Ozhivudivasathe Kali (Malyalam)

'I have a history of violence but the public record of it will always be incomplete.' The above lines are from Roxane Gay's memoir, Hunger. I couldn't think of better words to quote while talking about a movie that so subtly shows the undisguised violence this casteist society unleashes on its people. It starts with a group of friends who, on an election day, go to a secluded place in the forest to spend some time together. But it's not a story about friendship. It's a story of how even friendships are shaped in a society where people inherit violence. You're either the victim or the perpetrator. It takes a huge amount of courage and constant unlearning to finally get past everything that this structure expects from you. For the victims, it's a journey that takes away everything they have and strips them of their dignity. It dehumanizes them. They have a history of violence but the public record of the violence that Indian society has subje...