Kerala in gulf and Sodhi, masons in Kuwait and Dubai, many educated in foreign lands and so the generation next all already beyond the traditions and there could be a negligible percentage of orthodox might be still holding to archaic practices.

The picture is taken with these traditional practices which are not in vogue only serve the people to know” how life for daughters” in good old days.

In MHO, It doesn’t convey in the form OF NEW ideas for betterment of daughters of Kerala or women as a whole & so it could be concluded as a wasteful of resources.