Did you notice that the characters didn't have a name. It was on purpose showing that they are very common, and can be from any Indian family

Feeling lag...? This is the everyday life of a woman. This is a must watch.

Movie starts with "Thanks science"

I felt like I got a slap.. becoz I never even noticed how bitterly my mother was suffering all through her whole day... The movie is a Great slap for the Indian patriarchal society and its supporters!!

This underrated gem needs to be talked about. Thank you jammy for shifting your schedule to talk about this.👍

Actually malayalam industry has been shining from decades but its now because of Internet and accessibility to such content that people are knowing about this awesome industry.

Being a malayali , this is one of the moments I feel glad that our cinema is spoken out of our linguistic minorities and towards a wider audience ... thanks to you jammy, for being enthusiastic over malayalam art and cinimatic works and kudos to you for being genuinely updated

This movie hits harder than all the hindi movies produced in 2020 alone

Fun fact: Nimisha never uses make-up in her movies

Jammy always supports underrated content that deserves the spotlight! This is why I watch him :)

i remember getting disgusted on taking my husband's plate to wash and when i told him that he said whats so disgusting in picking up what we just ate ( this happened in my in-laws place) and once we were back to our place i intentionally asked him to pick my plate after we ate and now he gets the point why i was disgusted. Maybe we should start teaching women how to stand up and deal with these kind of situations

None of the Characters in the movie have a Name..yes !! Its you ,me ,your neighbour,my neighbour....literally every indian house!!! Thats why this movie is so hard hitting!!

Bollywood: lets remake this with Akshay Kumar and Kareena kapoor in a luxury household. 😁

The complete frustration is fully expressed in that final roar at her brother "why cannot he take and drink the water". An art film with a hard hitting message. An instant classic.

Suraj Venjaramoodu is a terrific actor he won the National Award for Best Actor in 2014 for “Names Unknown “

"a free servant who pays a huge amount before starting the slavery"

This is Oscar material. Really. As for me, the guilt stirred up was so strong that I had to stop the movie in between, absorb the pain, and then resume the movie after a lapse of time. Almost felt convicted. But, I feel proud as a Malayalee that the Malayalam movie industry has truly come of age.

When suraj acts in a non comedy movie you got to watch it

Even Telangana IT & Industry Minister KTR couldn't resist to praise the Malayalam films, In an interview, said he watched around 50 Malayalam films during lockdown and blown away by their quality filmmaking. ❤👏👌👌Love to Jammy from Telangana ❤🙏😘😊

To all cinephiles here, let's give regional cinema the recognition it deserves, so that the world will recognise INDIAN CINEMA and not just Bollywood. With Jallikattu being India's official entry for the Oscars, we can definitely say that regional films do have a larger audience now. Let's continue that.

The film is a tight slap in the face of the men belonging to this patriarchal society (including me)

She took the courage to speak up. But in reality most women just keep silence. Even your family wont support you to react.

As we Tamilans...We always respecting Malayalees and Mollywood 🌴... "THE GREAT SALUTE TO MOLLYWOOD" ✔️💯........

The most irritated question in the entire film which I felt is when the guest came and they made food after that when nimisha is invited to play cards with them she said she have work in kitchen.the guest asking what is the work left we did all the work? This is life of many..Happy to see such a realistic film without leaving any points and making any scene out of focus to please audience ,be it the continues scenes of washing the dishes dirty kitchen slabs and cooking shots.. Everything is real life.. Yes it's a film like a cctv footage of many house

Hats off to Jeo Baby for creating such a masterpiece, his guts to encroach such a touchy topic is praise worthy indeed👍👏

The turning point in the wife's mind was when she realized that the husband didn't have affection for her: 'I should feel something towards you for foreplay..'. She was just there to fulfill the role of wife, it could easily be someone else. That is sort of what the last scenes suggested.

Heroines of mainstream Movies like Nimisha are not wearing make-ups if not required, but the people in Serials (soap operas) are still putting up make-ups while in their homes as if everyday is their wedding day! 🤭😏

Movie starts with 'thank science' not 'thank god'

Even if any of those kitchen scenes felt repetitive or boring, it is the success of the movie. That's exactly what the director was trying to imply. How boring the reality of a housewife's daily life is😩🙌

If someone asks me the reason for divorce one more time, I will ask them to watch this movie and find the answer. Jeo Baby has done a phenomenal job 🙌 Thanks for being the voice for the voiceless, and thanks to you Jammy for this review 🙏

Everyone should watch this film through NEE STREAM instead of watching from a pirated website.Its the least respect we can show to the team behind this masterpiece.

