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Every Indian family must probably watch this. A little over exaggerated but problem is still real in many of the families around. But showing a leaking sink as a serious problem n an educated lady not able to get a plumber on her own were quite illogical. Climax could have been better. However, a sensitive realistic topic worth a watch definitely. Avilable on Zee5 in all South Indian languages.

My ratings 6/10!

Every Indian family must probably watch this. A little over exaggerated but problem is still real in many of the families around. But showing a leaking sink as a serious problem n an educated lady not able to get a plumber on her own were quite illogical. Climax could have been better. However, a sensitive realistic topic worth a watch definitely. Avilable on Zee5 in all South Indian languages. My ratings 6/10!

Director R.kannan intentions are pure,just want to give a clear msg to the male chuvanistic propaganda that remains tagged as family head for ages in the past or be it future,keeps subtle and serves as a faithful to the original.... Aishwarya Rajesh holds the key of the movie,her performance will definitely fetch her some household name among female audiences and is a milestone in her career... Rahul Ravindran is not upto the mark remains as a mute spectator in viewers point of view especially emotion or anger situation seems to be pale and calm expression Overall a worthy package to watch out that serves a must see verdict or remake for every indian language...

This is a pure waste of time movie- except for cooking and cleaning utensils and other house hold chores there is nothing much to be seen; it would have been better and a more useful story line if the heroine has some meaningful conversations and bring about a change in her husband and FIL rather than just leaving to her ambitions alone.

Am surprised in this day and age how a newly wed does all the works, doesn't bring up basic necessities in the house, doesn't even try to put forth any of her views but becomes rebellious at the end- doesn't help anyone.

Except for mockery of couple of age old traditions which may still be followed in some households there is no attempt to reason or have a conversation to bring about change.

The movie focuses on stigmatising the Indian traditions, so pointlessly that it becomes at some point sordid to watch the movie.

Add to this the recent controversy of women entering Sabarimala temple and the poor movie maker thought, it might be the perfect recipe for a controversy.

Throw in a little menstrual fluid, they might thought, the movie will get a PIL notice at least and viewership of the movie on OTT at least is guaranteed.

At some point, little did they realise that harping on a point too much makes it stale.

I am sorry for Aishwarya to have undertaken such movies. Would be a blow to her career.

Perhaps the British should have stayed for another 100 years! Awful tradition which some families in India still adhere to. A. Rajesh played it like a pro! She is amazing. I just wanted her to set fire to the house together will all those idiots in black robe pretending they know it all. Women rights is still far behind. We might be sending satellites into space but our beliefs are still archaic.

Time to leave behind all this useless traditions and include our women to be in the frontline. If we don not respect our women then who will.

Good movie, a bit short. Yogi could have been used more to give more humour. Anyway fantastic story.

One of the worst movies ever made.

The content is purely based on feminism but if you look at the characterization of the female protagonist, you'd feel that that character is fully baseless and doesn't really connect with us at all.

So many sequences in the film are deliberately injected just to portray that females are actually being used only for kitchen work which could've been easily avoided by presenting some justification from the male characters' side as well but they just avoided it totally and it made us feel like watching an artificially made film just to showcase one's opinion and provides no actual solution to the problem as well, especially the climax of the film was just absurd.

The one good thing wrt male characterization that gave a tiny bit of justification was wrt the father-in-law's characters who're the people from the previous generation against whom these kinda films are actually made.

Overall, if you're a feminist and really want to get your brain drained with a single point of view kind of an opinion, then this film is for you but if you really are a seeker of equality then it's an easily avoidable one.

A story too real and sort of leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but an eye-opener. Anyone who denies that it has an "anti-religious agenda" or "destroying tradition" definitely portray who they relate to in the movie, and are sadly confusing religion and mysogyny.

While some may say its targeting a certain ethnic group, I do not hesitate to say that it carries a message that goes beyond borders and touches everyone.

The movie captures the contrast between the beautiful Kerala and the ugly face of mysogyny and hypocrasy of the people. We used this movie as a starting point to open discussion around gender roles and stereotypes.

It may be good first half showing the poorness of a newly married wife but the second half is very disappointing. Any hindu women will definitely know how to be in time of periods and what to do. Is the m and c women goes against their cultures? Very worst film ever!! Unnecessarily dragged sabarimala issue and finally she left her husband and went on, what to do 😒 Our Indian culture is not like western, if you get a problem to breakup and move on. Every family has its own problems they need to solve by discussing openly with each other. Yes may be the male domination is not right as in movie, she has to question them not to insult them and insult culture.

Some film makers seem to think that they can get away with portraying rubbish and pass it off as a pathbreaking effort- such is this film. It presents a family and a way of life that is set supposedly in the present but which is so unnatural as to be irrelevant to any point in the history of the Tamil region. It presents two good for nothing men scavenging on the efforts of two extremely stressed and overworked women- one of whom in the mother in law and the other is a young wife. There are enough sore thumbs in the social fabric to push the daughter in law to the brink but the film maker brings in an unconnected issue of Sabarimala and makes it pivotal to the daughter in law's exit from the marriage.

The film is clearly agenda driven with the clear motive to demean a particular religion, a way of life. The grotesque and callous misinterpretation of customs and practices have only one thing in mind - the destruction of a valued tradition which is totally condemnable.

It has become common for directors to blindly, take a point about women and just throw it on public. One more movie towards feminism as it portrays always one-sided picture. Wondering that being a mother, they don't feel burden but everything becomes problem as a daughter in law. However, both are women.

Movie just shows something that gives an impression that male dominance is creating problems.

Aishwarya's acting is good as usual but keep on coming up with the same content is kind of making things out of track. Every show and every movie is like copy cat content where some category of women can applaud.

The Great Indian Kitchen is a representation of most of the middle class family of India. The direction of the movie is fantastic that if we watch the full movie with our most focused mind we will be forced to withdraw our attention from the movie and here is the greatness of the movie that we can feel the regular boring and as well as hard life of a woman in a so called patriarchal society. Another movie titled "Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hai" is also represent this type of critical environment but with a mixture of spices of comedy and unreality but this movie does not lack that thing. It has every element that can meet us the face to face with the absolute reality of women's condition in most of the world.

One of the significant issues I found with the movie was its perpetuation of harmful stereotypes about Indian housewives. It resorted to clichés, depicting them as submissive, devoid of aspirations, and solely defined by their roles within the household. This portrayal not only undermines the strength and resilience of countless Indian women but also fails to acknowledge the multitude of talents and ambitions they possess beyond their domestic duties.

It is disheartening to witness a film that chooses to insult rather than appreciate and celebrate the diverse tapestry of Indian women's lives. Indian housewives play integral roles in our society, embodying strength, resilience, and love. They deserve to be portrayed with sensitivity, authenticity, and dignity.

I hope that future films will approach such subjects with the respect and understanding they deserve, fostering a more accurate and empowering representation of Indian housewife culture. Let us celebrate the incredible contributions and the stories of Indian women with the depth and nuance they warrant.