Ishti

Ishti (2016)

Drama

The film focuses on a very conservative Namboodiri family in a very regressive social milieu. Ishti centres around two main characters, a 70-year-old Ramavikraman Namboodiri, who is a Vedic scholar who preserves the fire from a Somayagam to light his funeral pyre, and Sreedevi, his young, third wife. Sreedevi stands up against orthodoxy. She manages to inspire her husband’s son from another marriage to read and write. The conflict between these characters and those who revolve around their lives is what the film is generally about. It then also becomes a strong comment on the attempt to balance worldly desires and the rigidity of caste and tradition.

Director: G. Prabha

Casts

	Nedumudi Venu as Ramavikraman Namboodiri
	Athira Patel as Sreedevi
	Anoop Krishnan as
	Jijoy Rajagopal as
	Preeja Madhu as
	Lakshmi Gopakumar as
	Mohini Vinayan as
	Meenakshi Anoop as

Crew