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2015 Kunchacko Boban Suraaj Venjarammoodu Nedumudi Venu Bijukumar Damodaran
Original Title :
Birds with Large Wings
Genre :
Movie / Drama
Year :
2015
Directror :
Bijukumar Damodaran
Cast :
Kunchacko Boban,Suraaj Venjarammoodu,Nedumudi Venu
Writer :
Bijukumar Damodaran
Budget :
INR 40,000,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 56min
Rating :
7.8/10

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The film is a partially fictionalized representation of the environmental disaster caused by the misuse of endosulfan pesticide in Kasaragod District of Kerala in India. This disaster was ... See full summary

Birds with Large Wings (2015) Online

The film is a partially fictionalized representation of the environmental disaster caused by the misuse of endosulfan pesticide in Kasaragod District of Kerala in India. This disaster was caused by nearly two and a half decades of endosulfan use on government-owned cashew plantations. The film explores the disastrous environmental and public health consequences of the pesticide misuse. It also concentrates on those health-related effects of endosulfan misuse, that persist to this day. The film depicts the after-effects of the pesticide spraying through the eyes of a photographer. His first visit to the area was during a rainy season in 2001, and his photographs revealed the shocking state of the numerous victims to the world. Endosulfan-induced misery gained worldwide attention due to this exposure. When the photographer visited the area again in summer 2006, many of the young victims he had photographed during his earlier visit, had been dead. Even now, children are being affected ...
Credited cast:
Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban - Photographer
Suraaj Venjarammoodu Suraaj Venjarammoodu - Minister
Nedumudi Venu Nedumudi Venu - Chief Editor
Salim Kumar Salim Kumar - School Head Master
Anumol K. Manoharan Anumol K. Manoharan - Environmentalist (as Anu Mol)
James Bradford James Bradford - French Environment Scientist
Nedumudi Harikumar Nedumudi Harikumar - Chief Editor
Antony Thekkek Antony Thekkek - Avinash
Prakash Bare Prakash Bare - Dr. Mohankumar
Sajeev Pillai Sajeev Pillai - Government Secretary of Agriculture attending Stockholm Conference
M.A. Nishad M.A. Nishad - Lawyer of DYFI
Krishnan Balakrishnan Krishnan Balakrishnan - Villager
Sasi Paravoor Sasi Paravoor - Supreme Court Justice
Jayakrishnan Jayakrishnan - Photographer's Father
Shree Padre Shree Padre - Himself


User reviews

Nagor

Nagor

Director Dr Biju's fans are those who relate with his social-themed films. And this one here, which talks about the Endosulfan incident in Kerala's Kasargod district, is true and fine to the core.

Based on the real life story of Madhuraj, a photojournalist who exposed the genocidal crime, Kunchacko Boban plays the fictionalized character as he and his team try to get to the core of the incident by visiting the place and its affected inhabitants. Boban's character and his team also play supporting activists to the cause as the film linearly follows the incident as it originally happened in the early part of the 2000 decade.

The screenplay, which at first looks like a documentary under disguise, works because it chronicles the sufferings of real life people who were affected due to the forceful use of the harmful insecticide. It bashes the government and holds it responsible for the hundreds of casualties and thousands of mutations in young children and adults alike. Most importantly, it showcases how the government took it upon himself the spray the insecticide without the consent of the villagers. Often, it becomes heartbreaking to watch the photographs which essay the incident.

All cast members, including Boban, do a wonderful job at doing what they were asked to do. Dr Biju handles the narrative compassionately, determined to let the world know, at least the basics, of what happened in Kasargod. It is an important film and I will recommend it to anyone who relates with the incident or human suffering in general. Unlike other films in this genre, I would have recommended this to be a documentary instead of a film. But, thankfully, it being a film "must have" garnered more viewers, considering how many people watch documentaries these days. It is grueling and heartbreaking, and perfectly shows what humans are capable of doing.

BOTTOM LINE: Dr Biju's Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (Birds with Large Wings) is an honest attempt at showcasing what really went on in Kasargod. Buy the DVD now!

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES