Sthanarthi Sreekuttan is an Easter egg I found few days ago!

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We watched a new Malayalam movie the day before we were leaving for India. Even while I was in-flight and now in a transit in Dubai, that movie has refused to leave my mind!

Sthanarthi Sreekuttan is a very simple movie, but so thought provoking that it leaves you wondering whether movies that leave you with a message would work anymore? We have been seeing bloodshed graphic violence, promoting killing and violence against women.

Sthanarthi Sreekuttan is an Easter egg you find in the basket lying low with the rest of the movies, but one very few might pick. It's not fair to compare this movie with others and belittle its commercial success. This movie is all heart, made with a purpose, and soul and stirs the right strings in our hearts.

I admire the makers for even showing the courage to weave a story around a little boy, his mischief and small ego. I loved all the kids in the movie and kudos to Vinesh Viswanath for the brilliant writing.

Aju Varghese ate this whole movie and left no crumbs! Such maturity and ease in handling such an important toxic trait character. I've said this before and will say it again, no one can beat Aju Varghese's portrayal of toxic characters. He nails it to perfection!

Such teachers are actually a bittersweet necessity for us actually. I remember I worked so hard on my 12th boards to thwart the ego of a teacher who hated me and I hated him then, but now after so many years I feel he deserves some credit for my growth.

His name was Varghese Sir and he used to teach us Accountancy in Plus 2. Today if I meet him I will hug him and thank him, not because he was right, but because I worked hard to prove him wrong and that led me to even post-graduation! 

Coming back to Sthanarthi Sreekuttan, the movie's climax scene gave me goosebumps and made me teary eyed. A message so simple; all children are born equal, everyone is superior in their own way. There are no front benchers or back benchers once you grow up. It's how you handle what life throws at you! I  was a front bencher in Plus 2 (I barely passed Math in tenth!), but the moment I had a child with special needs. I quit work and tended to what was actually important in my life, my son! No school teaches you this. Life-skills and empathy is not taught in schools but it can be groomed by good teachers. Sthanarthi Sreekuttan serves that example.

I can say with no qualms that Sthanarthi Sreekuttan is a rare gem I found recently.. and you should watch it too!