Adaminte Variyellu (1983) User Reviews

Malayalam cinema's golden age

[sajadanizer · 8/10 · 26 September 2019]

KG George explores the lives of two very different women, living in two very different marital relationships and how they endure two seemingly different sets of problems. The title of the movie refers to the Biblical belief that the first woman was created by God from the ribs of Adam, and the movie portrays how the men in their lives drive these women to their tragic climaxes.

The Best one

[sudhakaranakhilan · 8/10 · 14 October 2023]

I am cursing myself for not watching this film early. As a film enthusiast and a movie buff, I should have watched this brilliant film from my favorite director K G George, but somehow it didn't happen, and now I cracked it. No more words to say, It's omnipotent. I don't want to add this to the best feminist film apart from that I just add this to the best film. Adaminte Variyellu broke some of the conventional patterns of storytelling. The film goes simultaneously into the life of three characters, female characters directly but can see some other female representations. Alice, Vasanthy, and Ammini are the respective characters. Alice belongs to an elite family but her marital life is not very happy, Vasanthy is a government employee alike Alice her family life is not happy, Ammini is a servant in Alice's house. She has to leave the house because she was impregnated by Mamachan, Alice's husband. These are the basic things about the three characters. Apart from them, I want to point to the other three characters but I do not remember their names. One is Alice's daughter, she reaches puberty when the film progresses. Mamachan sends his son to a well-reputed school but his daughter is studying in a local school. Why should girls study? Is the ideology of Mamachan. At Vasanthy's house, there is her mother-in-law who always complains about her daughter-in-law. We can see her at the sit-out every time, looking into a newspaper or reciting some divine books. She is an exact example of a patriarchal community. Whether her son doesn't have a job, she supports him and stands against Vasanthy along with him. The third person is the other servant in Alice's house. She is an experienced maid, who is well experienced and knows everything (in the sense of the approach of the owners to them). She understood Alice's daughter's puberty for the first time. She also advises Ammini when she is impregnated by Mamachan. I also like the end of the film. Alice's and Vasanthy's life went into tragedy but Ammini is seeking and arising for freedom. She influences all of the other ladies to break the chain that is locked around them. She shows signs of positivity. I feel happy to see the vintage K G George at the end of the film where all the ladies don't bother about the camera. The director himself was amused by this and that was seen clearly on his face.