Day of an average Malayalee - Param Sundari version
If you have not yet watched the cinematic brilliance that is Param Sundari, you have not missed much. However, it is a great example of a minimalist approach towards research. Saying it is minimalist is me being kind.
To be honest, research is absolutely absent. Below is how the day of an average Malayalee in Kerala pans out, as per this movie.
The Malayalee wakes up to the alarm of “Chundari mandiri vandikko” from Dil Se movie. Women run to wear the jasmine flower before even their husbands see them. Men ofcourse wear the white kasavu mundu and climb the coconut tree to pluck coconuts.
Kerala ranks high on women empowerment. So if men are not available, women climb the coconut tree. Then, while the women make Puttu for breakfast, the man of the house takes the pet elephant in the family for a walk.
After morning walk with elephant, men pour drums of coconut oil on themselves.
Women go to work wearing red saree (with jasmine flower ofcourse). Once they reach office, they say their full name along with family name and cast name. Mostly they will be Make up-itta or Thekka-Petta. Name will also have some Pillai or Nair or generic last name too.
Kerala people do not say one paragraph without using the work “Thenga”.
After coming back from office, the neighbours get together for a mandatory Kathakali session. In rainy season, they bring the boats out to conduct a Vallam kali.
On weekends, it is Kalari payattu instead of morning walks and workout. Babies as young as 2 years old are thrown in to the Kalari.
Have they missed any stereotypes? Please let the Parma Sundari team know.
Much love,
Malayalee - A person from Kerala
Malayalam - The language of Kerala
Kerala - One of the five South Indian states
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