The changes we deserve to see on screen. Malayalam cinema has come a long way in shaping the outlook of modern moviegoers. Great video Jammy ❤❤❤

The irony is that in this movie husband character played by Suraj is a Sociology teacher Edit: `When u wake up laying in bed, looking into the kitchen, saying "coffee" to wife or mother and sitting there and asking "What's for breakfast?" Society sees its normal. A patriarchal society taught that all those works are women's jobs. That Patriarchal lesson being questioned is the beginning of the change. When I saw The Great Indian Kitchen and seeing some comments below supporting the lead male character by Suraj I felt relevant because it showed me how a male ego works. When the wife pointed out a mistake of her husband, it gets ego hurt apologizes to her, stabbing her later on the name of it..The film was made by the people who destroyed the whole country by declaring menstruation is pure. Wives are not the robots who paint the bolt with grease to make it up. to wash underwear, to take all the things they say, to lay down when a man wants to give it to them. A bird in the cage should be made to understand that it is in bondage. Putting that bird in the cage should be made to understand that the society which is looking very normal is wrong. If you want to unlearn something that has been going on for centuries a society should grow the thought that this program is wrong.

I watched this after your review. I became addicted to Malayalam films because of the review you did earlier. For that, thank you. The Malayalam film industry deserves to be highly regarded in the society. Because they present very interesting facts in a realistic way in the form of movies. Thank you for bringing this industry to the spotlight. I hope other reviewers follow your lead

If you observe your own homes even with a little bit of awareness, you will be confronted with nuances of ghastly sexism which undermines the gender equality notion in your head; it has ceased to exist in the society all around the world many many centuries ago.. I have started to ❤️ malyali cinema through subtitles! This is art, genuine honest raw portrayal. That is why it is so beautiful!

I seriously hope they dub this in all languages especially in India since this is a universal story.

മലയാളികൾ ഇണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഒന്ന് ഹാജർ അമർത്തണെ

I hugged my mom after watching the movie and thanked her. I feel sorry for all the house wives who are not appreciated for their contribution. I salute you, hands down.

The moment she walked out of the dark, closed up house out into the open air with the sun shining bright was like a bird truly set free from her cage.

Dude. Malayalam movies are just damn good. There is rarely any Masala power movie. They also not worship their stars like neighbouring states. Keralite are really Educated. Damn I love Kerala already.

Kerala is Jewell in crown of India. Love from Lucknow

എന്താ പറയുക.....ithokke കേൾക്കുമ്പോ oru സുഖം ❤️❤️

This movie set the standards of being realistic on a whole new level.

Did anyone notice that the Movie begin with 'thank science' instead of thank god..

Bollywood directors at least need to take a walk in the villages of up, Bihar, Jharkhand etc India is not confined to Mumbai or goa

The most common similarity between Malayalam and Korean movies is their presentation is not flashy. Simple and engaging screenplay is the strength.

Everything talking KGF nd Coolie No one talks these Real Gems...

The scene when she shouts on her brother to take his own glass of water was her entire frustration she carries through out the movie and its the answer to her mother. Purely gem 👍

Beyond any doubt it’s best movie industry currently in India. I am from north and i am totally hooked to Malayalam movie industry. Amazing movies. Bollywood should learn from them.

Malayali films are as beautiful as the state itself, god's own films.

Real life example ? Made my mother watch this, dad was sitting besides too. I somehow knew he wouldn't sit through the movie - he anyways wouldn't, and now with kitchen in the title, he especially wouldn't. He watched half an hour and then went outside for a walk with remarks - She ( Me ) makes us watch forcefully. He has often avoided movies like Thappad saying Auraton wali movie. He has changed a lot, now he takes a glass of water himself .. . . sometimes. But seriously, i wished he would see this movie throughout Edit: He saw the scene where the lead gets angry at her brother and tells him to fetch water himself. . he immediately got alert and told me and my sister to not learn from this ( He might be joking )

Mother in law (Ajitha teacher) was my teacher in my school days 😍

You should know that SO MANY MEN IN KERALA AFTER WATCHING THIS MOVIE STARTED TO HELP THEIR MOM AND WIVES. ❤️❤️❤️ Am not lying. It literally brought out change

2020 - Thappad 2021 - The Great Indian Kitchen 👏👏

Sucha a soft spoken villain i nhave never seen in any movies

If you have closely noticed, when she comes out of her husband's house, in the streets all the boy child will be seen playing while their mom doing household chores.

