Kunjumariam holding on to the sense of familiarity and nostalgia of her solitary life feels a tad unusual in a film like this. She wonders if her dead body could be transported to the village once she dies. For an orthodox Christian woman who lived all her life in Kinassery, it’s an unusual move. ![]() As they munch on some of Kunjumariam’s famous snacks, she drops the news that she is soon off to her son’s place in San Francisco. The moment I heard the news of her demise, I went back to a scene from Sathyan Anthikkad’s family drama Manassinakkare, where the main lead Kochuthresia (Sheela) is visiting her best friend Kunjumariam (Lalitha). Subconsciously or otherwise, the legendary actress has played a huge part in shaping my worldview and attitude towards people – provided how cinema (especially those made in Malayalam) helped me design my own tiny quirks and unique behavioral patterns. ![]() ![]() As KPAC Lalitha passed away yesterday, I couldn’t restrict the flow of memories around her that I accumulated over decades. Although we owe it to their advancing age or on the inactivity caused by the pandemic, nothing really would prepare us to embrace the reality. ![]() There has been an alarming rate of celebrity deaths in the recent past.
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