Film: Spirit
Director : Ranjith
Cast: Mohanlal, Madhu, Shankar
Ramakrishnan, Kaniha and Thilakan.
This movie is an attempt to answer some of the contemporary
questions such as,
Is it possible to have a stable relationship amidst all the
complexities of life?
How can we make life meaningful in
a situation where technology and many
other external elements like alcohol rule over the people?
According to this movie, life becomes
meaningful in a mutual affirmation and love. Technology and spirit disrupt the rhythm of life.
According to Meera, we cannot live our life with a computer though it is highly
intelligent. So she had to leave Raghu
(Mohanlal), a man who led a mechanical
and a different way of life.
Reghu is an intelligent and clever man. He lived
in his own world and loved himself very much. Though he is
a public figure, he has not a
single soul to wish him a good night and sweet dreams. It is understood from the life of Reghu
that the masterpiece of an artist is his life story itself which becomes
completed only with the death of the artist. This is true even in the case of
Sameer, a poet and a thinker. He is
forced to sell poetry to make a living.His
life tells that poetry and life are not
two different concepts but are one. The poet sheds
his blood to nurture the poetry
and to bring out his best.
This movie also criticizes some of
the attitudinal changes in people of these days.
Mobile phone and the shift happened
in us from person to person
relationship to a virtual world. The device we have made
controls us that we forget the people who are close to us and eats away our
loving fellowship.
The growing tendency among Malayalees to celebrate
anything and everything with liquor
Our failure to trace the root
cause of the problems in the
society.
Mony (Nandhu) is not merely a drunkard who represents the contemporary men who are
in the magical world of addiction. The addiction discussed in this movie
may be towards wealth, power , wine and the other worldly attractions.
A lot of attempts are there in this
movie to remove the barriers built by the society and to establish a
right person-to-person relationship.
Here a bar attender
is more than a bar attender, a neighbor is more than a person staying in the next door but are people who listen
to our mourns and wipe away our tears.
Joseph Shibin