This actually daily life of most of the Indian women.

The wife never complained doing housework. She wasn’t appreciated and lost any motivation. Appreciation doesn’t always mean that you speak words like thanku. Your gestures speak aloud. The husband knows table manners when dining out but refuses to do the same at his home, “ I will do as per my own convenience at my home.” and also demands an apology from his wife for even pointing this out to him. Both men eat like animals on table, leaving mess, wasting food. But their own demands are fresh food, no pressure cooker or mixer grinder, no food from refrigerator. Husband won’t even call a plumber to fix the leaking pipe. He feels disrespected when wife says a foreplay before sex would help her with pain that she experiences. He actually couldn’t accept the fact that she too knows about foreplay as if she’s not supposed to being a woman. She is not allowed to do a job for the only reason that it’s not good for children who were not even born yet. The tradition regarding menstruation just added fuel to fire, and actually helping her to get out of the hell she has been living in. She can’t sleep on bed, enter kitchen, touch anything because she’s unlucky when menstruating. Don’t know what disgusted the men more her menstrual cycles or the dirty water leaking from pipe that she gives them instead of tea. Cooking and doing cleaning in home is not at all bad and can be very enjoyable but appreciation matters.

That little girl!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Perfect review and your review should encourage non-Malayalees to see this film. Unfortunately, the impact is going the wrong way as everybody including Malayalees are thinking such patriarchal life happens only in Kerala just because this film is made in Kerala, while the story is so very true in almost 90% of the household in India. Because just the other day, after seeing the trailer one of my North Indian known person was asking `Kya Kerala mein women ka ye haal hai, koi freedom ya respect nahi'. While I was laughing at his ignorance and wanted to tell that women in Kerala has more identity and get more respect than anywhere in India as compared to especially North, where women are treated just like pets with no voice and freedom even if it is a well educated household. But then I understood the basic mentality issue with Indians. We try to alienate each social issue with some places, community, religion, caste etc. while not accepting and appreciating that its a universal problem and together something need to be done and mindset to change. Kudos to the film maker and team in making such a beautiful film. It is films like these which should have 200 crore business. Yes, Malayalam film industry is churning out best movies and fortunately people of Kerala are accepting such films where neither the hero or heroines are glamorous or shown six packs or shirtless or biceps or ice cream looking faces, but true natural looking beauty whose talent speaks like here that of Nimisha and Suraj. What a performance? I am glad that the Director has not shown the heroine as feminist or the husband as cruel, but in a true way trapped in the upbringing of all of us with traditional circumstances while everybody is good at heart.

The point on the 3 course meal sparked a memory and a moment of hilarity. When I was newly married into a super traditional South Indian Brahmin household, I prepared lunch with Sambar, a spicy brinjal curry, Rasam and veggies and papadam, I was really proud of myself as I never really cooked much and usually it was a one pot meal. I was telling my father in law the menu for lunch, I think I expected some sort of Pat in the back praise. But he said, sure sure this is enough, we can adjust, no need to be fancy. I was speechless ! for a moment and I quickly said that this was the fancy bit of my repertoire and not to expect even this for subsequent meals. Luckily they turned out to be not very fussy 😂

Ooo...I was eagerly waiting for this Jammy❤️❤️Love From Kerala❤️❤️

This was the best film of the year in every aspect. That's how reality should be shown on screen. Raw and touching.

Trivia: No characters in the movie, except the house help Usha and the girl Janaki, have names. Nimisha and Suraj are the actors who play the roles. Absence of names make the film much more universal in sense. Also by giving name and thereby identity to the dalit Usha, the director makes the politics of the film evident. It's very rare to see an empowered dalit woman character in the film whose identity inspires the female lead to take a stand in her life. Interestingly, the film doesn't portray the men as abusive and that's the beauty of the film too. It speaks about the subtle and nuanced characteristics of patriarchy and how it is deeply rooted in everyone. As mentioned in this video, the film is gonna stay for ages...

