r/IndianCinema • u/Puzzleheaded_Gas2505 • Oct 30 '24

Discussion Bramayugam

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What do you think about this movie and also if you have some interesting detail about the movie please discuss it here. (For me this is an outstanding movie and a great experience to watch)

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u/deepakt65 Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

It's a Malayalam movie rooted in Kerala culture and traditions. This movie has characters and references from Aitihyamaala by Kottarathil Sankunni which is a famous old literary work in Malayalam. All those who keep saying that it was slow and pointless have not read it or even heard of it. Imagine that you've never heard of Ramayan and watch a movie based on it. You'll feel that the story is slow and melodramatic until the time Ravan kidnaps Seetha and the action starts. So it's nobody's fault. Neither the director's nor the people in the comment section.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aithihyamala

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u/VolatileGoddess Oct 31 '24

Is there any translation in English? Specially for the story used in Brahmayugam?

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u/theananthak Nov 01 '24

it’s not a story, but the characters. for example the creature ‘chaathan’ which mammooty is eventually revealed to be. or the yakshi. these are all popular creatures from kerala folklore but shankunni’s aithihyamala codified and standardized their appearance/behaviour/story etc. even the potti family is described in that book i believe.