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Film: #Vaashi (meaning: Persistent vow) #Malayalam
Genre: Courtroom Drama Runtime: 120 mins
Rating: * * *
Cast: #AnuMohan #KeerthySuresh #TovinoThomas #KottayamRamesh #MayaVishwanath #Nandu #Baiju #MayaMenon #RonyDavid
Director/Co-writer: #VishnuRaghav
Story: #JanizChackoSimon
Music: #KailasMenon Cinematography: #RobyVargheseRaj Editor:#MaheshNarayanan ArtDirection: #MaheshSridhar CostumeDesign: #DivyaGeorge
#UrvasiTheatres #Netflix
A courtroom drama that exposes the schisms in the concept and perception of ‘consent’ for sex before marriage while juxtaposing that aspect with an ego and courtroom drama between two opposing lawyers who happen to be recently married to each other. While ‘Vaashi’ sloganeers on feminism that is equal for all genders (as appealed by advocate Madhavi in defense of the accused in a 375A charge) it fails to go beyond that tokenism. Nevertheless, the narrative is a neatly drawn, swiftly enacted drama that finds resolution in a courtroom rather than outside it. The courtroom arguments are rooted and deeper than the dissonance between Madhavi and her husband Public Prosecutor Ebin Mathew. Both Keerthy Suresh and Tovino Thomas perform with convincing amiability and make this half-hearted attempt more appealing than it deserves to be.
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