South films, especially Tamil and Malayalam film industry are so novel and creative in terms of content and natural acting that I feel that the entire film industry should bow here. Even the non-south netizens, from past 6-8 years have grown a liking for these films, Its unsurprising to see numerous telecasts of so many Hindi-dubbed of south Movies in Hindi movie channels over actual Hindi movies. Thanks to OTT platforms we can watch these movies at homes and thanks to youtubers like Jammy 🙏❤ who acknowledge and put reviews of these movies and help them get the appreciation that these movies deserve. Even Telangana IT & Industry Minister KTR couldn't resist to praise the Malayalam films, In an interview, said he watched around 50 Malayalam films during lockdown and blown away by their quality filmmaking. ❤👏👌👌

It's a horror movie mostly shot in kitchen. Villain father in law. A plumber could have fixed the plot temporarily. Must watch specially after lock down

No industry has actors and technicians who are soo talented, natural and down to earth like Malayalam Cinema. This is the way forward. An industry that could be world recognized maybe more than korean cinema too.

I don't know about other parts of our country, but in kerala this untouchability for women during the menstruation period is still being followed in many households. Coming from a brahmin family, I have seen my relatives sleeping in different rooms and abstain from doing any household chores during those days. They don't even show their faces to the men in their houses, who go for pooja in temples, during those days. I am lucky that I didn't have to do all that because my parents have always been against that idea. I would like to know if this tradition is followed in other states also...

Movies like this, just bcuz of the linguistic barrier, shouldnt be restricted to a particular audience..It tackles issues that women face throughout the world...be it a working mother or a housewife or a single mother..So thank you Jammy for giving spotlight to malayalam movies as u have bcuz stories like these need to be told as people are unaware of the unfair happenings at their very home..Love from kerala 💖

The scene where Nimisha is invited to play cards and she declines saying, she has work to do... The other dude says: "What work? It is us, who did all the work." Like he forgot all the mess he created.

I'm from kerala .it's a story that really resembles my life

The name is not Sooraj, it's Su-Raaj (सुराज)

I'm so happy someone decided to make this movie! Many People especially people who think controlling their daughters and wives should watch this. Women are not pets and that should be learnt first! And people literally blocked it in Amazon and Netflix BCS it was too "specific" and "taboo subject"

It’s not just happening in Hindu families! It’s happening in almost 90% of the families in India!

The carrer growth that malayalam films provide for actors can't be matched by any other industry. Suraj started as a sidekick playing comedy roles and now he is starring in films that requires you to show your emotions and he is not an exception. There were others before him and hope that many others follow and not shy away from accepting smaller roles in films.

Just FYI, Suraj was the best actor of National Film Awards 2013.

മലയാളികൾ എവിടെ? 👇

One of the best movies in recent times in Malayalam Cinema..The film beautifully mentions some of the anomalies in the society and the importance of women's freedom...🎬☑️

In one scene towards the end...when the wife is walking on road ....we can see certain people hailing the movement for preservation of religious customs....the camera then moves towards the left and we can see Che Guevara's painting on one of the wall at the back.....very brilliantly portrayed....kudos to the whole team

It's really heart-warming to see our Malayalam Film breaking barriers and accepted all across. It's all because mostly in Malayalam Movies the reality is portrayed as such rather than exaggerating it and to make the audience feel a connect with it.

A marvelous movie. A movie that seems to be a live broadcast from a few Indian kitchens. Though small portions of the movie did make me question about the realistic outlooks of the movie, the overall experience was pretty satisfactory. The acting and the direction was par excellence. The story is carried out in such a manner that you can feel the frustration, irritation and desperation of the character. Though there is hardly a light moment in the entire movie, and though the movie is serious to the point of leaving you feeling asphyxiated towards the end of it, you realize that is the very motive of the movie. To make you feel the life of a great many kitchens in India. However, there was an altogether different realization of mine that was reaffirmed when I watched this movie. It made me appreciate the men in my life a lot more. Be it having a father, who I have never ever seen make specific demands about what he wanted to eat, and always be satisfied with whatever was laid out on the dinner table. Or having a husband who can and does manage the entire household; from preparing the tastiest of pohas to knowing what grocery has been used up in the kitchen and ordering it up at the right time to cleaning our washrooms - an individual who has proven to be a 'partner' in every sense. Having a brother who understands and appreciates the Industry that is an Indian Kitchen and helps out from time to time. And having a brother-in-law who can hold his own in the kitchen and household as well as his brother does. But who I appreciate the most is probably my father-in-law, who in spite of being from a different generation, has a mindset miles ahead of his time when it comes to managing the kitchen/household. From knowing exactly where in the kitchen each vessel is kept, to being able to answer when his kids or daughter-in-laws approach with a question about where the latest packet of mustard is stored, his hold on the know-how of the kitchen amazes me. From being the best sou-chef, be it by keeping all the ingredients ready when his daughter-in-law is cooking or by chopping the onions in the exact shape and size she wants, to being the chef of a few of her favorite breakfasts and taking pride in it- his outlook and mindset in the field never fails to win my admiration. My father and brother are people I have lived with all my life and hence know well, but my in-laws are what life gave me when I chose my partner. So, I wouldn't have had a say in the way their mindset is shaped. Hence, admiration is well deserved, wouldn't you agree?

