ReviewAs far as the horror fantasy genre is concerned, Nirmal Sahadev’s ‘Kumari’ is a significant leap for Malayalam cinema.Lakshmi PriyaAishwarya Lekshmi as the titular KumariSomething diabolical looms in the air of Kanhirangat, a quaint village of an undated time, lying beyond the misty peaks of Illymala. That land is cursed, some caution Kumari, as she succumbs to her adoptive family’s pressure to get married to the younger son of a feudal family in the faraway village. Eventually, as she begins a new life at her husband’s ancestral home, a sense of foreboding gradually overwhelms the eponymous protagonist (Aishwarya Lekshmi). Unbeknownst to her, Kanhirangat has long been awaiting her arrival. Kumari is only the second directorial venture of filmmaker Nirmal Sahadev. After the Prithviraj Sukumaran-starrer Ranam, which tells the story of a mysterious getaway driver trapped in a life of crime in Detroit, Nirmal now takes...
- 10/28/2022
- by LakshmiP
- The News Minute
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