I was waiting for you to talk about This😍A Proud Malayali Subscriber😄

Instead of waiting and getting satisfied by the reactions and review s of foreign reaction channels,who by the way have no idea actors in the south and faking it, support to jammy who clearly knows the background of actors and their work , please make him reach 1million

M glad somebody made it this way. Mallu industry is changing so much in such great way🔥🎉

I had a love marraige but still being a female in a marraige is never a boon... Its what 5years of marraige so far had taught me... There came a point where i voiced my views and the lack of fairness, the finale of which was many women do it daily cooking ckeaning maintaining the house hold even along with going to work and providing consent for sex at night.. Why cant u? Why do u make such a big deal out of it? If u cant please leave i will find someone who will do it all just fine. It killed me... And it killed the whole vibe and happiness in me these days i hardly look in a mirror or dress up... I was criticised for that too i looked good before now am not good looking it seems... I have come to a point where i dont care anymore... I cried watching this film at msny places it touched my heart kudo to the makers and the cast and for jammy who gave his genuine view.

മലയാളി തന്നെ മലയാളിയെ പൊക്കി പറയുവണേല്ലോ കമൻ്റ് ബോക്സിൽ🤭🙄

Kitchen is not a work place it's a fun place. Boys and girls enjoy what you do, help each other. Don't feel like a burden it's for survival. Cook own healthy food.

Thank you doing the heavy lifting on our side and watching/ scouting through plethora of movies across language and countries and highlighting the gems that are must watch to help us as well broaden our view. Thanks Jammy!

The beauty of the movie is in it extreme simplicity. It tries and, according to me, succeeds in giving a snapshot of a traditional family's daily life. For sure not all of India is like that! Many things are changing in urban areas and new generations are starting to question traditions such as arranged marriages and gender roles in the family. However, at the same time, the vast majority of the Indian population sticks too even harsher roles in their traditional rural environment. Indeed, about 70% of Indian population is still living in rural areas, often isolated and very much linked to ancient taboos and traditions. What is shown in this movie is not so much different from what was still alive in the '50s in Europe and in my own country, in Italy. What is really different is the cultural and religious background of these two hemispheres, as well as the economic development of these societies. In fact, one thing is the cultural tradition which allows and supports these hateful and ill mannered behavior toward women, as such present as well in Europe in a very recent past, one other thing is the presence of religious pillars to support and promote them. For this no reason for me to go much further on, if not for recalling Ambedkar's discourse on the widely spread acceptance of Manusmriti's laws, embodied, even if not directly known, by the vast majority of the population and their consequent mindset. Women's submission as well as casteism, with their harmful consequences, have a common root with which the Indian society is faced with.

Netflix and Amazon prime video refused to release this movie on their platform..... 😣

We requested and he did it.. Thanks Jammy 😊

Pan India Remake and Biopic Gurus... If you have balls remake this movie in all Indian languages! This is a Biopic of 90% of Indian Women!

It is Powerful, Progressive, Empathetic and hopeful. It has only been 19 days since the year 2021 was born but this movie is already on my top 10 movies list of this year.

The director of the movie GEO BABY approached AMAZON and NETFLIX but they didn't take this movie(don't know why,may be cause of relatively lesser known cast). And these AMAZON and NETFLIX buyed tudds is MISS INDIA,NISHABDAM COOLIE NO,DURGAMATHI,MANIARYILE ASHOKAN etc cause of their cast.

The lead actress, Nimisha is just 23!

Always proud to be a malayali✌️

Both are good actors .. സുരാജേട്ടൻ , നിമിഷ ..

The movie is very relatable. My grandmother and mother had gone through this in real life. My mother had to do all the housework before and after her job. And yet they are not thanked or respected. I am thankful that she didn't pass the patriarchial ideologies to us kids.

Jammy thank you for making me fall to malayalam movies. As per your recommendation I have watched Kappela, see you soon. Fantastic. Malayalam movies are the best.

His name is actually Suraaj, not Sooraj.